12Dec 2015 by Joshua Menken
Bethesda Roasting Company Social Media

Bethesda Roasting Company Social Media

Portfolio
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="288" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="287" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="286" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the new restructuring of Bethesda Roasting Companies product brand I was asked to help with their marketing efforts online. Its never enough to put new products online you must promote those products and bring awareness and adoption to the product line as well. Social media can be one of the best and most cost effective was to do this. I designed a new cover photo for Facebook, image and text ads for general and holiday promotions, and general product image ads and copy. Key Aspects: • Content and copywriting • Designs for both Facebook and Instagram • Research and implementation of paid facebook ads Technologies Used: Photoshop Apple, the Apple logo, iPad, iPhone and MacBook Pro are trademarks…
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10Dec 2015 by Joshua Menken
Grainger Rubber Selection Guide

Grainger Rubber Selection Guide

Portfolio
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/YWDiBNEMZk8" align="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was asked as a resource to build an interactive selection guide for the rubber category on grainger.com. The content alone that the requestor wanted was pretty extensive. It was discussed as a creative team that this would be the best results. In the end we designed and built a multi level guide for the user. In the video you will see the user can hover over attributes critical to application and receive more information. As they navigate between choosing between the 16 provided attributes the user will receive even more information driven by JSON that pertains to the various types of rubber. Key Aspects: • Advanced user experience Technologies Used: Photoshop, Bootstrap, JQuery, JSON[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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05Dec 2015 by Joshua Menken No Comments
Art of the Pause

Art of the Pause

Blog, Featured
Let's take a moment and think... You see that wasn't hard. Sometimes in life you must take a pause. Reflect on what has just been told to you. Choose to not come back so quickly with some kind of statement that potentially you may regret, or even worse, could never take back. (more…)
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23Jun 2015 by Joshua Menken
Organguru Website

Organguru Website

Portfolio, UX, UX Research, Visual Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="367" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="366" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="365" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="zoom"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Organguru has worked within the electronic organ repair business for many years. They specialize in Hammond Organ repair amongst many other brands. Originally running under the owners name and a then a few years ago evolving into a brand that exemplifies the work, which I helped to create. They came to me to have a new website design concept created to bring their website into 2015. I wanted to give them a much better user experience then what they originally had and also make it mobile friendly. Key Aspects: • Clean design • Brand focused • UX focused • Mobile friendly Technologies Used: Photoshop[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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15May 2015 by Joshua Menken No Comments
From Word to Paper

From Word to Paper

Blog
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - John 1:1 In all of society I believe that there has never been anything more profound then the act of putting words on paper and being able to distribute those words globally. From the beginning of time man has tried to get the words from his mouth and brain put into some form of archiving system, starting from drawing scribbles onto animal hides, to mud symbols on rocks, maybe even scratching the first letters into the sides of caves. (more…)
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04Feb 2015 by Joshua Menken
Timing Is Everything

Timing Is Everything

Blog, Business
"Every day, every person who draws breath on this earth receives the same amount of time: 24 hours, 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds." - The 5 Love Languages That's a lot of time to complete things, how ever you would like to calculate it. But, how does one actually get everything done every day? (more…)
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31Jan 2015 by Joshua Menken No Comments
Word Crimes

Word Crimes

Blog, Featured
I read an article recently on Ted.com about "When Shakespeare Committed Word Crimes."1 It shared thoughts about how he had invented new words and metaphors as he needed them. The culture was changing at that time and his ideas added so much to the English language that we now tend to take for granted. I thought it interesting because being from a different part of the country, the South, and now in the Midwest I have noticed the differences in the phrases, metaphors, and/or cliches people say. Even more interesting is how they change regionally within a state and even from state to state. (more…)
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