Circus Blog Archives

• Virtual Circus Forum – Creative Technologist

  Blair Neal - Freelance Creative Technologist

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, January 22nd at 1:30 PM Blair Neal – Freelance Creative Technologist Blair Neal is a creative technologist who uses a human-centered approach to make weird and fun experiences at the intersection of art and technology. Most recently, he was the Chief Creative Technologist at Fake…   Read More →
• Content Creation On-Campus Open House

  Saturday, February 6th

  Join us on-campus on Saturday, February 6th to learn more about the Content Creation program, career placement & financial aid. We’ll fill you in on what it takes to build a killer, life-changing, memorable circus portfolio. A portfolio that will land you in some of the most amazing, talked about creative agencies, design shops, and studios around today. Are you a recent college graduate wondering what’s next? Graduates from The…   Read More →
• Art Direction On-Campus Open House

  Saturday, January 30th

  Join us on-campus on Saturday, January 30th to learn more about the Art Direction program, career placement & financial aid. We’ll fill you in on what it takes to build a killer, life-changing, memorable circus portfolio. A portfolio that will land you in some of the most amazing, talked about creative agencies, design shops, and studios around today. Are you a recent college graduate wondering what’s next? Graduates from The…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Liquid Death Mountain Water

  Alex Lang - Director of Visual Propaganda

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, January 15th at 1:30 PM Alex Lang – Director of Visual Propaganda at Liquid Death Mountain Water Creative Circus Advisory Board Member (Fall 2020) Alex Lang is a creative director based in Austin, TX, currently leading art direction and design at Liquid Death Mountain Water as…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Disney+

  Jayanta Jenkins - Head of Content Marketing

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, December 4th at 1:30 PM Jayanta Jenkins – Head of Content Marketing at Disney+ Jenkins is a prolific industry creative who served as Twitter’s first-ever global head of creative. He has held stints at places like HP, Apple’s Beats by Dre and Wieden +…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Venables Bell & Partners

  Elliott & Allie Nordstrom

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, November 20th at 1:30 PM Elliott Nordstrom – Associate Creative Director at Venables Bell & Partners Allie Nordstrom – Associate Creative Director at Venables Bell & Partners Elliot is a copywriter from Wisconsin. Allie is an art director from San Diego. They met in the middle,…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – The Variable

  Matt Cook - Associate Creative Director & J.W. Affourtit - Art Director

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, November 6th at 1:30 PM J.W. Affourtit – Art Director at The Variable Creative Circus Alum – Art Direction (2016) Matt Cook – Associate Creative Director at The Variable Claire created a fun, interactive website to pair with this week’s forum. Check it out: https://thevariablereforum.cargo.site/ J.W….   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Cashmere Agency

  Ryan Ford - CCO

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, October 30th at 12:30 PM Ryan Ford – CCO at Cashmere Agency As the Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, Ryan Ford oversees all creative and communication strategies. Ryan builds out many of Cashmere’s most successful programs and campaigns, including Airbnb, Overstock.com, adidas Originals, Hot…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – AKQA

  Yanci Wu - Experience Designer

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, October 23rd at 1:30 PM Yanci Wu – Experience Designer at AKQA Born and raised in China, Yanci is an award-winning Experience Designer at AKQA Portland with a background in Design, Psychology, and Business. She thinks like a strategist and acts like a designer, applying…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Zambezi

  Gavin Lester - CCO

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, October 16th at 1:30 PM Gavin Lester – CCO at Zambezi Gavin Lester is Partner/Chief Creative Officer at Zambezi, an award winning, full-service creative agency based in Culver City, CA. Guests, to RSVP, please email Hannah Heller (hannah.heller@creativecircus.edu) by Friday morning. Students – no…   Read More →
• Virtual Circus Forum – Hatch Design

  Nicole Flores - Creative Director

  #CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, September 4th at 1:30 PM Nicole Flores – Creative Director at Hatch Design Nicole is expert at integrating design elements of days past with dynamic, modern styles of the present. With more than 11 years experience, she’s a keen problem solver with a firm grasp…   Read More →
• The Creative Circus Graduation

  December 2020

  Once again, we graduate another quarter of talented, hard working creatives that have earned the title of “Circus alum.” Some have already landed somewhere, and some are still ripe for the picking. Be sure to follow this great group & connect with them.  They’ll be scattered across the country & no longer situated in our incubator of a school, but we’ll be following them through out their careers & highlighting…   Read More →