charlotteSponsors
The Advertising Club of Charlotte would not be kicking the creative ass we do if it weren't for our generous sponsors. Please help support us by supporting our sponsors.
3pmCreative
3pm Creative Group is a full-service collaboration of talented, award-winning professionals, offering customized marketing and branding solutions at a fraction of the Big Agency prices. Fresh ideas, creative design, passionate thinking.
kara@3pmcreativegroup.com
Charlotte, NC 28205
Action Graphics
Action Graphics is an experienced full service printing company located in Charlotte, North Carolina. We pride ourselves in professional quality printing. Please give us an opportunity to provide you with our printing services.
sales@actionprints.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Adams Outdoor Advertising
We are a company with a clearly defined mission: to reinvent the medium known as outdoor: to prove that it is more valuable than anyone has yet to imagine. It's a tall order. But no person or company has ever accomplished much by playing it small.
charlotte@adamsoutdoor.com
Charlotte, NC 28231
Armando Bellmas Photographer
Armando Bellmas works with creative agencies and corporate clients to create uncommon photographs and lasting relationships.
armando@bellmas.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
Balfour Beatty Construction
Balfour Beatty Construction has been a leader in the U.S. commercial construction industry for 75 years, providing general contracting, at‐risk construction management, design‐build, preconstruction, public/private and turnkey services for clients nationwide. The company employs 1,700 professionals and is part of London‐based Balfour Beatty, plc, a leading international engineering, construction, and investment business exceeding $14 billion in annual revenues. For more information, visit www.balfourbeattyus.com.
bhernandez@balfourbeattyus.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
BOLTgroup
Product Innovation. Brand Strategy. Breakthrough thinking. Creating powerful experiences for your customers and consumers that will cause them to hold you now and in the future above all competitors.
info@boltgroup.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
CBS Radio
CBS RADIO is one of the largest major-market operators in the United States with stations covering news, sports, talk, rock, oldies, country, adult contemporary and urban formats, among others. A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO owns and operates 130 radio stations, all but one of which are in the nation's top 50 markets. The overall mix of each radio station's programming is designed to fit the station's specific format and serve its local community. CBS RADIO continues to make aggressive moves to converge new and traditional media through creative programming and advanced delivery methods, including online streaming, HD Radio, mobile messaging and podcasting. Audio streams of nearly 200 CBS RADIO stations and custom channels are currently available online, and two thirds of the Company's stations are broadcasting in HD digital radio. Additionally, the division maintains an exclusive agreement with both AOL Radio and Yahoo! Music Radio through which CBS RADIO powers AOL Radio and Yahoo! Music Radio and distributes its stations to its network of listeners. Additionally, CBS RADIO is home to over two dozen of the country's leading sports franchises amongst MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the WNBA and the NHL, including the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and the Detroit Red Wings. Further enhancing CBS RADIO's programming exposure is the Company's long-standing alliance with Westwood One, which provides stations with news, sports, weather, music, talk and entertainment programming and content, and presents an unparalleled menu of events such as the Olympic Games, NFL football, NCAA basketball, including the Men's Basketball Championship, The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Grammy Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards. In addition, CBS RADIO owns the CBS Radio Network, with sales and affiliate relations handled by Westwood One. The CBS Radio Network provides premier hourly newscasts to more than 1500 news and news/talk formatted stations. CBS features, including the award-winning Charles Osgood File and Harry Smith Reporting, and 24-hour a day, seven days a week news coverage from CBS correspondents around the nation and the world, complement the Network.
bschoening@cbs.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Corder Philips
Corder Philips understands that today’s marketplace requires tremendous flexibility and balance. As a team we are committed to exploring the best means of supporting our clients and their unique marketing touch points – building trust. Simply put, we value relationships and continue to be accountable for making a long-term impact.
lwallace@corderphilips.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Custom Printed Fabrics
Custom Printed Fabrics
rsarno@customprintedfabrics.com
Chester, SC 29706
Deuce Pictures
Deuce Pictures
info@deucepictures.com
Deuce Pictures, NC 28202
Donato's Pizza-Subs-Salads
OUR PROMISE: TO SERVE THE BEST PIZZA When Jim Grote founded Donatos back in 1963, he did it with only $1,300 dollars in his pocket and a simple philosophy: “To make the best pizza and to treat others the way I would like to be treated.” Today this philosophy is still the driving force behind everything we do at Donatos—both in our restaurants and the communities we serve. As a result, our four cultural cornerstones of Live, Love, Laugh and Learn is the thread that weaves through the very fabric of what Donatos stands for.
