On Tuesday Oct. 8, Ad Club had the opportunity to host UNT Alum, Cameron Gawley, CEO and Co-founder of Buzzshift, a DFW Advertising Agency. He presented some recent shifts that have, and are, occurring in the world of advertising, while offering great advice on how to tackle them. The challenges we tackle and the tools … Continue reading Cameron Gawley From Buzzshift
Last Friday, the UNT Ad Club visited Slingshot in Downtown Dallas. Slingshot was tucked into a dim, cozy building with three sister companies. Slingshot owns Speakeasy, a marketing agency, Swimming Duck, a creative advertising agency, and Varnish, an in-house production company. It's a member of AMIN Worldwide and prides itself on its fiercely independent culture. … Continue reading Agency Visit: Slingshot
Many young advertising professionals interested in making a living as creatives have the same general barrier to their dream profession—the dreaded portfolio. For some people, making their portfolio comes as easily as making the pieces themselves, but for others… well, Ad Club is here to help! Ad Club President Mazhar Jilani introduced our third meeting, … Continue reading Portfolio Advice: Meeting Recap
On the 27th of October, the UNT Ad Club went to visit The Marketing Arm's Dallas office. The Marketing Arm is in the Harwood Center off of Bryan Street. Our ad clubbers were greeted by Allie Duncan, the agency communications coordinator. She took them into a meeting room, where they listened to Corey Lark, the … Continue reading Agency Visit: The Marketing Arm
For our second meeting of the semester, we decided to introduce the Ad Team (GRAVITAS), and what it was all about. We began by introducing the current officers: Brian Anthone – President Kelley Smith – VP, Strategy/ Planning Daniel Valdez – VP, Media Our own president, Mazhar, then began to give a rundown as to … Continue reading Introducing Gravitas: Meeting Recap
The UNT Ad Club visited Saatchi & Saatchi of Dallas on October 13, a balmy Friday morning. The building was picturesque--all glistening glass. As the the group got inside they were greeted by the agency’s CEO, Al Reed. Reed wanted to talk about the history of Saatchi & Saatchi. He claimed that the agency was … Continue reading Agency Visit: Saatchi & Saatchi LA’s Dallas Office
Back in September, Ad Club started off the academic year with an information meeting in Terrill Hall, room 121, at 7 P.M. The officers introduced themselves and our organization. Following the introduction was an over-view of SWOOP, study abroad opportunities, Ad Team, MAIP, and AAF membership. Introducing our 2017-2018 Officers Mazhar Jilani, President. Mazhar is … Continue reading Kicking off the Fall: Meeting Recap
Ad Club kicked off our first meeting of the semester by reviewing some Super Bowl ads in Terrill Hall, room 121, at 7 p.m. last Thursday. Agency Visit - TracyLocke, February 17, 10:30 a.m. First, our VP of Event Planning, Angel, reminded members that we will be visiting TracyLocke this coming Friday, the 17th, at … Continue reading Meeting Recap: Super Bowl Ad Analysis
Last Monday, during our last Ad Club meeting, we were fortunate enough to gain insights from another industry professional about the advertising industry: Chris Reeves, the founder of 2930 Creative, came to share gems from his own experience from an art director to an agency owner. He told Ad Club members that he was 30 … Continue reading Creative Director Guest Speaker: Meeting Recap
It was a Monday night around 7 p.m., the sun was setting and campus settling, but not Terrill Hall. Walking in you could hear a clear and healthy flow of chatter, in room 121 to be exact. Outside there was a banner welcoming you to Ad Club, it was tall and intricately designed, it was … Continue reading Account Planning Guest Speaker: Meeting Recap
