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Artwork by 2019 Top Talent Celia Hsu
United States
In our latest Creative Career Essentials workshop, Adobe Creative Resident Julie Sanduski covered the nitty gritty of crafting a standout application and setting yourself up for success in the interview process. Attendees got a breakdown of each stage in the Adobe Creative Residency application process – with tips and tricks for crafting a compelling project pitch, telling your story, and wowing interviewers.
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40 members of the Top Talent were invited to attend Adobe MAX in Los Angeles as VIPs in 2019. Hailing from all over the world, they were there to represent the perspective of the next class of creative professionals. From livestreaming on Adobe Live to leading their own conference sessions, the Top Talent definitely left their mark on MAX!
Thano Sipsis and Ata Dogan, winners of the first-ever Adobe Xd prize in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, are among several of the Top Talent to appear on Adobe Live this year. In this livestream, they demonstrate how to use Adobe Xd’s coediting features and walk you through the collaborative design process behind their work.
40 members of the Top Talent represented the Adobe Awards at Adobe MAX 2019 as VIPs.
Meet just a few of the distinguished pros helping us discover and develop a new class of creative leaders.
Shadi Al Hroub – Creative Director
Oman
Roya Alagheband – Instructor/ Art Director
Cyprus
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Rilla Alexander – Designer / Illustrator
United States
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Steve Alexander – Graphic Designer
United States
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Behiç Alp Aytekin – Head of Visual Communication Design Department, Adnan Menderes University
Turkey
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Todd Anderson – Creative Director / Branding and Packaging Design Specialist
South Africa
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Brett Anderson – Creative Director / Instructor
United States
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David Arbor – Animator / Editor
United States
Antoine Arditti – Film director / Content producer / Art director / Content creator
United States
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Kristine Arth – Founder & Principal Designer, Lobster Phone
United States
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Jim Babbage – Senior Solutions Consultant , Adobe Stock / Photographer / Writer
Canada
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Justin Bamforth – Art Director
United States
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Andrea Batts-Latson – Instructor, Multimedia, Web & Design
United States
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Jola Bańkowska – Director / Animator / Illustrator
United Kingdom
Jessica Bellamy – Information designer
United States
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Dave Benton – Founder / Creative Director
United States
Bryan Berger – Principal Product Designer
United States
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Aaron Bernstein – Photographer
United States
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Juraj Bezak – 3D Artist
Slovakia
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Philipp Bichsel – Motion Designer
United States
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Ryan Bitzegaio – Assistant Professor Graphic Design
United States
Chris Bjerre – Art Director
United States
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Estelle Bohl – Photographer
United States
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Simone Bramante – Photographer / Director
Italy
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Gaby Brink – President & Chief Designer
United States
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James Brust – Director, Wakerly Media Lab
United States
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Andrea Karina Burgueno – Software Designer
United States
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Alba Ceide – Illustrator / Graphic Artist
United Kingdom
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Adam Chang – Art Director
United States
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Shawn Cheris – Director of Experience Design
United States
Julia Chesky – Photographer / Social Media Creative Strategist
United States
Nick Choo – VP, Head of Video / Photo
United States
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Dave Clark – Sr. Front End Developer (Creative Marketing)
United States
Lee Cohen Hare – Creative Director
United States
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Eric Collins – Illustrator / Instructor
United States
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Rae Congdon – Freelance Graphic Designer
Canada
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Kaitlyn Coy – Graphic Designer
United States
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Jubilanté Cutting – Founder of the Guyana Animation Network Inc.
Guyana
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Craig Daalmeijer-Power – Head Teacher, Photography & Screen Media
Australia
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Francesco de Manincor – Animator / Illustrator / Educator
United Kingdom
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Mayura Dhume – Senior Graphic Designer, AECOM
United States
Candice Drakeford – Art Director
United States
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Nik Dudukovic – Creative Director
Canada
Edyta Dufaj – Photographer / Artist
Poland
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Dennis Dunbar – Digital Artist
United States
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Rene Dupont – Digital Communications Coordinator
United States
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Krishnapriya Dutta Gupta – Principal Communication designer, IDEO
United States
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Derek Edamura – Documentary Filmmaker / Digital Artist
United States
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Rafiq Elmansy – Design Author / Lecturer / Researcher, Northumbria University UK
United Kingdom
Ludwig Favre – Photographer
France
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David Field – Owner / Filmmaker / Creative Director / Producer
United States
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Allison Filice – Illustrator / Designer
United States
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Jessica Findley – Artist / Designer / Educator
United States
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Paola Franqui – Photographer
United States
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Matt Freund – Senior Video Editor
United States
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Martin Froger-Silva – Multimedia Producer
United States
Daniel Frumhoff – Senior Designer, Global Marketing, Landor
United States
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Miles Fujimoto – Graphic Designer
United States
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Florin Gabor – Design Director
Canada
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Paolo Garcia – Senior Motion Designer / Art Director
United States / Australia
Chris Gottardo – Senior Graphic Designer
United States
Melinda Gruber – Creative Services Manager
United States
Abby Guido – Assistant Professor, Founder of Abby Ryan Design
United States
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Luke Guyer – Freelance Motion Designer / Art Director
United States
Ana Gómez Bernaus – Designer / Letterer / Illustrator
United States
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Yotam Hadar – Graphic Designer
United States
Zelda Harrison – Principal, ZHarrison & Associates
United States
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Lewis Hazen – Brand Designer
United States
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Patrick Higgins – Communications Officer / Creative Consultant
Canada
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Martin Hoang – Captain / Content Designer, Adobe Spark
United States
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Paul Hoppe – Graphic Designer / Design Director
United States
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Richard Irving – Senior Design Director
United States
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Mark Itskowitch – Creative Director / Lead Instructor, headTrix, Inc.
