Designer Position Available At Green Olive Media

We are adding a graphic designer to our design & branding team. Candidates should have experience in both print and web design. Details below:

PRINT DESIGN QUALIFICATIONS:

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

WEB DESIGN QUALIFICATIONS:

Dreamweaver

HTML 5

CSS

Basic understanding of PHP

An interest in keeping up-to-date with current technologies

An ability to understand & utilize online tutorials

COMPENSATION:

In addition to base pay: 401K, health insurance, generous vacation, sick & holiday policy

OTHER:

A knowledge of the food and beverage/hospitality industry is a plus.

APPLY:

Please send resume and portfolio/link to work samples to info@greenolivemedia.com

No phone calls please.

Green Olive Job Opening: Senior Communications / Public Relations Account Manager

We're excited to announce that we are looking to add a new member to our communications / public relations team. Details are below. Please direct all inquiries to emoore@greenolivemedia.com . No phone calls, please.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

The candidate must have at least 5 years

of relevant experience in public relations or

marketing communications. Experience in the food & beverage industry is a major plus.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree in a related field and a track record of developing and executing profitable public relations campaigns that meet client objectives.

S/he should have strong leadership qualities, including people management skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide strategic counsel and communications guidance to clients and internal GOM staff, supervising and ensuring the team's success by managing work quality

and productivity levels

Maintain relationships with client contacts

Mentor, coach and support team members

Consistently hold self and staff accountable for behavior and performance

Seek and suggest process improvements and support positive change initiatives

Effectively manage profitability targets

Grow business prospects with existing and potential clients; expand scope of work using GOM capabilities; lead new business outreach process and win business

Participate in the development and adoption of new services

Commit to continuous learning and improvement of leadership skills; set and pursue stretch goals

COMPENSATION:

Base + Incentive, 401 K, Health Insurance, Generous Vacation, Sick & Holiday Policy

*This position requires occasional travel, evening and weekend assignments.

APPLY:

email resume to emoore@greenolivemedia.com

No phone calls please.

Pride & Joy - The Southern Food Movie

See below for the just-released trailer for 2012's best feature-length food film, courtesy of Joe York and the Southern Foodways Alliance:

Momofuku Ssam Bar - Not Just Pork

When we go to Momofuku Ssam Bar, it's generally all about pork. It's hard to resist a plate of Benton's ham, pork buns, crispy pig's head terrine, or, if we can get ten people together, the bo ssam. But while there last week, we wised up and planned accordingly for the full day of eating we had ahead of us. Starting the day off with a decidedly lighter duck dumpling soup (see below) was one of the better decisions we've made recently. And it was indeed every bit as good as any of the pork offerings you'll find there. Oh, they're also serving Little Kings beer...

Green Olive Wins American Package Design Awards

We're excited to announce that we've won American Package Design Awards for our work on both the Goo Goo Cluster and the Olive & Sinclair packaging. Definitely a good year for chocolate around our office...

21st Amendment - 'Allies Win The War' Beer

On Fridays, we like to knock off an hour early, pick up some beer from Hop City, and sit around with the staff and have a cold one. 'Beer Friday,' we call it. Today's selection was chosen purely for the packaging:

Year of the Dragon

Chinese New Year - The Year of the Dragon Some of GOM's poster handiwork courtesy of the lovely and talented Meggan Talley

Green Olive Featured In Print Magazine Design Annual

We're proud to be featured in the 31st Print Magazine Design Annual for our design of the Boxcar Grocer logo, a newly-opened market in Atlanta.

Packaging - Numero Group Records

We're suckers for both vinyl records and beautiful packaging, so it should come as no surprise that we're big fans of the Numero record label. See below for some photos of their recently-released six-LP set documenting the work of the Boddie Recording Company. A little background:
"From 1958 to 1993, Thomas and Louise Boddie’s industrious Boddie Recording Company issued nearly 300 albums and 45s, recorded 10,000 hours of tape, and remained in operation longer than any other studio, pressing plant, or label group in the history of Cleveland. Long forgotten even by the standards of the chronically overlooked northeastern Ohio music scene, Boddie was a fusion of its owner’s engineering genius and his limited economic means; its DIY recording studio housed in a humble barn, churned night and day to capture the sounds emanating from Cleveland’s east side neighborhoods."

Photo Shoot - Seed Kitchen & Bar, Marietta, GA

Here are a couple of shots from our recent photo shoot for Seed Kitchen & Bar. See a nice writeup from the AJC's John Kessler here.

Doughnut Burger

Today's lunch from Cypress Street Plate & Pint in Atlanta. According to Wikipedia: "A Luther Burger, or doughnut burger, is a hamburger or cheeseburger with one or more glazed doughnuts in place of the bun. According to legend, the burger was named for and was a favorite (and possible invention) of singer-songwriter and record producer Luther Vandross. The Daily Telegraph reported that Mulligan's, a suburban bar in Decatur, GA may be progenitor of the burger, as the owner substituted the doughnuts when running out of buns." The version below features 'buns' courtesy of our beloved Sublime Doughnuts.

Menu Design - Livingston Restaurant & Bar

We've redesigned the menu system for Livingston Restaurant & Bar at the Georgian Terrace Hotel in Atlanta. See below for one of the menus:

Big Apple Inn Coming To Atlanta

Big Apple Inn, the little restaurant in Jackson, MS, known for serving pig ear sandwiches, is opening a location in Atlanta. Learn all you need to know by checking out the Southern Foodways short film "Smokes & Ears."

Doughnut-Ice Cream Sandwich

Here's a finished shot from our photo shoot at Sublime Doughnuts last week - behold the Oreo doughnut ice cream sandwich:

Pimento Cheese, Please

More food films...here's a movie about pimento cheese, featuring a whole mess of Green Olive friends, clients and conspirators:

Di Fara Pizza

Got 20 minutes? Check out this short film about "The Godfather of Brooklyn Pizza."

Gus's Fried Chicken - Memphis, TN

Continuing our chicken research this week, we of course had to include a visit to the legendary Gus's Fried Chicken in Memphis...

Photo Shoot - Sublime Doughnuts

Just a sample of some of the doughnuts we're photographing for our shoot at Sublime Doughnuts today:

Eagle Brand Knife

So can anyone tell us anything about Eagle brand knives? My grandfather gave me one of his old knives as a Christmas gift this year, and I don't know anything about it or the company. I do know that he told me that his company gave him a knife (including this one) as a bonus whenever he "did some extra work." We may implement that policy around the Green Olive offices next year.

New Year's Queso

We have a long-standing tradition of eating greens, black-eyed peas and pork on New Year's Day. I can never quite remember what they symbolize - I think the greens are for for money, peas for good luck, and pork...maybe it's to assure you'll have plenty of bacon and BBQ in the new year. Regardless, we have the Homesick Texan to thank for this year's New Year's meal. I couldn't wait until Sunday to try this one, so I went ahead and made the Queso Compuesto (recipe here) last night (see below). A definite winner.