Von Glitschka

Von Glitschka

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Von is the creative director of Glitschka Studios, a small two-person design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. We are illustrative designers who create designs and illustrations for global brands and small businesses to expand their creative possibilities, facilitate their brand engagement, and help their businesses grow and thrive.

Von also produces and creates a bi-weekly creative series for Linkedin Learning called ‘Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory.’

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Chris Converse

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Chris has over 30 years of experience in graphic, animation, and interactive design, with a unique focus on both design and development. He earned his BFA in Graphic Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology (R•I•T) and has continued to study the landscape of design and its crossroads with various technologies. Through the company he co-founded, his client list includes Adobe Inc., BBC Studios, Pfizer, LinkedIn, CIA, Target, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and many more.

In addition to design and development, Chris has authored a wide range of articles for various publications and websites, created and taught over 100 online courses, and has been a featured speaker in over 340 industry-related events, conferences and webinars, including NAB, Adobe MAX, Post Production World, How Design Live, AIGA, CreativePro, CreativeLive, PHOTOPLUS, and more.

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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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Colin Smith

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Colin Smith is a Los Angeles based trainer, designer and photographer. He is founder of one of the world’s most popular websites for creators, PhotoshopCAFE.com. Which has received over 50 million visitors.

As an award-winning digital artist, Colin has 3 guru awards under his belt. His work has been featured in most of the industry magazines as well as Time Magazine and the New York Times.

His client list includes, Toyo Tires, Microsoft, Saatchi and Saatchi and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, David Lee Roth.

As a leading trainer, Colin has written 21 books, and too many video courses to count. His training clients include Adobe, Apple, Disney and Edison International. He is a regular speaker at major conferences, including Adobe Max, PPE, WPPI, Photoshop World, CreativePro and Imaging USA.

He runs a popular YouTube channel (photoshopCAFE) with 300,000 subscribers.

When he isn’t at his computer, Colin can be found pursuing his passion of travel and capturing beauty with his drone and camera.

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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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