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Finally had enough of working too late, making too little, and going nowhere?

If you’ve worked in advertising before, you may have worked at one of those agencies—you know, the kind where everybody is miserable, overworked, underpaid, and nobody stays for very long.

Well, we don’t roll that way. NDG Communications is an advertising and digital marketing agency located just outside Washington, D.C. in La Plata, Maryland. NDG offers a work environment where creatives are truly respected and appreciated, where schedules are reasonable, where compensation is competitive, where the office is usually empty after 6pm, and where your career can grow as fast and far as you can.

• COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION
• GENEROUS BENEFITS PACKAGES
• WORK WITH A TEAM YOU’LL LOVE
• WORK WHERE YOU’LL TRULY BE APPRECIATED
• FAMILY ATMOSPHERE & LIFE-WORK BALANCE
• TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL

What’s it like to work at NDG? Click here for some insights.

NOW HIRING: Full-time position

ART DIRECTOR
We’re looking for someone with strong and tested skills who wants to take their career even further, learn more, achieve more, and create truly great work with a great team.
• Lead designer for all assigned projects
• Collaborate with creative director, art directors, copywriters, designers, and programmers
• Mentor junior designers and help ensure quality and consistency
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills / Mac OS platform
• Portfolio of advertising agency or similar work
• Minimum 5 years professional design work experience
• Agency experience required
• Mastery of communication, conceptualization, and visualization skills
• Focus on the details, efficient time management

TO APPLY PLEASE INCLUDE cover letter, resume, required salary range, and URL link to samples or include a brief PDF portfolio in order to be considered.

LEARN MORE and apply online at our website.

No phone calls or recruiters, thank you.

This year, Valentine’s Day at NDG had local florists working overtime to make their deliveries to all the lucky loved ones in our offices. We thought it would be fun to share snapshots of some NDG team members with their Valentine’s Day bouquets and see who got what.

NDG Junior Copywriter Sara Poynor also got roses! — NDG Junior Copywriter Sara Poynor got roses!

NDG Graphic Designer Cheryl Macatangay received roses too... — NDG Graphic Designer Cheryl Macatangay got roses too!

And NDG Accounting Director Tracy Stire also got roses!

Look! NDG Senior Designer Ashley Stuart also got roses!

NDG Interactive Media Specialist Cindy Mellot got roses! — NDG Interactive Media Specialist Cindy Mellot: ROSES!

NDG Creative Director Quintin Parrish DID NOT get roses...

As part of our annual holiday greeting, we wanted to do something different this year that our builder and real estate clients would get a big kick out of. We put our brains and hands to work, and developed the first-ever Sweetly Efficient house. Haven’t seen it yet? Visit EnergySweetHomes.com and check out all the sweetly efficient home features you’ve been craving!

NDG Communications is pleased to announce that Megan DiNorscio has joined our team as Assistant Marketing Manager. Megan majored in Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She previously worked for Torre Lazur McCann as a Traffic Coordinator and was later promoted to an Account Coordinator. Born and raised in East Hanover, New Jersey, Megan recently moved to Maryland and looks forward to seeing more of what the Old Line State has to offer. She enjoys visiting her alma mater and attending football games. She also enjoys cycling, traveling abroad, and reading.

Abby See, Senior Marketing Manager at NDG Communications
By Abby See,
NDG Senior Marketing Manager

Whether you prefer American classics, international cuisine, or good old diner fare, our list of Top 10 restaurants in the Washington, DC region has something for everyone.

Recently, NDG staff members put together a list of their all-time favorite places to eat. The list included 20 restaurants throughout Maryland, D.C., and Virginia, and later was reduced to a Top 10 by way of a staff survey.

Check out the results below:

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What do you think? Do you see your favorite place on our list? If not, what are your favorite eateries in the D.C. area?

NDG Communications is proud to welcome our new Senior Graphic Designer, Karen Rinaldi. Karen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Atlanta and previously worked for Visionista, where she served many design roles in branding and corporate communications. She has a wide range of experience in retail, packaging, branding, and promotions. In her free time, she enjoys running, traveling, yoga, painting, photography, and architecture.

By Cindy Mellott
NDG Interactive Media Specialist

In today’s world, the smartphone is a multi-tasker’s dream. As life speeds up between work and play, your smartphone is there, with the option to stay connected regardless of where you’re at, all from the palm of your hand.

