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The Motherhood

The Motherhood creates powerful social media campaigns through their extensive network of highly influential social media moms. Cooper Munroe and Emily McKhann, began blogging together in 2004 and created The Motherhood in 2006. Since then, they have collaborated with hundreds of national brands to create award-winning social media and marketing campaigns.

Fireman Creative worked with The Motherhood to create a website that delivers beauty and functionality as a part of a clearly defined corporate identity and available services that reflects their approachable, upbeat personality. We are also working together to create new tools and find better ways to engage audiences and build participation.

Hearland Homes introduces iPad Tours™

Fireman Creative developed TabletTours™ to allow Heartland Homes sales staff to gather buyer information. The Tours are a fun and engaging way for potential buyers to explore Heartland Homes models and learn about featured products.

Using touch enabled hot-spots, the home tours provide information about specific cabinet styles, appliances, flooring, and other options. Potential home-buyers can save their preferences and this information is available to the Heartland Homes sales department.

Take a tour!

Kiski Conemaugh Water Trail

The Kiski-Conemaugh Water Trail offers 86 miles of paddling along the borders of Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties. Fireman Creative developed a web-based application to enhance the water trail experience by assisting the user in locating river access, restaurants, historical points of interest, bike and hiking trails and more.

Whether you want to kayak, canoe, bike, or hike, check out the mobile app on your smartphone at kcwatertrail.com.

Fireman Creative Featured at Small Business Administration Event

Fireman Creative had the exciting opportunity to participate in the United States Small Business Administration's event held at the University of Pittsburgh on March 12th & 13th. Fireman Creative President Paul Fireman participated in the Information Technology and Urban Entrepreneurship panel discussion. The U.S. Small Business Administration is an independent agency of the federal government that works to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.

Post Secret on WQED

For the past year Fireman Creative has been working with Dave Forstate, WQED and Frank Warren to help produce
a PBS special on the Post Secret project. The program is part of a WQED series called Experience and features Fireman Creative as well as great coverage of Donora and Bluebrain.

Savoy wins big at Savor Pittsburgh

The creativity and hard work of Chef Kevin Watson, Ty Kerstetter and the Savoy culinary team and bar staff earned Savoy several awards at Savor Pittsburgh, A Celebration of Cuisine! Savoy was awarded the Best Appetizer award for the second year along with the Whirl Magazine People's Choice Award for the second consecutive year.

Chef Watson's winning appetizer was a Chocolate Ravioli filled with Butternut Squash and served with a Lobster Basil and Local Peach Cream Sauce. Savoy was also awarded the Best Happy Hour Food and Best Mojito award for their Dragonberry Mojito. Kerstetter's winning Dragonberry Mojito is made of Bacardi Dragonberry rum, Lablon rum, lime juice and simple syrup, muddle strawberries, limes and mint together, topped with club soda and garnished with a fanned strawberry and a mint sprig.

Construction Junction recognized in the Post-Gazette

Congratulations to our client Construction Junction on the great story in the Post-Gazette last weekend! Creative people all over the region renovated their homes and made works of art using repurposed building materials from Construction Junction trying to win tickets to Big Pour 6, their annual beer festival. Here at Fireman Creative, we take the “Just Reuse It” campaign we created for Construction Junction seriously. Most of our furnishings are reused or repurposed. Check out the door to our “Human Resources Department!”

Tweetroast awarded a 2012 DATA Award!

Fireman creative was awarded the 2012 Design, Art and Technology (DATA) Award in the I-Com (Image and Communications) category for our work on Tweetroast. We are very proud of this prestigious award, and congratulate our fellow winners and nominees.

Fireman Creative on TechVibe radio

Fireman Creative was featured this week on the Pittsburgh Technology Council's TechVibe radio show. Watch video of the show.

Get There PGH in PopCity

Get There PGH, a collective of over 30 organizations working to improve transit in Pittsburgh was featured in PopCity. Read about Fireman Creative's work with Get There PGH.

SXSW 2012

We're excited to announce our featured event at SXSW 2012 with our friends PostSecret and Bluebrain. If you're going to the event or are going to be Austin, follow us on Twitter for more information!

