Dayton Creative Syndicate

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Real Art Design Group employees think up thousands of ridiculous ideas like this every year. But every once in a while, they follow through on one.

I’m proud to announce that Real Art is now an official contender in the “Cavalcade of Thrills” Demolition Derby at the 2008 Montgomery County Fair!

The demolition car, a 1993 Nissan Altima formerly owned by RADG employee Andy Nick, is sponsored in part by the Dayton Creative Syndicate. The car will proudly feature a decal with the DCS logomark.

It will be driven/destroyed by the Syndicate’s very insane brave Director, Rob Anspach. So make sure you come out on Sunday, grab some deep-fried, cotton-candied chili dogs and show your support for Rob, Real Art and the Syndicate.

Details:

• Montgomery County Fairgrounds (remember that the Stewart St. bridge is closed) - map
• Sunday, August 31
• 7:00pm
• Admission is probably $5-7 (we couldn’t find any info on the website), but trust me you can’t put a price on something like this!
• Check back often because we may get more details as we get closer to the big show

Check out this slideshow that chronicles the preparation process for the car…

Also, check out these preview videos of RADG employees and friends prepping the car…

Just a follow up to the earlier post about the DCS happy hour at Adobe Gila’s at The Greene this past Monday.

For our fifth DCS social event, AG’s proved to be an excellent venue, lots of open area, a nice indoor / outdoor mix that seemed very popular. I think we had an all-time high attendance somewhere in the mid 40’s. Best of all lots of new faces to go along with the many we’ve become accustomed to seeing at our socials. A nice mix of creatives, vendors and members and non-members alike—the crowd also seemed to stay around a bit longer than previous events.

Many of the new attendees were excited and interested and to learn more about both the DCS and opportunities to lend the group a hand. We were also thrilled to have two shirts donated by FourAmbition as door prizes for a couple of lucky winners! Many thanks to FourAmbition. Check out their site and the services they offer.

Be sure to see the photos of the winners and proof of others who were there. Many thanks to every one who attended this event and to all of our DCS board members who were on hand and the efforts they put forth.

Summer will be over before you know it. So come enjoy an ice cold margarita with members and friends of the Dayton Creative Syndicate at Adobe Gila’s @ the Greene!

As a special treat, our friends at FourAmbition (fourambition.com) will be joining us and showing off some of their wares. So be sure to say “hello” and find out more about what they do.

• Adobe Gila’s at the Greene - map
• Monday, August 18 @ 6pm
• Door prizes provided by FourAmbition
• $1 margaritas (w/purchase of entree)
• $1 domestic draft specials (14oz.)
• $3 Sauza® margaritas
• Free chips and salsa
• Don’t forget your business cards!

Email social@creativesyndicate.org with questions or concerns.

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The School Team at MeadWestvaco needs someone who’s available the week of 8/18 from 8am-5pm to create mock-ups. This is a temporary assignment and should only last 2 or 3 days. The rate of pay is $15 an hour.

We’re looking for a freelancer that is able to jump into the work. We need someone who is timeline-driven, good with an X-ACTO knife, all-around reliable with cutting out multiple pieces of art for mock-ups.

Candidates should email Tessa Del Castillo your interest and availability at TBD1@meadwestvaco.com.

The Syndicate’s Education Coordinator, Matt Flick, is hunting for a web design instructor for the School of Advertising Art. If you know any awesome web designers who are looking for a job or a change, hit him up.

Job Description:
The School of Advertising Art, a driven, focused, award winning graphic design college is growing and has an immediate opening for a creative, outgoing, full-time web design instructor. The ideal candidate would possess five or more years of industry experience and have a solid understanding of the Apple/Mac operating system, Adobe CS3, CSS & X/HTML. If you are passionate about web design, and interested in teaching the next generation of web designers, please contact us now. For more information about the school of advertising art visit us at www.saacollege.com

Vacation benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Summers off or limited Summer schedule
• A week for Thanksgiving
• Two weeks for the holidays
• A week for Spring Break
• Most government holidays

Interested candidates should email resume and work samples/links to Matthew Flick, flick@saacollege.com

Last year, the GDAA started a new awards competition, the Mercury Awards, to honor advertising professionals who are not recognized by the Hermes/Addy Competition, which is a creative competition.

The Dayton Creative Syndicate was nominated for, and won, Newcomer of the Year. This is a tremendous honor for a brand new club like ours. Huge thanks to everyone who voted for us!

Congratulations to our DCS members who also won or were nominated:

• DCS Director Rob Anspach won the Unsung Hero Award
• DCS member Dan Johnson won Educator of the Year
• DCS member Libby Ballengee was nominated for Newcomer of the Year
• DCS Education Coordinator Matt Flick was nominated for Educator of the Year
• DCS member Dan Suffoletto was nominated for Best Film/Video/Post-Production

Be sure to check out the complete list of nominees.

JULY TWENTY ONE
TROLLEY STOP
HAPPY HOUR
SIX O’CLOCK

It’s Monday. What other plans could you possibly have?

Join us at the Trolley Stop for our July Happy Hour. Check out the patio in the back, shoot some pool, and hang with creative types. This is a great casual setting to meet some new vendors, future employers, or just some like-minded, good-looking chicks and dudes.

• Trolley Stop - map
• July 21 @ 6pm
• $1 drafts
• $4 pitchers
• 50¢ discount on the rest
• Don’t forget your business cards!

Check out our website at creativesyndicate.org.

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So we were thinking… this club is basically a small community of people. Very web-savvy people. People who are curious about what the hell we’re doing up in that dark, gloomy tower overlooking Dead Man’s Bluff (our HQ). And rightfully so.

Hmmm… so how could we possibly keep everyone updated, stay on the cutting edge with the latest Interwebs trends, AND avoid doing any difficult work to set it up? Gosh, I don’t know… Oh, wait! Wordpress!

Now our site will stay updated with all the latest on our events, membership news, projects, and anything else that might be of interest to a young professional living in or around Dayton. Hoozah!

To start, our executive board will serve as the authors of the blog. They’re pretty aware of what’s going on with the club. But we’re also going to bring in guest authors to school you in their areas of expertise.

So what do you need to do?

1. Subscribe to this blog with your favorite RSS reader. I recommend Google Reader.
2. Read our posts regularly.
3. Register so you can comment on our posts. This is a quick, painless process. Edit: You may comment without registering.
4. Comment on our posts. This is how your voice gets heard, so comment often. We really do want to hear what you have to say.
5. Explore the rest of the site. This isn’t just a blog; this is our website. Click the page links to learn more about us, become a member of the club, etc.

This is a bit of a work in progress. We’ll get it all branded and pretty in no time, but until then you can enjoy quality content.