A recent staff survey at NDG Communications revealed that 11 staff members have smartphones—with a breakdown of 4 Android-based phones and 8 iPhones. 2 team members also have a Blackberry—and of course there are some us who have yet to buy into the smartphone craze.

While both the iPhone and the Android have a large number of applications which everyone loves—including social media apps, dropbox for work-related needs, and all those fun camera apps like instagram and snapbucket—the main difference between iPhone and Android users is that more than half of our staff with an iPhone are “Mac purists” as Tom Nelson, president of NDG Communications, described. They own Apple products at work and at home and want their products to work seamlessly together.

Droid users often selected models based on characteristics such screen size and operating system, but users of both systems enjoy staying connected with their social and work circles with smartphone apps for Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Google +, and more.

Whether it’s a Droid, Blackberry, or an iPhone, our staff agrees that a smartphone is a huge asset. Do you own a smartphone? What about it do you find to be most beneficial?

Quintin Parrish,
NDG Creative Director

Finally had enough of working too late, making too little, and going nowhere?

If you’ve worked in advertising before, you may have worked at one of those agencies—you know, the kind where everybody is miserable, overworked, underpaid, and nobody stays for very long.

COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION
GENEROUS BENEFITS PACKAGES
WORK WITH A TEAM YOU’LL LOVE
WORK WHERE YOU’LL TRULY BE APPRECIATED
FAMILY ATMOSPHERE & LIFE-WORK BALANCE
TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL

What’s it like to work at NDG? Click here for some insights.

NOW HIRING: Full-time position

ART DIRECTOR

We’re looking for someone with strong and tested skills who wants to take their career even further, learn more, achieve more, and create truly great work with a great team.

Lead designer for all assigned projects
Collaborate with creative director, art directors, copywriters, designers, and programmers
Mentor junior designers and help ensure quality and consistency
Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills / Mac OS platform
Portfolio of advertising agency or similar work
Minimum 5 years professional design work experience
Mastery of communication, conceptualization, and visualization skills
Focus on the details, efficient time management

TO APPLY PLEASE INCLUDE cover letter, resume, required salary range, and URL link to samples or include a brief PDF portfolio in order to be considered.

LEARN MORE and apply online at our website:

www.NDGCommunications.com

No calls or recruiters, thank you.

Tracy Stire,
NDG Accounting and Human Resources Director

I’m often asked what it’s like to work at an advertising agency, if it’s more like “Mad Men” or more like “Animal House.” I laugh and tell them it’s actually more like “The Office” but a whole lot faster.

The truth is, what we do is exciting, and creative, and, we believe, important. But while we are creative people doing creative work, we’re also real people with families, children, friends, and pets. We enjoy our work, and we enjoy our family lives as well. We work hard during the workday so that we can all leave at a reasonable time every day.

And we work together as a team—we simply don’t tolerate politics, cliques, or diva behavior. This is a place where we are all proud of our work, and proud to work together.

We’re an agency that seeks to build a family atmosphere, where employees want to stay for a very long time. We have a strong sense of team, and enjoy spending time together at work, and outside of work.

We’re also an agency that doesn’t just create pretty ads. Our creative is based on research and strategy, so that we can achieve real results for our clients.

And, most importantly, everyone at NDG is committed to honesty and integrity in everything we do here. We owe it to each other, to our clients, and to our industry.

Of course, there are many other benefits to working here at NDG, from some of the most competitive pay for our industry and region, to healthcare, retirement plans, and a generous schedule of holidays, sick days, mental health days, and vacation time.

If this sounds like the kind of environment you’d like to build your career in, make sure to check our current job openings at NDGcommunications.com.

Please join us in offering warm congratulations to NDG Senior Marketing Manager Abby See and her husband Matt on the birth of their second child. Matthew Brendan See was born Monday, June 6^th 2011.

We’re all thinking of you, Abby, and we can’t wait to have you back in the office!

NDG Communications, Inc.

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Happy Holidays from NDG & EnergySweet Homes!

Welcome to our Newest NDG Team Member, Megan DiNorscio

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Introducing Our Newest NDG Team Member, Karen Rinaldi

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Welcome Baby Matthew!