Creatives in DFW presents 4th annual “CreativesBash4”

DALLAS - May 9, 2014 - PRLog -- Creatives in DFW, an online directory of creative professionals in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, will host its fourth event, “CreativesBash4” on Tuesday May 13 from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the House of Blues.  The event will feature education sessions on responsive web design and the “Battle of the Designers”.  More than 300 creative and business professionals are expected to attend.

Our Metroplex is filled with talented creative professionals. CreativesinDFW.com is the only comprehensive directory to help find local outsourced talent at your fingertips.  Whether your creative needs are large or small, you will find the right creative solution here. As the industry expands, so does our list including Social PR, SEO, inbound marketing, digital and app development agencies. In addition to creative agencies you will also find freelancers of many disciplines, photographers, printers and promo companies. DFW - someone for your every creative need.

CreativesBash4 will kick off at 4:30 p.m. with an educational presentation on the ins and outs of responsive web design presented by Iwerk Software Development.  The speakers will include David Gudlaugsson from iwerk’s Detroit office and April Young from iwerk’s Dallas office.  The presentation will provide an overview of responsive web design including the benefits of having this type of site, common practices to adopt, how to begin implementing responsive design into new sites, how to restructure existing sites to gain these benefits, case studies, and lots of great examples.

Happy hour will be from 5 to 8 p.m. The event will then transition into a fierce ‘Battle of the Designers’ where designers will be competing head-to-head in 15 minute heats.  The designers will be judged and eliminated until there is just one left standing. Attendees can watch as the designers work away on their designs on large flat screens as the clock ticks down and vote for the final winner via text.

Held at the House of Blues in downtown Dallas, pre-registration is $25 and will increase to $35 at the door.  Along with admission to this event, the entry fee includes a drink ticket and hors d’oeuvres, with Happy Hour starting at 5:30 pm.  More about the event can be found at http://www.creativesindfw.com and Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creativesbash4-non-profit-pr...).

Sponsorship opportunities are available for corporations and non-profits.  This event will be heavily promoted to not only the Creative community, but also to the businesses that seek our talents.  Current sponsors include FreemanLeonard (http://www.freemanleonard.com), Collective Ideas in Practice (http://www.collectivedallas.com), Clampit Paper (http://www.clampitt.com), Pocketstop (http://pocketstop.com), Blanks (http://www.blanks.com), Exhibit Associates (http://www.exhibit-associates.com), Prpoaganda (http://foxypropaganda.com), Brand Marketing (http://www.brandnumarketing.com), and esp Visual (http://espvisual.com).  Please visit our sponsorship page (http://www.creativesindfw.com/creatives-bash-4-sponsorship.php) for more details and learn how to join these generous sponsors.

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About Creatives in DFW
Creatives in DFW provides a comprehensive online directory of creative agencies and professionals - including advertising, branding, inbound marketing, digital, SEM, social PR and more - in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.  This resource was created in 2010 by Melanie Hoffman, owner of a local marketing agency, who saw a great need for such a resource with the ongoing recession especially.  Besides being comprehensive, what makes this site different is that it target the businesses looking to outsource these talents. They are now able to access the public list do their due diligence to find the agency or individual that best fits their needs. Use of the online directory is free, as are basic listings.  For increased visibility, creatives can pay a nominal fee to have their listing featured at the top of the page, or they can buy an ad on the site.  All costs for featured listings and ads support operations of CreativesinDFW.com and its events.   For more information, visit https://www.creativesindfw.com, or call 214.250.7399 for more information.