CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclaimed Chicago event venue Savage Smyth will host "Client: Citizen" on December 6th, a pilot event to give local creatives a chance to showcase their skill set, ingenuity, and voice for social good. Presented by agencyEA in association with CreativeMornings, the Obama Foundation, and Shutterstock, "Client: Citizen" will challenge teams to solve a widespread societal challenge – how to inspire and empower people to be active citizens.
How It Works
- Event organizers will assign competition participants to teams of six, who will collaborate, brainstorm, and present their creative output during the free three-hour event.
- Anyone can register as a spectator to cheer on teams and witness the creative competition.
- Final work will be evaluated by a panel of judges, comprised of representatives from agencyEA, CreativeMornings and Shutterstock.
- The winning team will receive a private reception in Savage Smyth and Golden Tickets for CreativeMornings 2018 events. Additionally, their final work will be promoted via participating organizations' social media channels.
"As a witness to the power our Chicago creative community holds to inspire others, we are excited to develop and pilot a platform for these talented individuals to collaborate toward a shared goal," said Gabrielle Martinez, owner and co-founder of agencyEA and Savage Smyth.
"CreativeMornings Chicago is thrilled to bring Chicago's creative community together with agencyEA, the Obama Foundation, and Shutterstock for the common objective of igniting civic involvement," said Jen Marquez Ginn, Host of CM/Chicago and Marlene Paez, Event Coordinator of CM/Chicago. "We know that our collective creativity, ingenuity and passion will come together to spark movement in our local communities and beyond!"
"Shutterstock is committed to supporting the global creative community and encouraging visual storytelling as an essential tool to promote grassroots initiatives that advance civic engagement locally like the Client: Citizen Event," said Terrence Morash, Shutterstock's Creative Director. "We are proud to support Chicago's creative community and we look forward to reviewing the submissions from the Client: Citizen."
Visit https://client-citizen.eventbrite.com for more information and to register for the event.
About agencyEA and Savage Smyth
AgencyEA (www.agencyEA.com) is a brand experience agency, specializing in event and experiential marketing. Founded in 1999 as Event Architects, agencyEA has partnered with esteemed clients such as Hilton, Google, Intuit, CLIF Bar, Under Armour, Boeing and the Obama Administration.
Savage Smyth (www.savagesmyth.com) is Chicago's first and only venue dedicated to fostering a creative dialogue and the collaboration it can yield across disciplines. Opened in 2016 by the co-founders of agencyEA, Savage Smyth was named a 2017 "Best New Event Space" by Crain's Chicago Business and "Best Event Venue" by EventUp.
About Creative Mornings
In 2008, Tina Roth Eisenberg (Swissmiss) started CreativeMornings out of a desire for an ongoing, accessible event for New York's creative community. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone. Today, attendees gather in cities around the world to enjoy fresh coffee, friendly people, and an international array of breakfast foods. Chicago was the 5th established chapter back in 2011 and CreativeMornings is now in 177 cities all over the world.
About Shutterstock
Shutterstock, Inc., directly and through its group subsidiaries, is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations, videos and music to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world. Working with its growing community of over 250,000 contributors, Shutterstock adds hundreds of thousands of images each week, and currently has more than 150 million images and more than 8 million video clips available.
Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries. The company also owns Bigstock, a value-oriented stock media agency; Shutterstock Custom, a custom content creation platform.; Offset, a high-end image collection; PremiumBeat a curated royalty-free music library; Rex Features, a premier source of editorial images for the world's media; and Webdam, a cloud-based digital asset management service for businesses. For more information, please visit www.shutterstock.com and follow Shutterstock on Twitter and on Facebook.
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