April 2016 Marketing and Design Events

April 2016 Marketing and Design Events

A new month means new ways to grow creatively and professionally in St. Louis. Check out some of the luncheons, conferences and happy hours happening in our city this April: 

April 8-9, 2016

Design Days
SIU Carbondale

SIUC’s annual student-centered design conference brings professional industrial designers and graphic designers, both alumni and non-alumni, to campus to share their knowledge and expertise with our Design students and faculty. And this year, Mike and Tara will be sharing our thoughts on experience design. Learn more about the event here.

April 15, 2016

CAM The Art of the Matter: Gala & Auction
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy 

An evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing, CAM’s annual gala  celebrates groundbreaking exhibitions, high-quality arts education, support of local artists, and far-reaching impact on the St. Louis community. In partnership with virtual auction house Paddle8, CAM also presents a silent auction at the gala, featuring the work of over 75 celebrated and emerging artists in a variety of media, including KAWS, Yoshitomo Nara, Arlene Shechet, and Mickalene Thomas. Learn more here.

April 20, 2016

The Art and Science of Pinterest
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy 

At this AMA-STL Luncheon, you’ll learn unique and effective ways you can reach consumers through smart advertising on Pinterest from one of their own – Raashi Rosenberger from Pinterest’s Creative Strategy group. Rosenberger will share insider tips to help you develop organic and paid pin campaigns and tactics that earn you pins, followers, and customers. Get your tickets here.

April 20, 2016

Discovering Consumer Insights in Social Media Conversations
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Llywelyn’s Pub in Webster Groves

At SMCSTL’s next monthly ON TAP event, learn about new technologies in social media listening from Elasticity’s Jason Falls. Great for big brands as well as smaller businesses – learn what you’re not yet doing but could be. RSVP here.

April 21, 2016

2016 Midwest Digital Marketing Conference
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Union Station

Formerly UMSL’s State of Digital Media Marketing Conference, MDMC is moving to a bigger venue – Union Station – and bigger speakers than ever before, from companies like Salesforce, Under Armour, Adobe and more. The conference is sold out, but watch their website and social media for tickets and news.

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Danielle Hohmeier

As Senior Marketing Manager at Atomicdust, Danielle Hohmeier develops focused and effective social media and content marketing strategies for clients. This includes identifying the audiences, appropriate channels and key content categories, and finding SEO and SEM opportunities.

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