To mark the arrival of Creative Niche in the Cincinnati area, we are hosting a Cocktails & Conversation event at our new office. Advertising and marketing professionals are invited to mix, mingle and meet with Creative Niche team member to learn about our company, tell us about your career, share your portfolio and to find out about job opportunities.

Creative Niche is launching it's foray into the European market with an Amsterdam edition of Cocktails & Conversations. Meet and mingle with advertising and recruitment specialists Mandy Gilbert, Lisa Armstrong and Sharon Alderson to chat about your career, portfolio and to learn about Amsterdam’s creative community. We'll be onsite on November  14th from 18h - 21h at our Amsterdam office, located in Spaces, Herengracht 124-128, 1015 BT Amsterdam. Complimentary food and drinks will be served.

The Toronto Creative Community is booming with upcoming events, here are some that we thought you’d be interested in:

OCAD University is turning 135!

Creative Niche’s Toronto office is proud to present Youth Marketing and Social Enterprise: How Blackboard Marketing is connecting brands with the ever-moving youth target market as part of our Project Greenhouse Executive Breakfast Series, aimed at agencies and businesses. Yasser Pervaiz, Managing Director of Blackboard Marketing (founded by The Remix Project) is the presenter for this knowledge seminar to be held from 8:00-10:00am on Tuesday, October 18^th at Creative Niche HQ in Toronto.  

Creative Niche CEO Mandy Gilbert places 37^th on 13th annual PROFIT W100 ranking of Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneurs

Prestigious list charts growth, size, profitability of women-owned enterprises across Canada

RGD Ontario’s DesignThinkers 2011 Conference will be held on November 2 & 3^rd at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Visual communicators everywhere are invited to get together to connect and discuss the unique insight and problem-solving process of the designer.

What better way to celebrate another year of TEDxToronto than with an after party at the Steam Whistle Brewery?  On September 23^rd at 8:00 pm, join members of Creative Niche and members of the TED community as the Steam Whistle’s Roundhouse is converted into a Dark Carnival of the Unexpected. The evening is said to hold an air of magic with arts and entertainment, including performers, installations and music. Cash bar will be available. Come and visit the Nichers at our booth, where we’ll be giving out popcorn.

Partner of Creative Niche, The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Ottawa chapter is hosting a patio gathering on Tuesday, September 13th 2011 to celebrate the start of their 2011-2012 season. This is a great chance to meet other members of the chapter, the new board of directors and put a face to those familiar voices you know from the IABC podcast, The Voice and the producers from MediaStyle.