[Sigia-l] IxDA NYC Monthly Gathering on January 24

[Ashley LaFrenais]

Join Us for the IxDA NYC Monthly Gathering on January 24

Join us as Judy Wert of Wert & Company, Inc., an executive  
recruitment and consulting firm, helps us dissect the world of  
opportunities and recruiting for interaction designers by sharing her  
experiences with some of the top design companies in North America,  
Europe, and Asia. She will provide a forum for discussion to include:  
recruiting and interviewing strategies, sharing stories, and  
discussing industry trends within the Interaction Design community!  
She invites your questions for the discussion. Feel free to send  
queries along in advance!

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Location: Parsons Design Lab
55 W. 13th St. on the 9th Floor
(map info: http://tinyurl.com/b26u2 )
Bet. 5th and 6th Ave. (closer to 6th)

Closest Subways:
                 F, V, L at 14th & 6th Ave.
                 N, Q, R, W, 4, 5,6, or L at 14th & Broadway

Cost: Free (Donations are appreciated. If you’d like to donate to  
IxDA to help grow the organization so we can have more great events,  
you may do so at http://www.ixda.org.)

About Judy Wert
Judy co-founded Wert & Company, Inc. (www.wertco.com) in 1995. Wert &  
Company is an international executive recruitment and consulting  
firm, representing a range of industries from entertainment,  
television, fashion, and retail to architecture, design, interactive,  
and academia. She is actively involved in the global design  
community, nurturing over two decades of talent and relationships  
with leading organizations. Judy has an established reputation for  
consulting on large-scale creative team-building with major  
organizations and leading brands.

About IxDA

The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is a non-profit  
professional organization whose focus is promoting both the field of  
interaction design and the interests of an international community of  
practitioners, managers, educators, and students of interaction  
design. Our organization’s goals are to:

- Communicate the unique perspective that interaction design brings  
to both industry and the broader design community
- Promote awareness of the discipline, craft, and value of  
interaction design among business leaders, academia, consumers, and  
our colleagues
- Advance the discipline of interaction design by encouraging the  
adoption of innovative methods
- Encourage and recommend high standards of practice among  
interaction design professionals
- Help establish standards for academic programs in interaction design
- Develop an active, close-knit community of interaction design  
professionals worldwide

For more information about IxDA, or if you are interested in getting  
involved, contact us at nyc (at) ixda (dot) org or visit our web site  
at http://www.ixda.org.