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What is Creative Places? www.creativeplaces.com.au
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We work with agencies, studios, and
businesses of all kinds to open their doors
and resources to the creative and developer communities.
Giving entrepreneurial and influential folk the opportunity to meet, collaborate and
create together in a structured environment, and showcasing the hosts (that’s you!) to
some of the best in the creative community.
Who is Creative Places?
You’ll come to know and love these idiots Creative Places is run by two handsome gentlemen; Ben and Buzz. Neither can
grow a decent moustache, but both are
passionate about design, the internet and
working late into the night on cool projects!
Ben
Buzz
Digital Strategy at
at Campaign Monitor, and
He’s the Director of Mentally Friendly, was once a semi-famous
DJ with an extremely
uncreative moniker, and
has an unhealthy vintage motorbike obsession that takes up the rest of his waking hours.
He’s the Creative Director is regrettably as English
as tea and crumpets. His
real name is Pete, and he’s the guy behind Prevue - so
pulling late ones to work on pet obsessions is nothing new to him.
Why Creative Places? Why not?
Ben & Buzz started Creative Places out
of a desire to find creative and stimulating working spaces to produce their own projects, and found that many other
entrepreneurial designers and developers
in Sydney were looking for the same thing. They realised that there was also a benefit for agencies, who seemed to always be looking for quality deisgners and
developers, and to showcase their agencies amongst the creative community (think of it as interactive recruitment).
What do we do?
We’re the guys who like to make things happen (we also don’t sleep very much)
+ Organise and host collaborative
work sessions for designers and
around Sydney
developers in pop-up locations
+ Help find temporary and permanent
creative and development resources
for agencies and businesses within
our database of talented community
members
+ Hold inspirational and eye-opening
workshops on creative, technology
hosted by some of the industry’s
and development practices,
most influential and leading figures
How does it work for places? 1. Register your place
2. We let ‘em know
We’ll get in touch with you to determine the
We send out a weekly email, letting all our
for you.
available in their area this week.
times, days and conditions that work best
creative subscribers know which places are
Thanks for registering your place! As discussed we’ll organise a meetup at your place every second Thursday night from 6-11pm for 10 of Sydney’s brightest creative folk
Hey guys, we’ve got a cool spot coming up in the Surry Hills area this Thursday from 6-11pm, RSVP now to secure your space.
4. Confirmation
5. On the day
We personally verify and confirm each
We send you the final list and contact
(that’s you) is, where to go on the day and
to access our community of creatives online
RSVP, and let them know who their host your house rules.
This coming Thursday you’ll be joining 9 of Sydney’s brightest creative folk for a session at the awesome Future Studio is on Foveuax St, Surry Hills...
details of the attendees, along with logins
for as long as you want. Then we’ll be there with the attendees on the night.
Don’t forget, tonight Ben Henderson, Buzz Usborne, Dan Krauss... will all be at your place from 6-11pm. We’ll bring the coffee and donuts!
How does it work for members? 1.
2.
They get an email
They RSVP
When a space comes up, we’ll send out a
We’ll give them a little bit more info, and if
can get their next creative fix.
book their place.
casual email telling everyone when they
they’re still keen - they can go ahead and
Hey Dan, we’ve got a cool spot coming up in Surry Hills this Thursday from 6-11pm. You interested?
The Place is a cool Loft-style studio in central Surry Hills that can fit 10 people. Book your place now!
3.
4.
Confirmation
On the day
Once they’re verified, we add them to the
We’ll drop them an email on the day,
getting creative!
them any final details.
guestlist and tell them where they’ll be
This coming Thursday, you’ll be using the awesome space of Future Studio’s on Forveaux St, Surry Hills!
reminding them of the place - and giving
Don’t forget that you’re booked into Future Studio’s place tonight!
What’s in it for you?
Access and credibility within the creative community (they’re normally a pretty tough crowd)
Ever had problems
Always looking for good
Want positive PR for
or realise at the last
free desk space at your
recognition from the
filling a freelance role, minute that you did
need that additional
development resource?
creative staff, or have
place that could be put to good use?
your organisation and creative community for free?
Creative Places gives
We help find permanent
Think of Creative Places
of Sydney’s brightest
and developers looking
recruitment ad. We
you access to some creative folk and
passionate developers who have registered their availability.
or freelance creatives
for work or ‘hot desks’ for short term hire
from our growing pool of talent.
like an interactive actively promote
Creative Places and it’s partners (this is you!) to industry and trade
press, as well as host regular workshops by
industry leaders (this is you too!)
What’s in it for attendees?
A place to create (that’s not their couch)
+ A structured, organised environment to
work on projects away from their home or office
+ The opportunity to meet and collaborate
with fellow creatives and developers
+ Free workshops and creative sessions
led by inspirational industry figures and
other community members
+ The chance to work inside the walls
of some of Sydney’s most inspirational creative organisations
+ Free coffee, donuts and internet access
(maybe the most important part)
How can you get involved? It’s easy, just get in contact us anytime, night or day at...
www.creativeplaces.com.au/places/ Here’s just a few ways you could get involved:
+ Register your space for a one-off or
regular Creative Place session
+ Offer yourself or a staff member to lead
a creative workshop
+ Post a listing or respond to a request for
temporary space for hire
+ Send us job ads for creative or
development staff
Creative Places matchmaking
Bringing Sydney’s best & brightest creative folk to your doorstep
+ Let us know if you have a permanent
or temporary place to fill
+ We’ll put you in touch with members
of the community we think you’ll play
well with
+ No commitment, no cost. We’re not
recruiters, we just like making magic happen
Creative Places workshops
Because inspiration doesn’t happen by itself!
+ A series of regular workshops by
industry leaders on their specialist
and the Internet
areas related to design, development
+ Hosted by Creative Places at some
of the most inspirational creative places
around Sydney
+ The chance to meet, collaborate and
discuss topics in your field with some of
the best in the field
Ask us anything
Here’s what you should know...
+ We’re fully insured for damage and
public liability, if we break it we promise
we’ll pay for it
+ There is no long term commitment, but
once you’ve joined the community you
as a sign of how grateful we are
will always have access to it’s resources
+ You can register a space for once only,
once a month, once a week or as often as you like
+ Buzz and Ben personally review each
and every member of the community,
person, just like us!
making sure every member is a real
+ We’ve got better things to do than
spam people, only members who have
listed themselves as ‘available’ will be
contactable
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