Zappos Video Cover Letter

I applied to be a Junior Visual designer at Zappos with my first and only rap video. They did not hire me. Still, I had fun with it!

Thanks for the help, John, Beardrick, Diana, and Christopher James Stapleton Ryan!

Lyrics below:

Adobe CS High-five, bro- it's time to spin this
Photoshop ain't no game, this is serious bidness
See I'm compressin' these jpegs like a pro
Neva eva seen a website load so fast befo'
The save for web tool, it's not voodoo
Got my file types down, which you know to be true.
I'm really quite stoked about illustratin',
Graphics and icons got me salivatin'
I'm the man for the job so turn up the speakers
Your clean style fits me like some well-made sneakers
That magic Illustrator style of shapes and layers
I work it all day long, cause I'm the mayor (Of graphics-town)
Zappos be a lake from an olden time
Cause I'm an InDesign monster of the loch ness kind
Hey, i'm not done, you say Flash is a plus?
Well come on board then son, because I'm drivin that bus.
I put order to space like I'm Stephen Hawking
so let's discuss layout, cause you got me talking
'bout that kerning. letting and typography game
You know the way the copy flows will never be the same
I know color theory like I'm Josef Alber's son
Use that whole spectrum just as good as anyone
C to the M to the Y and K too
Yo, i'm also down with the RGB crew
Gimme a page to skin, you know i'm gonna kill it
Website so slick, you think that BP spill it
All day, all night, got your layouts on my mind
You could say I'm into arts of the graphic kind
Interpret that style guide, cause it's a good rule
It's super critical, that design tool
Now we're gonna shift gears, if I may
Cause i'm the nicest guy that you'll meet all day
You talking teamwork? I'm number 5 of 8.
Kids in the family, and we get along great
My door's always open, co-workers say what!
Got people person skills fallin outta my... sleeve
UNH YEA YEA YEA YEA YEA
Think outside the box like it's not even there
Let the quantum cat breathe some fresh Zappo's air
Development tradeoffs, to which we all relate
A feature's meaningless if it's in too late
I code HTML and CSS by hand
so I know what underlying architecture demands
And all the haters, perpetrators, know that I'm an incubator
with my problem solving skills makin me an innovator
Business objectives are a part of my process
Translatin to create those interactive concepts
You know the what, when, why- but not the how?
I'll get it done, friends, because the time is now.
My port-folio, benastoner dot com
Make a big impression like a thermonuclear bomb
One final note, from me to your crew
This heartfelt plea for an interview
You got my digits, and the writing's on the wall
So please pick up the phone and give me a call!

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

Peace!

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Education

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