Create Now Boston
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Welcome to Create Now—an evening of inspirational talks, interactive activations, and laid-back networking with the local creative community. Check in with our team, grab a drink and a bite, and get to know your fellow creatives.
Hear from our Adobe speaker and talented local creatives as they share tools, workflows, and real-world inspiration designed to level up your creative game.
Connect with fellow creatives and chat with our speakers. It’s the perfect time to swap ideas, ask questions, and meet new friends and collaborators.
You’ll head home with fresh inspiration, new connections, and some sweet swag!

Community Relationship Manager, Adobe Express
Jordan Dené Ellis is an enthusiastic community manager based in Philadelphia, PA. She's been an entrepreneur for over twelve years, building the geek fashion brand JORDANDENÉ, geeky lifestyle magazine The Sartorial Geek, and helping fellow small businesses with freelance.

Local Creator Spotlight
Kinsey Hotchkiss is the Artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer behind Kinsey H. Designs. After graduating from University of Vermont in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Culture, she has spent her years living abroad in Asia, Australia, Canada and California. Driving coasts to coast living in her van, by the oceans, in the desert and mountains, she is often hiking, camping and fly fishing - all of her art and work is influenced by these years and passion for adventuring and exploring.
She began Kinsey H. Designs in 2017 after attending USCD for Graphic Design. Currently she works with logos & branding, custom illustrations for apparel, package and label design, merch and music art, murals & paintings and tattoo designs. Some of her most recent clients include SONY Music, Interstate Batteries, Billabong, Roxy, TravisMathew and more. Say hey or see more of her art at @kinsey.h.designs or www.kinseyhdesigns.com

Local Creator Spotlight
Mari Ortega is a Boston based medical and education graphic designer with a background in Sociology. Studying the intersections of design and real world application, Mari’s work often highlights social issues, such as health care disparities in communities of color, and promotes the use of design as communication for problem solving. For nearly a decade, Mari has poured their passions into serving as an advocate for marginalized groups supporting health equity, transformative justice and reproductive rights efforts, working closely with several grassroots and mutual aid campaigns.
Graduating from Suffolk University in 2024, Mari was recruited as part of Adobe’s Next Gen Creative initiative. They currently work as a full-time Graphic Designer at Massachusetts General Hospital generating collateral for events and internal use. Mari is also pursuing a Master’s in Media, Medicine, and Health at Harvard University.

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