2 November: fyi -- product naming, North Africa

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Lexicon Branding, a brand name development company based near San Francisco,
USA, is looking for linguists living in Egypt or Morocco to conduct freelance
interviews with consumers sometime during the week of December 11th. Candidates
with a PhD are preferred, but those who have a Master's degree may be
considered, if their background is appropriate to the assignment.

In addition, we may have need to conduct freelance interviews sometime over
the next six months in the following countries:

Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam
South Asia: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Africa: Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Interviewers should have excellent written and oral communication skills in both
English and a local language widely spoken in their country.

Please send an expression of interest and a resume, via e-mail only, to
both Peter Manasantivongs, Ph.D. at peter@lexicon-branding.com, and Akshata
Murty at murty@lexicon-branding.com .

For almost 25 years, Lexicon Branding has developed extraordinary names for
extraordinary products. Globally recognized brands developed by Lexicon
include: Pentium, Centrino, and Viiv for Intel; BlackBerry for RIM;
PowerBook for Apple; Optima for American Express; Swiffer and Febreze for
Proctor and Gamble; Pipeline for CNN; and Outback for Subaru.

Application Deadline: 01-May-2007

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