Network at AdConnect
Friday, March 4, 2022
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Legends Aksarben | 6920 Pacific Street
Member Perk! AAF Nebraska Members - please join us for AdConnect, a free night to help you Connect. Network. Relax. (Just $10 for non-members.)
Share ideas
Search out career opportunities
Engage with your peers in the local advertising community
AAF Nebraska Members Free | $10 for Guests/Non-Members
AdConnect is a quarterly perk for AAF Nebraska members. Watch for future event dates and volunteer for the Membership Committee if you would like to help plan or host a future AdConnect.
At this year's Meet the Pros, AAF Nebraska members and guests are invited to join in on our professional development luncheons with Nikki Villagomez (left) and Karen Torok (right).
Keynote Speaker Nikki Villagomez Thursday, March 3, 2022
11:30 AM AAF Nebraska Member $25 | Non-Member Guests $30
Join AAF Nebraska and Nikki Villagomez for a look into how culture affects typography and decision-making processes in everyday life. In her presentation, Nikki will use pictures taken throughout her travels to discuss the comparisons (and contrasts) in type choices based on location.
ABOUT NIKKI: Nikki Villagomez is a nationally recognized speaker on typography. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a BFA in Graphic Design. After working as a designer in New York City, she moved to her home state of South Carolina where she became a fulltime freelancer. Nikki is the founder and former president of the South Carolina chapter of AIGA. She has been an educator teaching Graphic Design and Typography at the University of South Carolina and the University of Akron. Currently, Nikki lives in Charlotte, NC and is the Senior Vice President of Brand & Marketing at DHG, one of the top 20 public accounting firms in the country.
Keynote Speaker Karen Torok, Illustrator Friday, March 4, 2022
11:30 AM AAF Nebraska Member $25 | Non-Member Guests $30
Karen Torok gets REAL about being a one-person creative team for a startup
cookie company. She’ll discuss the process of using her illustration, design and art direction skills to create the complete look from logo to packaging to marketing materials.
ABOUT KAREN: Karen Torok is an illustrator, designer and creative director who has worked with a wide variety of clients during her 25 years in the publishing, surface pattern and advertising industries. She graduated from Ohio University with a BFA in Visual Communications. Before starting her own design and illustration business, Karen gained experience as an Art Director and Photo Stylist in Cleveland, Ohio and as a Photo Researcher and Art Director for a stock photography company in Los Angeles, California. Although she enjoys seeing whole projects through from start to finish, she is most passionate about the beginning process of idea formation and sketching concepts. Her client list includes American Girl Inc., Briarwood Lane, Custom Decor Inc., EK Success, Fisher-Price, Flomo, Flower Girl World, Hanes, Highlights, International Playthings, Mattel, Parragon Books, Pearson Learning, PepsiCo., Random House, Real Foods, Scholastic, Spin Master, Sterling Publishing, and Working Mother Magazine.
AAF Nebraska Bowl-A-Rama
Friday, March 11, 2022
Happy Hour 6 — 7 p.m. | Bowling from 7 — 9 p.m.
The Mark
Team Competition | Teams of 6 per lane $125
Individuals can register online at $25 per person
Best Team T-Shirt Design Contest
Best And Worse Bowler Awards
The virtual Advertising Day on the Hill will still provide attendees a robust briefing on the issues of importance facing the advertising industry as well as information on how to engage with elected representatives and staff online or in their home districts to educate them about the issues important to the advertising industry and the vital role that advertising plays in driving the U.S. economy.
Registration is open and the cost is only $25. Don’t delay! March 17 is quickly approaching!
Looking for new talent?
Use AAF Nebraska's job posting service.
Did you know one of your member benefits is free unlimited job postings on aafnebraska.org? Use your AAF Nebraska membership benefits to expand your reach by sending us your job postings.
With more than 250 professional and student members, the American Advertising Federation Nebraska (AAF Nebraska) is the unifying voice for advertising throughout Nebraska and western Iowa. AAF Nebraska offers an organization to educate, inspire and bring an inclusive sense of community to the advertising professionals of Nebraska so that we, and future generations, can continue to do the work we love.
