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Alliances

The Creative Group's alliances with well-respected industry organizations reinforce our commitment to the profession, and enable us to provide clients and associates with the latest information and tools they need to grow their careers and businesses.


HOW Magazine How Magazine

HOW is the industry's leading creativity, business and technology magazine for graphic design professionals. Each issue provides a mix of essential business information, up-to-date technological tips, the creative whys and hows behind noteworthy projects and profiles of professionals who are influencing design. HOW is careful to address the needs of designers working in corporate design departments as well as those in design studios or in freelance positions – helping all of its readers to become more creative, more productive and more successful. Subscribe to the HOW magazine at a special rate of just $49.95 a year!

Graphic Design USA Graphic Design USA

Since 1963 Graphic Design USA has been a monthly news and information magazine for and about the professional design community including graphic design firms, advertising agencies, corporate and institutional inhouse departments, and other creative businesses and organizations. GDUSA also publishes a 100,000 visits-a-month website, publishes several monthly enewsletters, and sponsors national competitions in the disciplines of graphic design, corporate design, package design and web design.

AAF The American Advertising Federation

The American Advertising Federation (AAF), headquartered in Washington, D.C., acts as the "Unifying Voice for Advertising." The AAF is the oldest national advertising trade association, representing 40,000 professionals in the advertising industry. The AAF has a national network of 200 ad clubs located in ad communities across the country. Through its 226 college chapters, the AAF provides 8,000 advertising students with real-world case studies and recruitment connections to corporate America. The AAF also has nearly 100 blue-chip corporate members that are advertisers, agencies and media companies, comprising the nation's leading brands and corporations.

The Art Institutes The Art Institutes

The Art Institutes is a system of more than 40 education institutions located throughout North America, offering a broad range of programs in the creative and applied arts including master’s, bachelor’s and associate’s degrees and nondegree programs. Curriculum is designed with the input of industry professionals and provides students with hands-on experience which culminates in a comprehensive portfolio. The Art Institutes are an important source for design, media, fashion and culinary arts talent and boasts over 200,000 alumni.

iStockphoto iStockphoto

iStockphoto is the world's largest community-powered image marketplace. 1,000,000 members from around the world download stock photography, Vector illustrations, and video clips every day. Find the perfect image or video and download it at the size you need - as low as $1 for photographs and illustrations, or $5 for video. Join for free today.