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Styleapple, Inc to Launch a Site to Bridge Gap between Creative Professionals and Businesses.

Posted by Calvin Cox on Mon, May 05, 2008 @ 08:03 PM
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Press Release Source: Styleapple.com

LAUNCH SUMMER 2008: Styleapple.com Launches to Bridge Gap between Creative Professionals and Businesses.
Monday May 9, 2008, 11:00am ET

Finally a place where Creative Professionals from all Spectrum of the Design Industry Can Flex their Muscles.

NEW YORK CITY, May 9 -- In this new global economy, seeking new design opportunities and creative professionals have become increasingly competitive. Styleapple.com, an online space for design portfolios and creative job postings, bridges the gap by connecting designers to businesses in a way that not only allows the creative pros to showcase their talent, but the design companies are stepping up to bat as well.

Design companies have the ability to create custom profiles to woo new Creative Professionals to join their team. They compete for the "CREATIVE TOP SPOT" by building a profile/presentation; utilizing a combination of high resolution images, flash movies, youtube embedded videos and webmercials to promote their brand. The prize: Complete exposure though featured profile ranking and free advertisement space on styleapple.com. Winners are also featured in Styleapple's weekly newsletter which is distributed throughout the Styleapple network.

Styleapple.com business model allows for a more direct connection between creative pros and businesses. Connections are optimized by allowing businesses to freely browse design portfolios, contact creative professionals and even post their creative job openings. "Styleapple.com is a website where I can find new talent, post my job openings, network and build a list of creative professionals that may be a great match for my company in the future.," said Curtis Charles, Vice President of Sales at Reebok. "Styleapple.com presents a unique opportunity for businesses to supplement their human resource strategy for attracting talented creative professionals" Said Munisah Brown, Director, Packaging Development at Estee Lauder Companies.

Styleapple has also implemented a number of features that allow businesses to stay competitive; COREgig and COREdesign. COREgig allows businesses to post design projects and receive bids from interested design professionals. COREdesign allows companies to present a project and have multiple designers compete; this is a great way for companies to gain exposure, get multiple options of finished projects and recruit new creative professionals.

Styleapple.com is free to join for creative professionals and design companies. They are some premium services for companies such as job posting and company profile. To connect to businesses and creative pros, styleapple.com boast a sleek, user friendly interface with a great portfolio layout for both company and creative professionals. A personalized URL is provided at signup to creative professionals and design companies to utilized for promoting and growing their respective businesses.

About Styleapple.com
Styleapple.com, an online space for design portfolios and creative job postings; bridges the gap by connecting designers to businesses in a unique creative format. Founded by Calvin Cox, a former New York Fashion Designer and a Fashion Institute of Technology Alumni. Styleapple.com is a global design community that boasts a cross section of creative pros with backgrounds in art, fashion design, advertising, interactive design, to illustration, multimedia and web design. Styleapple continues to be one of the leaders in online design portfolios and design jobs. Our goal is simple; to create a viable resource and place where creative professionals can flex their muscles. For more information please visit http://www.styleapple.com
Source: Styleapple.com | 708 3rd Avenue, New York NY 10017 | info@styleapple.com | 347-645-3014 ###


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love it,love it!
Calvin,you have a way with words. So even for me, a person not knowing anything about fashion and design but having a desire to have my own business one day it is an inspiration and great help!
Keep blogging.
Blogs and kisses!

posted @ Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:51 PM by larisa


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