Mark Heaps

Mark Heaps

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Mark Heaps is the VP of Brand & Creative for the AI accelerator company Groq Inc. where he oversees the expression and execution of design concepts and campaigns. Previously he was the Executive Creative Director for his wife’s agency, Heaps LLC, where they specialized in communication design solutions for Fortune500 corporations like Google, E&J Gallo, and CapitalOne. He was the former Director of Development at Duarte Inc, an award-winning communication design agency. Mark has received the Max Masters Award for his sessions multiple times at Adobe Max, as voted by attendees. He is a published author, photographer, designer but prefers the label “Professional Creative”. If he’s not working on a project, he’s hanging with his kids in nature, riding motorcycles, or playing music.

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Russell Viers

Russell Viers

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Russell has been doing this a long time. This year he celebrates 41 years as a professional in, and around, the publishing world. He also celebrates 25 years as a public speaker and trainer. “When I started as a reporter/photographer we had typesetters and darkrooms,” Russell laments. “I don’t miss either.” Russell started in the “desktop publishing” world with PageMaker in 1987 and has used all of the industry tools extensively since. In addition to training, he is hired to work on projects that allow him to push the limits of the software so he gets to practice what he preaches. “I don’t show anything to an audience that I haven’t used on a real project,” Russell said. “It allows me to know the nuances of a feature…the things you don’t know until you really push it.” You can catch Russell’s live stream, which he does with Julia Zieger, regularly on Behance: https://www.behance.net/digiversitytv/livestreams.

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Nigel French

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Nigel French is a graphic designer, photographer, and design teacher, based in Lewes, UK. He is author of InDesign Type (now in its 4th Edition), The Type Project Book (with Hugh D’Andrade) and the Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide (with Mike Rankin). He has recorded more than fifty titles in the LinkedIn Learning online training library.

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Anne-Marie Concepción

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Anne-Marie “Her Geekness” Concepción is a digital publishing expert who loves to help designers and editors become experts too. She’s the owner of Seneca Design & Training, a cross-media design studio that develops print, PDF, and ebook publications for clients in the US and abroad. Anne-Marie is also a certified Adobe instructor in Creative Cloud Design & Layout, a 6-time Adobe MAX Master, and is an in-demand online trainer and webinar presenter. As a consultant, she helps remote publication teams work together better by mastering InDesign-centric skills and workflows that include Creative Cloud, Acrobat, Word, GoogleDocs, InCopy, and cloud-based publishing services. Anne-Marie has authored over 30 courses on LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com on these topics and more. She co-founded CreativePro Network with David Blatner, including InDesignSecrets.com, CreativePro.com, and the CreativePro Week conferences; and continues to co-host the InDesign Secrets podcast with him, now in its 17th year. Anne-Marie invites you to set up a free Zoom consult with her at https://calendly.com/senecadesign, and keep up with her by following her on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or by email.

Chad Chelius

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Chad Chelius is a trainer, author, consultant, speaker and Director of Training Solutions and Principal at Chax Training and Consulting. He resides in the Philadelphia area and has been using Adobe products for over 25 years. As an Adobe Certified Instructor, Accessible Document Specialist, and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in InDesign and InCopy workflows, Illustrator, automation, and PDF accessibility using InDesign, Word, and Adobe Acrobat. He works with clients both large and small in and outside of the United States, helping them to solve design, workflow, and accessibility challenges using Adobe products. Chad is a Lynda.com / LinkedIn Learning author, and you can connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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David Blatner

David Blatner

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David Blatner is the President of CreativePro Network, and the author of 15 books on topics such as InDesign, Photoshop, the number pi, how airplanes work, and the size of the universe. He is also the author of many video courses, including “InDesign Essential Training” at LinkedIn Learning.

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