New faces at the Third Degree Oklahoma City office!

We're super-busy these days, so it's nice when we can get some extra help in and out of the creative department. Next time you come around to the Third Degree Oklahoma City office, say hello to the new kids!


We met Jennifer at a recent AIGA portfolio review. Among a wide array of talented students and young professionals, Jennifer stood out for her strong type foundations, precise handcraft and clever concepting. That's a lot of jargon that only means something to design nerds. Which we so are.


Kyle comes to us from OU's journalism department. He actually first looked for an internship in the creative department, but his strength in research made him an obvious choice for the account service side. Above, he describes the stack of work we gave him on his first day.


Ah, and here's Kaylee. She interned for us over two years ago, but graduated and went off to the land of web startups. Now she's back from a three-month visit to Japan, full of stories about giant robots and questionable seafood. She's jumping into the creative department as a production artist.

Welcome to Third Degree! You're gonna be great.

Frying Us Some Eggs

Since it is a lovely 102 degrees today, we thought we'd truly embrace one of our Third Degree brand philosophies and serve it up hot...



... by seeing if we actually could fry an egg on the sidewalk.



Grade A

At 1:45 pm, we pushed back from our keyboards, proceeded single file down our back murder stairwell, and out into the afternoon sunshine (which in Bricktown seems even more sweltering, since we're surrounded by, well... bricks).



Cracked Up



Mmm. Yolky.

Kande (the instigator of the fried egg experiment) assured us that her sources indicate an egg will in fact fry on the sidewalk at 130 degrees (which the concrete apparently reaches when it's 100-plus degrees outside). We opted for a metal manhole cover for the first egg, figuring it was the most similar surface to a frying pan.



Like every good experiment you need other test subjects. So we also tried asphalt and tin foil.





Eggs-Eye Perspective



Taking Bets

As we stood there "egging" on our little embryos to fry, we realized we probably looked like we were shooting dice out in the alley.



AgriTourism

We even attracted some Wichita passersby, who asked if they could take a picture with their camera phone. We're going viral, baby!



Time & Temperature

Then our client from ACOG, Jerry stopped by. He had very specific views about the proper variables for "basting" an egg, as he put it.



He shared his scientific opinions.



And even though we went as far as attempting scrambling...



... Jerry remained skeptical.



We may not have concluded this day with egg on our face, but we did come to the conclusion that while an egg won't actually cook after being out in the heat for 20 minutes... the Third Degree-ers definitely got fried.

Sidenote: as we stood under a nearby shade tree waiting for some sizzle, we actually held an impromptu brainstorm meeting about the upcoming Ghouls Gone Wild parade, and actually came up with a fantastic theme on the spot. So we've decided to hold all our future brainstorms in 102 degree heat (you know, like how Gweneth Paltrow and Madonna take yoga classes in rooms where the temperature has been raised for optimal fat-burning). It's going to be this whole new thing. But we will definitely need to invest in sunscreen... and perhaps an agency shower.

The Snorts Visit The OKC

The who visits the wha? The 'Snorts is a small group of about a dozen non-competing advertising agency founders from all over the country that meet a few times a year to compare notes, discuss challenges and debate and deliberate on just about everything from tracking financials to cultivating agency culture.

Third Degree's founder, Roy, is a Snort. And yes, that name is weird. It's actually short for Bucksnorts. Which isn't any better, but at least eliminates the allusion to a certain advertising agency extra-curricular cliché from the eighties. But it does make it sound like they wear orange puffy hunting vests, or wear little tassled fez hats and ride around on mini scooters in small town parades. They do neither. Apparently the name has a enigmatic mystery-shrouded history, so we'll just leave it at that.



The Snorts come from agencies from Alaska to Ohio, but this week, they descended upon Third Degree's home turf, Oklahoma City (hence, "The OKC"... you know, like "The OC" but without the ocean, or the dramatic, suntanned and angsty teens with their dramatic, suntanned and angsty parents.) Okay, I suppose we have angsty teens in the midwest, too. Just not as tan.



Brian wrote and Brett designed this clever little visitor packet for them when they arrived. It covered a few highlights like our Bricktown entertainment district, the Oklahoma City Memorial, and fun areas like the Paseo Arts District.



The Snorts stayed at downtown's historic Skirvin Hilton Hotel. It's a beautiful hotel, I want to say art deco, but perhaps even predating that just a tad. Misty put together these goody-packed baskets for them at the hotel. The Snorts get into some serious discussions in these all day, drag out, knock out sessions they hold. They mean business, which means serious brain food, like goldfish, right? Of course right.



When the goldfish run out and dinner rolls around they are usually worn out on the ad-speak: "so do you prefer cocktail napkins or post-its for recording your a-ha moments?" or "do you consider agency intramural ping-pong competitions as billable time?"

Their last evening with us was on Cinco De Mayo, so we had to take them to our most popular Bricktown mexican restaurant, Chelinos.



Heres to margaritas, mariachis and making the most out of "The OKC." I know we like to think we make the most out of it at Third Degree.