Fireman Creative in PopCity

Read PopCity's coverage of some of our recent work.

Get There PGH website launch

Fireman Creative launched the website for Get There PGH, a group of 30 organizations focused on improving transit in Pittsburgh. Learn more about the project.

Kill Switch Game Launch

To help promote the release of the new book "Kill Switch" from Law & Order: SVU producers Neal Bear & Jonathan Green, Fireman Creative launched a unique online game for Kensington Publishing. Learn more.

HACP Website and Web Tools

Fireman Creative launched a new website for the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. The website includes information about housing options and resident services. It also includes applications for landlords to use to list properties that are available throughout the city. Vendors and contractors can use the site to submit bids on procurements. Check out the site at hacp.org or see more about it in our project portfolio.

Lincoln Highway Experience Launch

Fireman Creative launched a mobile web application for the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, a popular tourist area in Pennsylvania. Read more.

Heritage Seed Co: Funded!

Thanks to everyone who supported the Heritage Seed Co. Kickstarter project. Fireman Creative, alongside Blackberry Meadows Farms, is thrilled to have completed our funding goal! We are now moving forward with this unique project that combines organic food, art, and technology. We'll be distributing Heritage Seed packs, artwork, and other tokens of appreciation to our 200+ backers in the very near future.

If you are new to the project, watch a video and learn more on Kickstarter or read the Post Gazette article about the project.

A lot of cool stuff is yet to come. Check back for frequent updates on our progress.

Heritage Seeds: A Good Save

Fireman Creative's work with the Heritage Seed Co was covered by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Read the article then join the project on Kickstarter.

Video and Tech Impact the Publishing Industry

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette writes that Fireman Creative is "changing the way major publishers sell their books". Read the article.

Heritage Seed Co. Launches Kickstarter Campaign

Heritage Seed Co. is raising funds through Kickstarter for a unique project that involves organic food, art, and technology all working together to make the world better.

Read more and join the Heritage Seed Collective on Kickstarter!

Fireman Creative and PostSecret at Artisphere

Fireman Creative produced a 30 minute video for PostSecret that will be shown at an event at Artisphere in Arlington VA on April 2, 2011. The band BlueBrain will play live to the video and PostSecret creator Frank Warren will discuss the project.

The event is a benefit for Hopeline, a charity focused on suicide prevention.

UPDATE: For a recap of the event, watch this video. For future events, check PostSecret.com.

A Look Back At 2010

Our team at Fireman Creative wishes everyone a happy holiday. For a look at some of our work from the past year, check out firemancreative.com/2010.

Fireman Creative and PostSecret Honor America's Service Members

To honor America's service members this Veterans Day, Fireman Creative and PostSecret are proud to debut "Soldier's Secrets" Watch it now or learn more about the project.

Heartland Homes Site Launch

Fireman Creative's new website for Heartland Homes creates a unique experience for home buyers. Learn more.

JCC Pittsburgh Site Launch

The new site is live! Fireman Creative's mix of functionality and design made this project a huge success. Visit the site or learn more about it.

College Student?

Work with us this fall! We're hiring a Web Developer Intern.

Candidate Background and Experience

Most (or all!) of these criteria should describe you:

* You are currently majoring in a technology-related field and pursuing a career in software or web development

* You have already completed a number of courses that involve software or web development, mastered basic programming principles, and understand how the web works

* You enjoy writing code, working on web-based projects, and staying up to date with technology

* You have some level of familiarity with CSS, Javascript, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL

* You understand how SQL is used to interact with databases

* You want to learn more about technologies like jQuery, PHP frameworks, Wordpress, SVN, and unit testing (but experience is not required)

* You have some work experience (freelance or previous internships)

* You want to get work experience in a fast-paced, small-company environment where everyone contributes knowledge and ideas to every project

Learn more and apply here.

CREATE Studio Launches

CREATE Studio has long been creating custom invitations, but only recently joined the online crowd with their new website.

Fort Ligonier's New Look

Experience a piece of Pittsburgh history by checking out Fort Ligonier.

