Connect with our Creative Community!

Connect with our Creative Community!

2024 American Advertising Awards Sponsorships Available
Awards Show: Friday, March 1, 2024 at The Akron Civic Theatre

 Title Partner | $5,000• “Presented By: Your Company Name/logo” in promo materials
• Onstage sponsor recognition
• 3-minute onstage...
Merry Mingle Benefits Kosich Fund

Merry Mingle Benefits Kosich Fund

AAF-Akron and NSME hosted their sixth annual Merry Mingle on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Waterloo Restaurant & Catering. This year, Merry Mingle coincided with GivingTuesday—a global day of giving where people all over the world come together to support their favorite...
Kelemen Graphic Design is the 2024 Creative Partner

Kelemen Graphic Design is the 2024 Creative Partner

Bob Kelemen, Kelemen Graphic Design Great advertising is a conversation.Talking with, not talking at. Bob Kelemen is a Cleveland-based graphic designer and design educator.  His professional graphic design practice, Kelemen Graphic Design—which recently celebrated 25...
2023 Annual Meeting Recap

2023 Annual Meeting Recap

The 2023 AAF-Akron Annual Meeting was held Thursday, October 19 at the Knight Stage in downtown Akron. President Brianna Kelly presided over the annual meeting and updated members on highlights from the past year and recognized our honorees. AAF-Akron President...
HigH Five Award Winners

HigH Five Award Winners

The inaugural High Five Awards recognize those advertising and marketing professionals in our area (Summit, Stark, Portage, Wayne, Mahoning Counties) that go above and beyond the 9-to-5 workday in big and small ways. Congratulations to the following 2023 High Five...
Carla Davis Named 2023 Silver Medal Recipient

Carla Davis Named 2023 Silver Medal Recipient

Honored for her outstanding lifetime contribution to the advertising field AAF-Akron is pleased to announce that Carla Davis, Marketing Communications Director at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, is the 2023 recipient of its distinguished Silver...