United States
Harvey J. Austin – VP / Managing Director / Video & Creative Production
United States
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Patrick Jean – Film Director
United States
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Linus Johansson – Graphic Designer
Sweden
Joluvian – Artist
Spain
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Warren Jones – Senior Graphic Designer
United States
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Joshua Kaul – Senior Graphic Designer
United States
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Johnny Kelly – Director
Ireland
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Brett Kent – State Education Officer, STEMShare Leader
Australia
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Caroline Kessler – Digital Storyteller
United States
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Limor Kfir – Designer, Co-Founder
Israel
Amy Kilner – Founder of The Design Fix / Creative Lead at HotShot Agency
United Kingdom
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Bartosz Kosowski – Illustrator / Poster Artist
Poland
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Katie Krcmarik – Assistant Professor of Practice and Vis Comm Coordinator
United States
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Aundre Larrow – Photographer
United States
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Guillaume Lavallée – Graphic Designer / Associate Demande Spéciale
Canada
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Alice Lee – Illustrator
United States
Qiuwen Li – Designer / Educator
United States
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Martin Lindsey – Founder / Creative Director / Animator
United States
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Annie Liu – Designer
United States
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Shane Loorham – Creative Director
Australia
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Eric M. Harris – Creative Director
United States
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Johnny Macri – Creative Director
Canada
Mark Magner – Design Director
United States
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Andrew Mattson – Manager / Art Director
United States
Chana Messer
United States
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Matt Michelson – Product Design Manager
United States
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Shane Mielke – Creative Director
United States
Thomas Moeller – Director of Experience Design
United States
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Gonçalo Monteiro – Multimedia Producer
Portugal
Brad Moody – Assistant Chair and Associate Professor, School of Photography
United States
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Jessica Morrow – Graphic Designer
United States
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Damon Nelson – Experience Design Director
United States
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Chau Nguyen – Freelance Frontend Developer
United States
Verena Nunn – Graphic Designer
Germany
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Karen O'mahony – CEO
Canada
Johannes Orthmayr – Creative Director & Founder, STARKAD
Germany
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Justin Patterson – Photographer
United States
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Shane Patton – 3d Modeler / Product Developer
United States
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Pavel Pisklakov – Designer / Typographer / Educator
Russia
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Tim Probert – Illustrator
United States
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Gonzalo Raineri – Designer / Architect
Chile
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Frankie Ratford – Founder & Creative Director, The Design Kids
Australia
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Imi Read – Illustrator / Art Director
United Kingdom
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Sacha Reeb – COO, Manifest
United States
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Jason Reid – Assistant Professor, Web & Interactive Media
United States
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Jennie Reinish – Owner, Tidepool Pictures & Riviera Productions
United States
Metthew Richmond
United States
Alfredo Rodriguez – Senior Designer
United States
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Adam Romano – Associate Creative Director
Canada
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Aidan Rowe – Associate Professor, Design Studies
Canada
Nancy Ruzow – Design Director
United States
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Zhenya Rynzhuk – Art Director
United States
Jennifer Sailer – President & Creative Director
United States
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Cindy Salans Rosenheim – Freelance Commercial Illustrator
United States
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Sini Salminen – Brand Designer
Denmark
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Francesca Sampietro – Art Director / Teacher
Italy
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Max Schleser – Senior Lecturer / Filmmaker
Australia
Julia Seifert – Art Director
Germany
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Michelle Shepard – Web Designer
United States
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Christie Shin – Professor / Design Director
United States
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Nathan Shooter – Branding Specialist
Australia
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Gordon Silveria – Artist / Educator / Director of Arts Technology, Academy of Art University
United States
Carin Sleurink – Educator / Adobe Education Leader / Graphic Designer / Community Art-Specialist
Netherlands
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Hamish Smyth – Partner, Order
United States
Elif Songur Dag – Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Cyprus
Jordan Sternberg – Multimedia Representative
United States
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Maureen Stewart – Art Director
United States
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Alex Suleymanov – Creative Project Manager / Visual Storyteller
United States
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Trenton Temple – UX/UI Designer
United States
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Rajendra Thakre – Graphic Designer
India
Mashama Thompson – Creative Director
United States
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John Thompson – Lecturer Fine Arts
United States
Tina Touli – Creative Director / Graphic Communication Designer
United Kingdom
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Noemie Tshinanga – Creative Entrepreneur
United States
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Maude Turgeon – Designer and Associate @ Demande Spéciale
Canada
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Carl-Hampus Vallin – Graphic Designer
United States
Marta Veludo – Graphic Designer
Netherlands
Dorus Verwiel – Teacher / Freelance Designer
Netherlands
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Sigal Vilenski – Designer, Co-Founder
Israel
Sasha Vinogradova – Senior Designer, The Mill
United States
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Jacinda Walker – Designer / Educator
United States
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Jason Webb – Visual Effects Professor / Instructional Analyst
United States
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Florian Weitzel – Creative Director, We are Bacon / Teacher, Miami Ad School
Germany
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Marcus White – Creative Director
United States
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Theresa Whitehill – Design Director, Co-founder
United States
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Kat Wong – Manager of Special Projects
United States
Wendy Wood – Creative Director
United States
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Brian Yap – Creative Director, Adobe
United States
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Eddie Yuen – Group Design Manager, Adobe
United States
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Monica Zacarias – Graphic Designer / Book Designer
Mexico