Job Posting: Interaction / User Experience Designer

SMA (single multicultural agency) seeks AIDUXD (amazing interaction design/user experience designer) for long-term relationship.

The ideal partner will have a visual design aesthetic (and supporting portfolio) that makes us melt, coupled with an insatiable curiosity for experimenting with digital execution.

If you’re a person with multiple interactive skills and passions, we have an opportunity that will provide outlets for all of them. Our small, nimble team has an immediate opening for someone who will take ownership of UX/ID in order for us to build jaw dropping and elegant digital experiences.

What we have to offer is the opportunity for you to bring your wildest dreams to fruition in a small, collaborative environment that is free of ego and bureaucracy. Our team concepts and prototypes together, and the best idea wins. Continue reading

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When your feet are on vacation, so are you…

Cudas, a family-owned, Richmond, Virginia-based footwear company, has been making and selling casual footwear for almost 20 years. Cudas’ lines include sandals, flip flops and aquatic shoes. The firm wanted to modernize and reinvigorate its voice, look and feel. They hired branding firm Big River to help them refine and amplify their brand.

The result?  A fresh new look and feel infused with a sense of playfulness. Continue reading

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Job Opening: Social Media Strategist

Big River is looking for a Social Media Strategist/Emerging Media Strategist to help many of our clients navigate and excel in social marketing through innovative ideation, strategy development, flawless execution and thoughtful measurement. Continue reading

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Big River Working to Combat Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. To combat this trend, Big River worked with a large wellness company to change perceptions of how children view eating and exercise. It’s not just about what you do. It’s about who you want to be.

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What Did Twitter Have to Say About mHealth 2011?


December 5-7, 2011 | Washington, D.C.

Last week, Jan Crable (@postmomsyndrome) attended the annual mHealth Summit.

The 2011 mHealth Summit brought together more than 3,500 leaders from nearly 50 countries to explore, examine, and debate the ways mobile technology will impact health care delivery, research, business and policy. Continue reading

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Big River Client Classified Moto Made the Big Time

Big River client Classified Moto made the big time.  Classified Moto lamps are featured in the Holiday Gift Guide in the December issue of Playboy magazine. The accompanying text reads, “The Classified Moto vintage motorcycle lamp iluminates a room with the help of repurposed motocycle parts.”  Big River recently built and launched a new website: wwwclassifiedmoto.com

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Big River Supports World AIDS Day


Big River supported Richmond’s unique commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1 by providing video and photography support (shooting from the ground, a helicopter and bucket truck), and extensive editing services.  Big River staff captured images of more than 400 volunteers, each holding a bright red umbrella, who formed an enormous human AIDS memorial ribbon. Big River also provided public relations consultation and media training for the event’s organizers.

Video of the event after the break.

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Big River’s President Serves as Business Panelist

Big River president Fred Moore recently served as a panelist at the Richmond Venture Forum, a group that promotes entrepreneurship in central Virginia. Fred, who offered commentary on advertising, marketing and public relations was one of five business leaders who spoke about business perspectives for specific industries.

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Big River hires Allison Williams as Copywriter

Big River, a Richmond-based, independently owned branding and advertising firm, is continuing to expand its creative department by hiring copywriter Allison Williams.

A graduate the University of Georgia and Atlanta’s well-known Creative Circus, Allison worked as a copywriter at Mullen in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There, she worked on TV, radio, print and online campaigns for SunTrust, Men’s Wearhouse, New Balance and Kumon Learning Centers but focused primarily on an international introductory campaign for TRESemmé’s new line of hair styling products.

She returned to her hometown of Richmond and worked at Madison + Main before joining Big River. In recent months, Allison has expanded her writing skills into more non-traditional areas, such as digital and social media.

At Big River, she will support The Virginia Lottery and assist with various writing projects throughout the agency.

Allison teaches undergraduate copywriting at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Mass Communications.

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Social media guru talks shop at agency birthday celebration

Published: October 05, 2011

While companies now hire firms and employees to run their social media operations, using the medium will become a basic job skill like typing or photocopying.

“It won’t be much longer” until that happens, said Jay Baera social media consultant and co-author of “The Now Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social.” Continue reading

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