Generally, a client list will answer most of your questions about someone new.
Can he play in our league?
High profile clients polish your A game.
Does he know our business?
How many other ones has he had to learn?
Bob’s a bear. Can he think on his feet?
Experience goes hand in hand with lightning reflexes and the good sense to duck.
Does he deliver?
How many people has he delivered for?
Will he fit in with my team?
Awards* are one sign of a good working relationship.
Aerospace: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group*, Clifton Precision Systems, Grumman Aerospace, Learjet*, Litton Data Systems*, McDonnell Douglas, Rockwell International: Space Systems Group*, Rockwell International Marine Systems* and Autonetics Group
Automotive: Acura Automobiles, American Motors, BMW*, Datsun, Ford Motor Company, Honda, Lincoln Mercury, Mazda, Michelin Tires, Nissan, Porsche Cars North America*, Volvo Trucks, Toyota, Yamaha Motorcycle*, Yamaha Snowmobile*, Yamaha Outboard Motors*.
Consumer Electronics: Alpine/Luxman*, The Good Guys!*, JBL, Magnavox, RadioShack, RCA, Sony PlayStation, Yamaha Electronics, Yamaha International.
Entertainment: ABC Records, A&M Records, Casablanca Filmworks, CBS Affiliates, CBS Records, Neil Diamond, Diana Ross, EPCOT Center, Epic Records, EMI, Jeff Kutash and the Dancin’ Machine, MCA Records, Motown, NBC, Paramount Studios, Polygram International, RSO Records, TBS/TNT, Univision, Up With People, Special Olympics.
Government: Federal Aviation Administration, Hawaii Visitors Bureau, NASA*, United States Air Force*, United States Mint, United States Postal Service.
Information Technology: Adobe Systems, Apple Computer*, Audible.com, BusinessLand*, Business Objects, Cisco Systems, ComputerLand, Control Data Corporation, Dell, Digital F/X, Hyperion, IBM, IBM Lotusphere, Intel*, Intuit, JavaOne, Microsoft, Momenta*, Motorola, NetFRAME Systems*, NeXT Computer, Nomadic Systems, Okidata, Parametric Technology Corporation, PC Magazine, PeopleSoft, Plus Development, Red Hat, Salesforce.com, Silicon Graphics, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Vertical Networks, Xebec*, Xerox.
Other Industries: adidas, America Harvest, American Dental Association, American Wind Energy Association, Amgen, AVCO Financial Services*, Audio Visual Laboratories*, Bunker Hill, California Plaza – Real Estate Development, Grupo Constructora General Del Norte*, IVAC, Levi Strauss, Lone Star Industries, Pacific Design Center, Powerine, Prilosec OTC, Shargel & Company, Staging Techniques*, Systems Development Corporation.
Telecommunications: AT&T, Network Equipment Technologies, Nextel, Northern Telecom, NorTel Networks, Pacific Bell*, US Sprint*, Virgin Mobile.
Agencies & Production Companies: Robert Abel and Associates, Alliance, August Jackson, Ray Bloch Productions*, Campos Creative Works*, Chiat/Day, Champion Exposition Services, Creative Wonder, Dailey & Associates, dick clark corporate productions*, Doremus Porter Novelli*, Extraordinary Events, George P. Johnson Company, Hill & Knowlton, Immersa Marketing, Jack Morton Productions*, JNR, Kenwood Group, Lowe Lintas, Maritz Communications, McCann Erickson, Media Design West, Medlin & Associates*, N.W. Ayer*, Pedersen Marketing Group, Productions Two*, Shout!, Studios of Robert Glenn Ketchum, Synopticon, TBA, Tom Thomas Productions, Van Noy & Associates, Witlin & Waigand.