MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER Advertising Agency, San Francisco

May Brings Another Five

May 29, 2015

MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER New Hires May 2015

Gideon Gillard is coming to us from Weber Shandwick, but the world of PR was not exactly the creative juggernaut he was looking for, so he made the move to advertising. Gideon is joining us as an art director on Audi. Hiring Gideon was a win-win: M/H hired Gideon (win 1) and Gideon was pumped because he happens to be the definition of a car nerd (win 2). High fives all around!

Chin Lu is coming to us from Tatcha, a Japanese skincare company. Her previous experience in advertising includes a brief stint at Neighborhood Agency and three years at Mekanism. Chin is a social media strategist for Audi. Around the office, Chin is famous for her extracurricular activities— boxing classes for 2 years, hip hop dance for 8, yoga for 12 to name a few. A couple of other fun facts about Chin: she is a cat lady who has never owned any cats, and she claims to own over 50 pairs of shoes so here’s to hoping we’re the same size.

Tiger Wang is a recent transplant from NYC where he worked at sharable content mecca Buzzfeed. He is joining the M/H team as an art director on Audi. He is talented and an instant favorite in the office. Some fun facts about Tiger: his name is Tiger; his goal in life is to become a Pokemon monster; he makes things that get shared on the internet. Welcome to the family Tiger.

Veronika Luquin Campbell is joining the account team as an account supervisor on AAA and Audi. She is a California native and is coming to us from Swirl down the road. She has over 7 years of car experience, which is cool because she is a huge car enthusiast. Fun facts about Veronika: she loves art, film, and air plants—the standard threesome.

Joy Mao is coming to M/H from Camp+King and is joining our account team as Assistant Account Manager working on AAA. Joy listed hosting dinner parties and microwavable mac&cheese as two of her hobbies so we know she’s fun. She is a triple threat artist—skills include drawing, painting, and fashion design. But threatening is the last word you’d use to describe her. Ever since her first day, Joy has been outgoing, friendly, and a super positive addition to the MUH-TAY-ZIK HOF-FER team. Joyous welcome #shameless.

Huge welcome to all five!

If The Shoe Fits

April 17, 2015

By Alex Dacks

Nobody likes to be the n00b. That’s what I thought. Until I started the new year as an assistant account manager at M/H.

Day one: Shiny new Macbook Air; a stack of business cards hot off the press to remind me how cool I am now that I work in a high rise in downtown SF; and to top things off, a seat at a communal desk next to my now partner in crime.

Week one: Learning the ropes while my team live-Tweets the ridiculous things that sometimes come out of my mouth. I had a very short-lived hashtag, which I would reference, but we weren’t all that consistent. Either way it felt welcoming.

Month one: Repping my new work fam at agency Olympics. We wore reindeer antlers made of sticks and amateur deer makeup. But we won, of course. Follow that up with getting an invite from the “big boss” to grab coffee just to see how I’m liking things.

Liking things? No. Loving things at M/H? Yes.

What’s it like to be a new hire here? It’s never feeling like the new hire. At pretty much every other place I’ve worked in the last decade, it’s taken at least 6 months before I feel like a veteran. That’s normal. This is different.

It’s more than agency culture. It’s more than Wednesday morning breakfast burritos and a fully stocked fridge. It’s more than getting to work with awesome clients in your first agency experience. It’s more than knowing the name of every single person that works in your office. It’s being you and fitting in. Plain and simple.

It’s publicly voicing your obsession with professional marching band and receiving positive – even enthusiastic – response. It’s not being judged for wanting to bring your microwavable socks to meeting rooms because let’s face it: SF is cold to west coast natives. It’s your half of the desk being excited to try your quinoa cake recipe. So for anyone that likes being themselves, M/H is the place to be. If not, you could always be the “new guy.”

I will end with this song, though it probably has an alternate meaning I’m overlooking, but everyone loves The Eagles.

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