Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
Joshua Newitt has extensive experience in the field of creative design. Joshua worked as the VP of Creative Services at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp starting in September 2021. Prior to this role, they owned their own design company called Joshua Newitt Design, where they served as an Art Director from March 2017 to October 2020. In this role, they developed and produced various projects such as social media content, print and digital catalogs, web banners, and logos. Before their entrepreneurial venture, they worked as an Art Director/Creative Specialist at The Coleman Company, Inc. from April 2014 to February 2017, overseeing the production of creative projects across multiple brands. Joshua also gained experience as an Art Director/Creative Manager at The Sports Authority from May 2007 to December 2014, where they managed a team of graphic designers and directed various creative projects. Joshua Newitt started their career as a Graphic Designer at Chesapeake Publishing in March 1999, designing print advertisements for various publications.
Joshua Newitt obtained an Associate's degree in Design and Visual Communications, with a focus on General Design and Visual Communications, from Antonelli Institute. Joshua attended the institute from 1996 to 1998.
Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp brands, sells and markets Nashville as Music City to the world as a premier entertainment destination for travelers who seek authentic and unique leisure and convention experiences. The hospitality industry is a crucial economic engine for Nashville and the state. From the city’s world-renowned honky tonks to the rise of our dining, fashion and sports scene, the world has taken note of Music City’s authenticity, creativity, and Southern hospitality. With convention business as the backbone of our sales activity, our sales staff consistently exceeds aggressive sales goals. Thanks to the Music City Center and Gaylord Opryland Resort, Cvent consistently names Nashville as a top meeting destination. Hotel construction is at a record pace with thousands of projected hotel rooms being added in the next few years. The NCVC produces the city’s two largest, one-day events on July 4th and New Year’s Eve. Both events sell thousands of hotel rooms and generate millions of dollars in direct visitor spending. The NCVC works closely with the City of Nashville and the Mayor’s Office, and we are governed by a volunteer board made up of outstanding community leaders. Our work is guided by the principles laid out in the Music City Brand Promise: The Promise of Nashville — where music is inspired, created, recorded and performed – is to provide the ultimate musical entertainment experience, celebrated throughout our diverse creative, cultural and entertainment offerings, and presented in an authentic, unique, friendly and unpretentious atmosphere. Nashville’s hospitality industry has been on a record-breaking streak of growth in hotel rooms sold and hotel taxes collected for the past decade. The direct impact of the hospitality industry in Nashville is $7 billion annually with more than 16.1 million visitors who came in 2019. Nashville has been named a top global destination by major travel publications.