Virtual Talk Wednesday, October 21st, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT Kaitlyn Hieb is a Senior Strategist at R/GA working primarily on RaceTrac and Texas Capital Bank. She is one of the thousands (if not millions) of women born in the early 1990s named some variation of Kaitlyn/Caitlyn/Kaitlin/Caitlin. Despite her generic moniker, she has […]
She co-founded Hunt, Gather five years ago. She was burned out on agency life, after spending almost two decades in shops big and small, on accounts b2c and b2b, working her way up from copywriter to creative director. As a CD, she missed actually creating, so she went back to where she was happiest. At […]
Amber Kazalbash is a Senior Strategist at R/GA Austin. She focuses on using her background in Social and Product to find harmony between tech and creative and build more human brands. An Austin transplant, born and raised in Southern California, Amber earned a MS in Digital/Social Media and Product from USC and a BA […]
Jona is an experienced leader with a strong track record for bringing new innovation, user experiences, and products to life for many large Fortune 500 clients for over the past 18 years. She has a passion for managing large complex cross-functional (UX, technology, product, business strategy) teams to collaboratively meet their goals. She has successfully […]
E4 Youth has been selected to participate in this year’s Catalyst Games, which engages company employee teams in virtual competitions and benefits nonprofits focused on equity and access to opportunity for underserved communities. As part of the games, we are opening up an opportunity for creative and technology professionals to inspire the next generation of […]
Butler Bros is an independent brand studio focused on positioning, naming, narrative and visual design. Founded in 2002 by Adam and Marty Butler to create a more open and collaborative approach to branding, their team works closely with clients to define and solve challenges through a mixture of design thinking, hands-on research, and good old-fashioned […]
Ismael Quintanilla III is a music photojournalist based out of Austin, Texas. He specializes in live music photography, musicians portraiture, and overall music scene documentation. 20 years ago, what started as a hobby shooting concerts with disposable cameras, transformed into a living dream of creating visual art with touring bands, music festivals, and countless music […]
Virtual Talk Thursday, August 13th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT Luigi Maldonado is an Argentine immigrant who picked up a pencil at one and a half years old and never set it back down. After earning his Communication Design degree from the University of North Texas, he promptly moved to Austin. He began as […]
Ariel Quintans has worked as an editor and filmmaker in the Austin community for over 20 years. As the Senior Editor at the Austin branch of Beast Editorial, he has helped create broadcast and web content for clients such as Southwest Airlines, Pizza Hut, John Deere, BMW, Goodyear, Ram, Jeep, AT&T, South by Southwest and […]
Will Chau is currently the Creative Director at Whole Foods. Will was a Creative Director at GSD&M. He has created award-winning work for clients such as BMW, Southwest Airlines, Kia Motors, and Kohler. Passionate about teaching/mentoring and believing that there needed to be an alternative to the traditional model of higher education, Will founded The […]