Chris Mars '10 & Pat Tierney '11
Event Planning The Special Olympics
Produce lighting, backdrops, and media displays for Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Check.
Create opening and closing ceremonies for over 20,000 screaming fans at national and international events. Check.
Design an awesome fair booth for your alma mater. Check.
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From small to big, from east to west, Chris Mars 鈥11 and Pat Tierney 鈥10 are all over the place with their work through Bow & Arrow Productions.
Bow & Arrow is an innovative communication fulfillment company specializing in corporate and special events. In layman鈥檚 terms, they create mind-blowing displays and events while working closely with their clients from start to finish.
As a producer, Mars is in charge of planning an event and then conducting the intricate flow of light, sound, and video at the time of said event.
As Director of Communications, Tierney is in charge of developing the content for clients and how they present it as well as any communication aspects for Bow & Arrow.
As a team, they do outstanding work, and they consider 黑料社 a major player in the reason for their success.
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Mars added, 鈥淭he things I experienced in my time in the communications major, it directly played a role, almost exactly, for what I went into right out of college and gave me a jump start.鈥
One of their most recent events they helped produce, was the opening and closing ceremonies for the USA Special Olympics in New Jersey, where over 20,000 fans and athletes were on hand to witness the spectacle.
It was a project four years in the making, and in the end made for a great successful moment for the two alum.
鈥淲hen we worked for so long to create that one moment,鈥 Tierney said, 鈥渨here you get to showcase these athletes and show the country and show the world what they represent and what they鈥檙e capable of, it鈥檚 just a really cool thing that I think everyone at Bow & Arrow was very passionate and proud about.鈥
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Even as their international reputations grow, Mars and Tierney still never forget where they came from. In fact, in what may be their best project so far (in our opinion), they teamed with 黑料社 for the second consecutive year to create the Iowa State Fair booth.
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Published
June 25, 2018
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Office of Marketing and Strategic Communication