Creative Café St. Louis
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Adobe Creative Apprenticeship
The Adobe Creative Apprenticeship connects aspiring creatives with top industry workplaces for real-world experience. Find out how you can get involved, whether you’re starting out or looking to give back.
Adobe Insiders
The Adobe Insiders Community is where passionate creators shape the future of Adobe products by sharing feedback, sparking ideas, and building together. Join our community to engage directly with our product teams and share your ideas.
Adobe Live
Want to learn more about Adobe’s tools? Check out live-streamed and on-demand content from professional artists, designers, photographers, illustrators, motion designers, and other creatives.
Design Create Now Resource Page
Attached you'll find most of the products and features mentioned at Design Create Now. It does not cover features in the Photography or Video category.
Agenda
8:00 PM
Doors Open: Food, Drinks, Networking, Swag
Pop by any time to get career advice from industry experts, enjoy our fun photo booth, pick up swag, discover the latest Adobe technology, and more!
10:00 PM
Creative Café Event Wrap
10:30 PM
Optional: Adobe Create Now
Feel free to stick around for our next event. Local design professionals will be joining us for an in-depth presentation from Adobe and showcase spotlights.
Presenters
Design Evangelist and Community Advocate
Kelsey Slay
Kelsey Slay is a graphic designer, content creator, and an Adobe Design Evangelist residing in Tennessee. With her love and passion for art and design, Kelsey aims to empower the next generation of creatives through social media and aid them in starting their own creative journey.
Career Advisor
Co-Founder and Design Director
Dan Rayfield
Dan Rayfield is the Co-Founder and Design Director of Grown, a creative agency based in South St. Louis City. Dan believes new and fresh challenges are what make a career in design fulfilling. Throughout his career, he’s continuously evolved his aesthetic and skillset, working across diverse mediums, including print, web, advertising, branding, experiential design and XR. At Grown, you’ll find him launching new products and brands for clients in higher ed, hospitality and the startup community.
Brand Designer & Illustrator
Chelsey Farris
Chelsey Farris is a Brand Designer and Illustrator hailing from St. Louis, Missouri. She's passionate about crafting strategic, attention-grabbing visuals for purpose-driven brands. Known as a "hype girl" in some circles, she finds joy in life’s simple pleasures: a fried potato dish, a sour beer on a hot day, themed parties, hiking, starting the dance floor, coffee at all hours, fitness, pretentious cocktails, and eating her weight in pizza. Her work has been featured on the TODAY Show, CBS Mornings, Real Simple, and ESPN.
Creative Director and Freelancer
Noel Spiva
Noel Spiva is a is a multidimensional visual artist best known for her compelling mix of media designs focused on the stimulating fusion of culture, art and sonic storytelling.
Through years of experience in agency and corporate work, she produces print and digital multimedia creations using her professional specialties in branding, graphic design, music curation, audio/video production, art and creative direction.
Her work has been featured in and commissioned by The New York Times, Vogue, WeTransfer, and HuffPost.
Portfolio Reviewers
Design Leader, Brand Experience
James Bulter
James Butler is a design leader at Arcturis, a multidisciplinary studio based in St. Louis, MO. His unique understanding of the built environment stems from his early career as a builder of custom signage and architectural pieces for restaurants, retail, and office spaces. For over a decade, James has applied his expertise to a diverse range of projects, including logo and brand development, branded environments, and comprehensive signage and wayfinding systems. He is driven by a passion for problem-solving, helping individuals and businesses achieve their full potential through design. When not immersed in his work, James enjoys traveling, hiking, trying new foods, running and cycling, and exploring all things St. Louis.
Photographer
Jaelin Collier
Curry Street Studios is the brainchild of St. Louis born creative Jaelin Collier. As a budding photographer, visual artist and creative director, Collier’s work captivatingly blends the art and entertainment worlds. Through building diverse teams and applying his voyeuristic style to the medium, Jaelin continues to capture his subjects in their most intimate moments, telling their stories in an innovative and authentic manner. This has led to him working with the likes of Smino, Roc Nation and Teen Vogue to name a few. Jaelin aims to continue elevating the visual narrative of his clients while remaining respectful to the uniqueness of the Curry Street brand.
Designer
Anna Karpinski
Anna Karpinski is a designer and illustrator from St. Louis, MIssouri. She specializes in working for clients in tourism industries including the St. Louis Aquarium, Cincinnati Museum Center, and the Missouri Division of Tourism. She has a strong passion for the local creative community. She's served as AIGA St. Louis President and currently runs a podcast and helps to chair Design Week.
Filmmaker
Ria Ruthsatz
Ria Ruthsatz is an award-winning Writer & Director, and the Co-Founder of Tree9 Films, a St. Louis-based commercial film production company. She has produced and directed commercials for a diverse clientele, ranging from nationally recognized brands to local businesses, schools, and non-profits.
Ria's work has garnered recognition through various awards, including two Regional Emmys, and she's proud to have produced fundraising films that have successfully raised millions for vital causes on a global scale. However, her roots remain in St. Louis.
Ria is an advocate for creativity and expanding opportunities for people to explore alternative career paths. She reintroduced the 48-Hour Film Project to St. Louis, and believes in celebrating and recognizing the immense talent in our own backyard.
Host
Senior Marketing Manager, Adobe Community
Liz Schmidt
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