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AAF Seattle is the Western Washington chapter of the American Advertising Federation, serving Seattle's creative community through events, education and advocacy.

Career insights: The Post-COVID Job Market

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Agency people may be a lot of fun but they're also professional. So are our regular events, ranging from panels of our industry’s best discussing hot topics to casual after-hours mixers where we basically goof off while we network.

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Career insights: The Post-COVID Job Market

Watch the recording

Our event was crazy good (thanks, panelists)!

Pop over to our LinkedIn event to watch the recording.

You won’t be able to ask questions or interact with the panelists after the show (duh) but we know you’ll still get a ton out of the discussion.

WFH or WTF?

We've got a lot of questions.

As isolation turns to "I so can't believe we're going back to the office," many of us are considering our own transitions, whether in role or employer, or even our own purpose.

We've all been through a lot of change, so let's get refreshed on what's what.

Our LinkedIn Live livestream features a panel of experts from all angles of creative employment—recruiting agency, creative agency, and client side—to give us the updates we need to make smart decisions about our careers in a post-COVID world.

The Agenda

  • Moderated Panel: State of the job market

  • Q&A: We'll take your questions and comments throughout the show

  • Interaction: Breakout rooms for conversations with the panelists

The Talent

Featured
Luis Carbo
Luis Carbo

Director of Sales
Ursus, Inc

Luis is a Sales/Operations Leader based in Seattle, WA. For the past 20+ years, Luis has been partnering with Fortune 500 companies on Human Capital operations/innovation in the technology and creative spaces for renowned organizations such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Nike, Starbucks, Expedia, Netflix, Disney, Facebook, T-Mobile, Qualcomm, eBay, PayPal, Dell, Alaska Airlines, among others.

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Darrell Thomas, Jr
Darrell Thomas, Jr

Director of Business Development
Vitamin T/Aquent

I’m Darrell Thomas, born and raised in Seattle, WA, been here all my life and I don’t plan on leaving. Probably one of the most local people here. I’ve been with VT for 5 and a half years. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have two kids, one girl, 7, and a boy, 3 years old, plus two dogs. A graduate from Seattle University (GO Redhawks!), I love working at Vitamin T helping people get jobs.

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Trish Chua
Trish Chua

Director of Operations
Civilization

For over two decades, I've acted as liaison between creative teams and clients, as well as talent and hiring managers as an Account Manager and Recruiter. I am a strong advocate for talent and for good design that helps companies to achieve their business goals. I’ve had the pleasure of working with creative talent around the world, Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, small businesses, arts organizations and non-profit organizations.

After a decade in recruiting for creative roles, I’ve made the thrilling move to oversee operations and client relations at Civilization. Our studio builds identity systems, digital experiences, printed materials, environmental graphics and exhibitions that are engaging, empathetic, sustainable and create meaningful connections. We work on a variety of projects for public, private and non–profit clients that share our commitment to creating positive change and promoting greater insights about our world. Outside of our client projects we produce a number of self-initiated projects to break down the barriers to access in design, including the Design Lecture Series and our gallery Non-Breaking Space.

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Brien Thompson
Brien Thompson

Founder/Recruiter
Haystack Creative

Brien Thompson draws from over 20 years of experience recruiting and providing staffing expertise for the design, digital, ux, marketing, advertising, interactive and creative industries. In those years, he has been highly involved in the Seattle Creative Community (AAF/Ad Club, AIGA, UXPA). Brien is Founder of Haystack Creative and prior to that he has helped run several of Seattle's leading creative placement firms. Known for relationship based recruiting, he has placed folks in in temp, temp to perm and full time placements at firms such as Microsoft, Amazon, Publicis, Wunderman, GLG, HBO, Expedia, Starbucks, Costco, as well as with many agencies, design firms and boutique product teams.

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The Social

  • Tweet your questions and comments using #AAFInsights

  • RSVP on LinkedIn and invite your friends

The Tickets

Free General Admission

Source:: https://thepostcovidjobmarket.eventbrite.com
Earlier Event: March 25
The 2021 American Advertising Awards Seattle
Later Event: October 11
Best of the West Media Awards: Info Session