On Nov 19th at our new office space in Newark, NJ, we got together with several dozen of our team members, customers, investors, friends, family, contributors, and supporters to officially open the doors to our new office space and content studio at 550 Broad Street in Downtown Newark, NJ.
Thank you to everyone who came out to attend the event, sent it their happy birthday wishes, or posted messages/comments of support on their social media.
What we do really matters to a lot of people, and we’re glad it matters to you as well.
Thank you!
Thank you for the video shout outs from our partners: Jared Ben (Canva), Adrienne L. Lucas, J.D. (WAATBP), James Allsworth (Alamy), investors: Fred Toney (9.58 Venture Partners), Jennifer Comiteau (Comiteau Communications), Antonique Smith (Grammy nominated singer/actor), Michael Alfaro (Local Wisdom), Thembisa Mshaka (BET/Mshaka Media) our contributors: Fred Sly and Javier Zayas, customers, supporters, and collaborators: Marcia Dukes, MBA (Mass Mutual), Ericka Riggs (Omnicom), Noelle Ojo (USAID), Dawn Fitch-Mitch (Supplier Diversity Exec), Tara Robertson, CPCC, ACC, James Bender, and our advisory board members: Justin Thomas-Copeland, Richard Ortega, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay
It’s now Free from 550 & Broad!
The energy was electric! It was a whole vibe, and it’s all thanks to our beautiful and incredibly talented event host Free Marie Wright, iconic host of BET’s 106 & Park. Free made us laugh and kept the vibes vibing all day long… She’s the truth, and we’re happy to have had her grace our space with her energy.
Check out pocstock on TikTok
We just joined TikTok and posted our first one yesterday. Plenty more to come, follow us at https://www.tiktok.com/@pocstock
We transformed our space into a whole experience
The event could not have come together so beautifully without the help from our partners Hilda Adeniji and Candice Grevious from Transform The Hustle, an amazing experiential marketing company in Newark, NJ.
The giant scissors vs. the red ribbon… the scissors won…
The event was launched with warm welcoming words from Ari Fox , Head of Economic Impact at Audible , Evan Weiss, CEO of Newark Alliance, DeSean Brown and Steve JonesCo-Founders of pocstock.
Thank you to Daniel Blackburn and Kerri Levine at the Fidelco Realty Groupfor building out a picture-perfect space for us to call home. Get it, picture perfect? Moving on….
Thanks to the team at Audible: Ari Fox, Tiffany Jackson, and Tamara Remedios
We sat by the fireside for a chat “Creatives Move the Culture”
We were joined by Walter T Geer III, Chief Creative Officer of Innovation at VML, and Patrick Bennett, Global Chief Creative Officer at Jack Morton Worldwide, with Bridget Esposito, VP, Head of Creative, Brand at Prudential Financial moderating the conversation.
They all shared valuable insights on how creative styles are evolving, the growing impact of AI on the creative process, how inclusion and diversity are crucial in shaping the industry, and how these issues are driving change in today’s creative world. The discussion also highlighted their personal journeys to becoming some of the top Black creatives in the U.S. Clips coming soon!
New pocstock inspired templates on Canva
Just in time for our birthday, we launched our first templates in partnership and collaboration with the team at Canva, https://www.canva.com/p/pocstock/
They shootin!, awe made you look…
We provided our guests with free professional headshots in our studio thanks to Fred Sly. Clients contact us to book your headshot sessions. Creators come create in our space.
Business aside, there was a whole lot of networking and fun
Thank you to our supporters
We want to thank everyone who supported our journey along the way, especially the folks who have gone way above and beyond for us and have made a significant impact on our trajectory.
