There’s no denying it: the economy has gotten shitty. While we over at Object Adjective seem to be going strong, landing contracts and continuing business as usual, you can hardly surf the news feeds on the web without reading one article or another about how unemployment rates have risen to claim over 232,000 jobs since the new year, making this the largest recession since 2003. Unemployment rates at the time of this post are a whopping 5.1% and continuing to climb. It’s a bit scary for all of us here in the US of A, even with the prospect of getting that stupid tool out of the White House.

But the reason I am writing this is not so much to gripe about economics in general as it is to promote a good friend of mine who has lost her design job to the current recession.

Her name is Vara Pappas and she is a hell of a print designer and a damn good fashion photographer as well. This past Monday she received notice that she was being downsized by her company due to a lack of incoming work. They ensured her that she would be awarded 2 weeks of severance pay, but this is hardly a treat when you live in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in the US. She needs to find a job that will give her the opportunity to do what she does exceptionally well, and fast.

So, if you’re hiring a print designer, or you know someone who is, check out her website.

Note: She’s also willing to take freelance projects for the time being as well until she finds something more permanent, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to work with her.

Posted on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at 6:49 pm Follow responses via the RSS 2.0 feed.