contactus@donatos.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Graphic Impressions
At Graphic Impressions, we want to become more than just your printer. We want to form a relationship with your company. We do more than just provide quality printing, we also have superior customer service. Knowing your needs can help us provide a product that meets your needs and surpasses your expectations. Let us show you why we have grown and maintained a loyal customer base over the years. From traditional offset to state-of-the-art digital presses, we can print your job to meet your needs. It's not just what we do, but who we are.
info@giprinters.com
Charlotte, NC 28213
Greenspon Advertising
Know your customer. Drive sales. Create fierce brand loyalty. A full-service marketing firm, Greenspon Advertising works with clients with one goal in mind. Results. Greenspon Advertising. Powerful Advertising. Power Results.
info@greensponadvertising.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Hot Sake
Sound Design can make the difference between a good product and a fantastic one and at Hot Sake, fantastic sound is what we do best. We compose new worlds with our Sound Design. Multimedia, Web, Radio, TV, Film. . . whatever your medium, we've got it covered.
info@hotsake.tv
Charlotte, NC 28203
Limerick Studios
A video design studio.
info@limerickstudios.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
LoBiondo Studios
“Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.” Henri Cartier-Bresson: French Photographer 1908-2004 I am not one of those people who was born with a camera in his hands or shot for the school yearbook. I started shooting middle of my college days inspired by watching another photographer working. I was always concerned with the design of a thing or a space and since I couldn’t draw, creating images with a camera answered my creative aspirations. These are visual questions I ask when photographing anything. Does the ends justify the means? Is everything you see there for a purpose? Is the answer to the question elegant or just enough to get by? Why is it there, where does you eye go, does it create tension or feel balanced (could be both), is everything there for a reason, what is the question that needs to be asked? I learned to ask these questions through 20 years of being behind the lens (and sometimes in front), of being in the darkroom or in front of a computer monitor. There are the split-second decisions made even before looking through the camera. Then you look and see. Quick, did you get that expression? Are you shooting inside the box or looking for that happy accident? Arnold Palmer said “ The more I practice, the luckier I get.” The thrill of photography is KNOWING you got the shot. That’s the tease, the juice. It used to take hours or days to see the final transparencies on the lightbox. You would critique your work and look and see what worked and what you could impove on. Now, the result is immediate ( although very small). You have to react quick, look quick, correct quick. Shoot like you are shooting film, get it in the camera. Don’t rely on photoshop to fix everything. Look, See, Click. Michael LoBiondo
michael@mlobiondo.com
Charlotte, NC 28217
Loftin & Company Printers
Loftin is a full-service commercial printer in Charlotte, NC. We are proud to be the total solution for all of your high-quality, full-color printing needs.
info@loftinco.com
Charlotte, NC 28208
Luquire George Andrews
A fully integrated marketing communicaitons firm in Charlotte, NC.
tate@lgaadv.com
Charlotte, NC 28209
Mez
Mez is a stylish, modern establishment in the heart of Uptown Charlotte serving a seasonal menu of globally-influenced cuisine. Shortly after opening in 2009, it received “Best Of” awards from both the Charlotte Observer and Charlotte Magazine, and in 2010 it was a Diner’s Choice award winner on Opentable.com for its vibrant bar scene. The locals agree that Mez is the place to see and be seen, and the lively bar is a great place to enjoy premium beer and wine selections as well as specialty cocktails. In addition to the elegant dining room and the inviting lounge, Mez also features the adjacent Epicentre Theaters, where guests can enjoy their choice of menu items while taking in the latest feature films. Join us today to eat, stay and play-we look forward to serving you!
bradb@mezcharlotte.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Mitchell Kearney Photography
Photographer, Charlotte, NC
mitchell@mitchellkearney.com
Charlotte, NC 28211
MY JIVE
Myjive is a digital experience agency. We help clients position themselves as leaders in the digital space by providing the tools necessary to engage brand followers, create a participatory culture and build communities of active brand fans.
