AFCI hires SmithBucklin to manage group
AFCI hires SmithBucklin to manage group
- January 14, 2019 |
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CEO Update
Jan. 14, 2019
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
The Association For Creative Industries has chosen association management company SmithBucklin to run its operations as it moves its headquarters from Elmwood Park, N.J., to downtown Chicago.
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Starting April 1, the new association headquarters will be at 330 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago, the same address as SmithBucklin's headquarters. AFCI was founded in 2004 as the Craft & Hobby Association. SmithBucklin will be responsible for administration; member services, recruitment and retention; financial and event management—including the annual Creativation event—trade show and sponsorship sales management; marketing and branding; communications and publications; education; technology; and its charitable support of the Kids in Need Foundation.
"SmithBucklin brings deep experience in supporting business trade associations—including some that complement and have synergies within the creative industry," AFCI Chairman Jim Thielen said in a statement.
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