A peek behind the scenes
We strive to always keep the spotlight on our clients on event day, by work in the shadows to make sure their guests only experience the event in the way it was conceptualized. However, our team is in constant motion leading up to the event to make sure our clients hit their mark.
In the spirit of showing our work, here are some recap videos of our team in action.
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Fresh Fest Cleveland 2024
In September of 2024 Hit Your Mark Productions got the chance to work with the amazing team from Environmental Health Watch (EHW) to help them execute Fresh Fest Cleveland. This annual festival returned to Rid-All Park for its fifth year a featured Big Daddy Kane as the headliner for the night. This one-night, free event provides an atmosphere for over 80 vendors to showcase their goods and services to a crowd that reached 15,000 visitors this year!
Take a peek behind-the-curtain to see our team in action for on of the biggest free concerts in Cleveland!
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ASAE Closing Night with Destination Cleveland
Hit Your Mark Productions had the esteemed honor to work with This is Cleveland (Destination Cleveland) on the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition to execute logistics for their Conference Closing Night Party.
This event saw more than 4,500 association professionals and industry partners converge on Cleveland over 4 days to exchange knowledge, resources, strategies, solutions, and more.
Check out the behind-the-scenes footage of an amazing night, hosted within the bars and clubs of the Forward Hospitality Group on the East Bank of the Flats in Cleveland!
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Euro USA Trade Show
Two years ago, the team of Hit Your Mark Productions had the pleasure to produce a high-quality trade show event for the wine division of Euro USA inside Crawford Auto Aviation Museum of the historic Cleveland History Center, which highlighted 11-food vendors and 14-wine vendors. In May of 2024, our team was honored with the opportunity to execute their annual Euro USA Food Trade show, which showcased 71 vendors from their extensive portfolio.
Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at the 2024 Euro USA Food Trade Show.
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GCUFF Opening Night
Supporting the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival kick off the opening day of the festival is an honor our team never takes for granted. The 2023 festival truly matched the organization’s theme of leveling up.
Our team not only helped the client kick off their opening night film at the amazing Cleveland Metropolitan Conference Center, but also executed a director’s podcast, a podcast competition, and the opening night afterparty.
Enjoy this behind-the-scenes looks at the 2023 opening night of the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival!
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Karamu Second Line
6 months of planning to activate 3 different spaces, with 3-caterers (Pearl Flower Catering, Gourmet Gent Catering, and Del's Catering) 3 different live entertainers, two stages powered by NPi Audio Visual Solutions, and tents and rentals from Lasting Impressions Event Rental all changed the morning of the event with the weather forecast. All event companies are ready to pivot for a rain plan, however, your rain plan becomes extremely tested when 2 of 4 outdoor tents flood and when one of those flooded tents fill with mud…twice
Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at Karamu House’s Second Line & Sneaker Ball Lake View Cemetery.
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Towards Employment
Our team was excited to execute the annual fundraising event for the amazing organization, Towards Employment.
This event held at the stunningly remodeled Agora Theater & Ballroom and emceed by the ever-energetic Chris "Sparky B" Biller, treated guests to a performance of Dominick Farinacci's Modern Warrior Live, performances from past program graduates, and food from A Taste of Excellence Catering.
Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at the night that worked to raise awareness and funds to continue to give individuals “A Chance to Advance.”
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Center for Arts-inspired Learning
Since 1953, the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (formerly Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio) has served nearly 7 million students in 18 counties through arts education, and has reached even more through their advocacy efforts, professional development, and community programs.
Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at this amazing night that was created to ensure the arts stay vibrant and accessible in the Cleveland Community.
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GCUFF - Festival Commercials
2023 ushered in a lot of new changes to the annual film festival presented by the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival. To make sure that patrons were aware of all the new elements being added to this year's festival, GCUFF commissioned our team to help this create a series of videos for them to launch on social media.
This is a little behind-the-scenes video of what went into the making of this project filmed inside of the studios Frame One Media
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US Quadball Cup 2023
US Quadball contracted our team to work alongside them to execute their US Quadball Cup 2023, which is their national tournament event held April of every year.
Let’s go behind-the-scenes to see some of the magic that went into #usqc2023, an event which brought 1200 athletes to he Proving Grounds in Conshohocken, PA.
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GCUFF - Rosa Parks Screening
Our team was excited to close out Black History Month by executing a special screening of the rebellious life of Rosa Park for the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival!
Here's a quick peek behind-the-scenes of the event hosted at the historic Karamu House!
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Euro USA - Wine Show
When the wine division of Euro USA Inc. wanted to engage their customers with a trade show in a unique environment ahead of the fall season, our team hit the ground running to meet this 60-day challenge.
The ever-changing displays in the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum of the Cleveland History Center became the perfect environment to showcase the product offerings of our client.
Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the event that that highlighted 11-food vendors & 14-wine vendors.
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Hill Harris - Go Music Video
When recording artist Hill Harris reached out to our team to help him pull off a multi-location shoot to capture the momentum behind his song "Go", which was being featured on Top Gear America, we leapt into action.
While this wasn't a traditional event, executing logistics are at the core of what we do. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the video shoot that moved our client and extras to 7 different locations to bring this high energy video to life.