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AdFed of Columbus has many benefits, both tangible and intangible. We’re one of the largest and strongest advertising/communications/marketing associations in central Ohio—and a great bargain as well!
For your membership fee (individual or corporate) you’ll receive all club mailings, discounted fees to many of our events and programs, access to the annual membership directory, passwords to the club’s Web site to post your company’s positions or view resumes submitted, plus much more. As a member of AFC, you automatically become a member of our parent organization, the Washington D.C.-based American Advertising Federation. On behalf of its 50,000+ members across the country, AAF lobbies on an ongoing basis with our government officials, protecting the interests of our industry—and you.
Ad club membership allows you to do the following:
• Gain influence in a professional club that impacts the future of advertising in the local community and nationally through its affiliation with the American Advertising Federation (AAF).
• Interact professionally and personally with local industry leaders through the ad club’s programs and events.
• Benefit from club participation in the industry’s only grassroots legislative network providing an effective lobbying coalition, which opposes taxes and restrictions on advertising.
• Enjoy professional development through club meetings and events.
• Take advantage of exclusive club benefits provided by the AAF such as discounts on Advertising Age and ADWEEK, insurance, overnight delivery services and rental car charges.
• Receive recognition for accomplishments and industry contributions.
• Participate in public service initiatives that directly impact the well-being of the local community and enhance the public’s perception of our industry.
• Participate in programs that encourage high industry standards and elevate consumers’ perception of the ad industry.
• Become involved in advertising education for students who have an interest in an advertising career.
• Improve opportunities to recruit talented and experienced professionals to your business or organization.
• Learn about career and job opportunities in the advertising industry.
• Take advantage of discounts on ADDY® Awards entries.
• Obtain access to new-business prospects.
And finally—the reason many people join associations: networking. Whether for your business or your personal development, networking is a vital element of association membership. Ad Fed offers countless opportunities—at all levels of involvement—to meet your fellow advertising professionals.
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