Vivo Live in PopCity

Vivo Live's web broadcast of CEOs for Cities was featured in PopCity. Read the article here. The event brought together a number of local civic leaders who discussed the importance of retaining and attracting college graduates to the Pittsburgh region.

PostSecret Project

Fireman Creative launched a website to announce Frank Warren's upcoming PostSecret book entitled "Confessions on Life, Death & God". The new site was developed as a place for PostSecret readers to share their personal stories about how the PostSecret project has touched them.

CEOs for Cities

CEOs for Cities, an organization dedicated to building and sustaining the next generation of great American cities, hosted a special meeting to discuss the stimulus package (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). This event was streamed live on the web Wednesday, February 25, 2009, powered by Vivo. The archived footage is viewable on the Vivo site.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Susan Elizabeth Phillips will answer fan's questions about her books during a live video stream on February 7, 2009 at 2pm CST (3:00pm EST)

Xstream: Share Life. Live.

Fireman Creative completed design of the xstream.me website and multimedia video for its launch with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Featured on the homepage of the CES website, Xstream broadcast live from the convention floor of the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where technology journalist Mario Armstrong (NPR) and media spokesperson Jim Barry (CEA) covered the latest and greatest new products, and answered viewer questions via live chat.

Available at retail in April, this simple tool connects internet users into a new age of social web broadcasting, and makes it possible to share life as it happens. For more information visit xstream.me.

Jaadu Website

Fireman Creative launches website for Jaadu, a groundbreaking VNC client for iPhone / iPod Touch that lets you easily control your computer from anywhere in the world.

UPDATE (12/08): Jaadu was recently featured in the Macworld magazine article 'Nine Essential iPhone Business Apps'.

PostSecret Winnipeg

Fireman Creative completes lecture series video for Frank Warren's PostSecret Winnipeg event. The video has already received over half a million views.

Kennywood Film Festival

Fireman Creative launches promotional ad for the Kennywood Film Festival, airing at Cinema in the Park screenings, PCTV, Kenny TV and Splash TV.

Lace Reader

Borders Book Club features an interview with The Lace Reader author Brunonia Barry on bordersmedia.com. The novel debuts at #7 on the New York Times Bestseller list, is named as Costco's August Book Buyer's Pick and is featured as the People Pick Novel by People Magazine in the article "A Spine-Tingler Set in Salem."

Sandcastle Vehicle Wrap

Follow me to Sandcastle! Fireman Creative completes design of Chevy HHR vehicle wrap for Sandcastle waterpark.

Lace Reader Website

The Lace Reader website is featured in the New York Times in the article Tales of Ipswich Lace and Stitches of Salem.

Lace Reader Videos

Borders Shortlist emailer features The Lace Reader as Summer's Next Big Book. Take a look at the documentary, produced by Fireman Creative, at bordersmedia.com. We also produced Brunonia Barry's The Lace Reader book trailer, which premiers on YouTube.

Lace Reader Website

Learn to read lace at lacereader.com, the latest website launched by Fireman Creative. Brunonia Barry's thought provoking novel will be available wherever books are sold on July 29, 2008.

PostSecret Visionary Art

Fireman Creative completes production of a video for the American Visionary Art Museum exhibit "All Faith's Beautiful" that includes Frank Warren's PostSecret project.

Lake Raystown

Fireman Creative launches a redesigned website for Lake Raystown Resort, Lodge and Conference Center.

Forgery of Venus

Produced by Fireman Creative, Michael Gruber's The Forgery of Venus book trailer premiers on YouTube.

PostSecret Valentine

Frank Warren's Post Secret Valentine video, produced by Fireman Creative, premiers on YouTube and on MySpace's Cool New Videos, and is launched on postsecret.com.

Survivor Bingo

As you tune in to KDKA TV each Thursday night for the latest episode of "Survivor: Micronesia," log on and play Survivor BINGO, the latest project work from Fireman Creative!

AgeWell Pittsburgh

Fireman creative launches senior-friendly website for AgeWell Pittsburgh, an organization designed to help seniors and their caregivers find information and services related to aging.