info@myjive.net
Charlotte, NC 28206
NASCAR Media Group
Bringing full service media production and content rights to you at the speed of NASCAR, our goal is to leverage award-winning production experience and broadcast infrastructure to enhance your company’s digital entertainment offerings while supporting specific business objectives. Whether you're producing a feature length film about the sport, a NASCAR driver documentary, need production resources for a NASCAR TV show, developing a mobile video strategy, or producing a commercial for your company’s NASCAR brand campaign, from concept to post-production, we can help you bring the sight, sound, and emotion of NASCAR to your target audience.
capabilities@NASCAR.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
National CineMedia
National CineMedia, LLC was founded as a venture of AMC Entertainment, Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group, three of the world's leading exhibition companies. Their nationwide theatre network operates nearly 14,500 screens in over 1,000 theatres in 47 states, reaching more than 600 million moviegoers annually. That translates to one-third of all movie ticket sales in the US!
press@ncm.com
Centennial, CO 80112
New Way Media
New Way Media is a full service, award winning interactive web and professional video production company. New Way Media has been proudly serving local and national clients both large and small with their interactive marketing, web and video needs. With 10 years of experience, we provide our clients with dynamic and innovative web and video media. We can build our clients anything, but our true passions are web projects, web marketing, viral videos and custom web 2.0 social media campaigns.
sharrington@newwaymedia.com
Charlotte, NC 28209
Planet Central
Planet Central is a full-service advertising and marketing firm with offices in Charlotte, Richmond and New York. Working with major clients in financial services, retail, media, technology and consumer goods, we are able to leverage best practices across diverse industry sectors to provide innovative and creative solutions. While our capabilities are broad in scope, our “whatever works” approach drives exploration beyond the borders of traditional marketing to accomplish client goals.
barry@planetcentral.com
Huntersville, NC 28078
SANDY ALEXANDER
Sandy Alexander is one of the country’s largest and most respected full service graphic communication companies. We provide our customers with extensive web and sheetfed printing capabilities; in-line finishing and ink jet imaging; digital and 1-to-1 marketing solutions; flexo label printing; all complemented by us being the most environmentally friendly printer on the planet.
seans@sandyinc.com
Clifton, NJ 07014
Speedpro Imaging
Speedpro is the leader in large format printing and graphics for promotional and advertising purposes. With offices in Charlotte, Greensboro, Morrisville, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, Speedpro Carolinas offers complete design, large format printing, and installation services. Retail graphics, vehicle wraps, wall murals, window graphics, floor and sidewalk graphics, elevator wraps, full color banners, posters, tradeshow graphics, and signs are our core competencies. We also offer a variety of tradeshow displays, retail displays and banner stands to complement our custom graphics.
bblais@speedpro.com
Charlotte, NC 28208
Studiobanks
Studiobanks is a small webcentric design firm producing BIG results! We have become known for producing memorable, high quality work that creates buzz. For each project, we bring a fresh creative approach and a keen attention to detail. We do all this while exceeding our clients' expectations every time.
info@studiobanks.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
Tattoo Projects
No, we're not a tattoo parlor. Tattoo Projects is a creative marketing services studio, that leaves indelible impressions with our work.
hello@tattooprojects.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
The Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper, in terms of circulation, in North and South Carolina.
info@charlotteobserver.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
The Common Market
Common Market is good
info@commonmarketisgood.com
Charlotte, NC 28202
Time Warner Business
Time Warner Business
brian.dickerson2@twcable.com
Charlotte, NC 28277
Total Event Productions
Total Event Production provides the highest quality event design, management, and production support using cutting-edge technology, carefully-maintained equipment and event-tested personnel. We want our clients to keep coming back to Total Event Production because we consistently exceed their expectations with our focused customer attention, attention to detail and innovative performance - all delivered at a fair price.
info@totaleventproduction.com
Charlotte, NC 28273
TPM
We strive to satisfy the needs of architects, engineers, design professionals, and graphic artists in a manner that exceeds their expectations for product value, service, support, and training. Customers are not loyal to companies; customers are loyal to persons who are friendly, fair, honest, professionals, and who "go the extra mile."
greenvilleinsidesales@tpm.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
Tremont Music Hall
Tremont Music Hall is a premier stop for National Acts specializing in Modern Rock, Indie Rock, Punk, Hardcore, Metal, SKA, Roots Rock and others. It's a great place to see a band as you’re never more than 50 ft from the stage. With a capacity of more than 1000, there's not a bad seat in the house!
ldbarr82@gmail.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
Tyber Creek Pub
Home of the All Day, Every Day $3 Pint of Guinness!
info@tybercreek.com
Charlotte, NC 28203
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