AAF-Akron

Big huge thank you to our six BADDYz panelists for sitting down with us last week to share insights into their award-winning work and personal creative journeys.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to Circle of Fifths for hosting us!

Welcome new member Gwen Mangan!

Gwen graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Marketing and Sales Management from The University of Akron. She has gained a variety of experiences within social media, PR, branding, SEO, and digital marketing through her internship and student employment experiences with The University of Akron, Kleidon & Associates, Power Graphics, and Hope & Healing.

During her time at Akron, she led multiple first-place client marketing projects and was honored as Fisher Ambassador of the Year for her time, service, and mentorship around campus. She really enjoyed giving back to the community, starting a program in leading her classmates to provide marketing activities for kids that are focused on creativity, communication, and hands-on learning; through this, she worked with organizations like Barberton Schools and The Girl Scouts of NEO.
Gwen is passionate about mentorship, giving back, storytelling, and staying engaged within the community, and plans to stay involved as an alumnus of the university through organizations like AMA and Delta Sigma Pi to continue mentoring students and young professionals.

In her free time, Gwen loves spending time with her cats and expressing her creativity in a variety of ways. She loves baking, arts and crafts, painting and drawing, graphic design, organizing community-focused events, and crafting homemade coffee creations.

It’s National BBQ Day and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than headed over to award-winning Big Eu’es to get a taste of perfection!

We salute our longtime ADvertaster, partner and friend, Big Eu’es! They are celebrating 10 years this summer! Congrats!!!

We were thrilled to celebrate the one year anniversary of Canton Creative Meetup last Friday!

It’s been amazing partnering on so many events together and connecting with such a fun and creative community. Thank you for always bringing the good vibes!