If you were an idea, you’d want to come from one of these people.

How can an industry built on newer/fresher/bolder still be so blind to biases of diversity, equality, and inclusion within its own walls?

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Meet Josh. Meet Colby. Together you have the sunshiney design duo behind one of the happiest, most chill crews of creative do-gooders out there: Jolby & Friends.

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Creativity, meet diversity. Ideas, meet inclusion. Meet two of the creative world’s finest who are making that spectacular collision of creativity and culture work on their own terms, and in their own ways: Donna Lamar and David F. Walker.

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When Anne Elisco-Lemme joined Duncan Channon as employee #7, she probably didn’t see her experience one day becoming creative boss of the whole shbang. Art Director to Executive Creative Director at a single agency: makes for a pretty simple resume (like she’d even need one now.)

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You probably owe this man a drink. Bill Borders and early creative opportunists like him literally defined the golden age of creative advertising. When ads moved from something that filled media space to something worth people’s time. Rewarding attention with a thought, a twist, a chuckle. And lo and behold, it paid off for clients, too.

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Glenn Cole, major ball of light & energy at 72andSunny, sat down with us over a couple beers recently as part of Design Week Portland 2016. And when you get the chance to chat up someone known not only for creating great work but also responsible for creating a great agency, you take it. Even if means doing it in front of a live audience.

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Who wants to be Art Director #729? Sure, everyone wants to work on the hot accounts, but as the principal and founder of WONGDOODY puts it, “It’s easier to make a name for yourself where nothing good has been done before.”

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Danielle is Chief Creative Officer, Americas at POSSIBLE. A fitting agency name for someone who’s never settled for What Is when What Could Be was out there to be made. And who better to make it happen than her.

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Before digital design had any kind of best practices, there were those passionate few who could see what wasn’t working, ignored what “you’re supposed to do” and just fixed it. Elegantly. With soul. And maybe a little magic.

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Meet Jelly Helm, Creative Director at Studio Jelly, among other things. Hear how he got into the biz, why avoiding a job offer can be a really good thing, and why fresh & brave beats hard-working & disciplined every time.

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Dad, runner, cyclist, and executive creative director at one of the world’s premier ad agencies. Just don’t call him “Adman” or he could easily choke you out. (Seriously.) Advertising, meet jiu-jitsu, meet Joe Staples.

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