Shortcode in promotion headline?

Hi, im using the catch base theme without the featured content slider. Yet, on my three column homepage i would like to place a slider (i am using the Huge IT Slider plugin) which spans the three columns and is placed right below the menu. I thought i could do this by placin shortcode in the promotion headline but that didnt work. Is there a way to accomplish this? Or can i use featured images for the slider but not display them on the content pages? Thanks in advance