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AAF Metro Phoenix, (formerly know as the Phoenix Ad Club) is the local affiliate of the American Advertising Federation.

The AAF is a national organization with a mission to better the advertising industry, recognize the best in advertising, and inform and educate advertising professionals. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., it is the trade association that represents 50,000 professionals in the advertising industry. AAF's 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies and media companies that comprise the nation's leading brands and corporations.

If you buy, sell or create advertising or other marketing communications, membership with AAF Metro Phoenix is vital to your professional development. AAF Metro Phoenix is an exciting and enthusiastic organization of advertising professionals and talented individuals who are committed to being a resource for the education, growth, support and success of the advertising community.

Our members come from around the industry:
Media: Television, Radio, Outdoor, Magazine & Newspaper.
Agencies: Agency Principals, Account Executives, Media Directors, Copywriters, Graphic Designers, Commercial Photographers, Broadcast Producers & more!

Isn't it time you plugged into resources that will further your career and help you better serve your clients?

Club History

Three advertising visionaries – Jerry Arnold, Tasso Coe and Ivan Shun – were the moving spirits behind the inception of the Club back in 1937. They began the weekly meetings, with Club members gathering fifty-two times a year to hear speakers such as Barry Goldwater and Frank Lloyd Wright exchange ideas and enjoy the company of their peers during the course of a lunch or dinner at the Hotel Westward Ho.

Beginning in 1974, meetings were held twice monthly, September through June, at the BeefEaters Restaurant, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Phoenix Country Club, the Sterling Suites Hotel and the Camelback Inn. Bowing to members’ busy schedules, the meetings are now held once per month year around. The Club now meets on the first Thursday of each month at the historic Phoenix Country Club. Club members are deeply involved in advertising standards programs, advertising education, government relations, college educational programs and awards, and many other activities geared toward the enhancement of the metropolitan area of Phoenix.

Affiliated with the AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION, we join with other advertising clubs across the nation in seeing that high ethical standards are maintained in our profession. AAF Metro Phoenix, (formerly know as the Phoenix Ad Club) has provided leadership to, and been an active participant in, the qualitative growth of this beautiful community.