Hasta La Ideas

For all you Bay Area readers who’ve been waiting so patiently, we’re pleased to announce that the fourth installment of Coroflot’s Creative Employment Confab has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 21st, at the Autodesk Gallery at One Market Street in San Francisco.

The series, which has been building in size through its dates in Austin (for SxSW), New York (during Design Week), and Portland, OR, is expected to hit some unprecedented attendance numbers in SF, if reader feedback and requests are any indication.

The format will be similar to previous events, with an afternoon panel discussion covering topics creative hiring, followed by a reception which mixes design directors, recruiters, and creative professionals in an environment tailor made to encourage network-building and knowledge-sharing. New for the SF date will be an optional morning session, offering a pair of concurrent workshops, one directed at job-seekers, and the other at talent-seekers.

Confirmed panelists are:

– John Foster, Head of Talent and Organization at IDEO
– Kate Gilman, Recruiter at 24 Seven, Inc.
– Steve Johnson, Director of User Experience Design & Web Development at LinkedIn

Additional panelists will be announced as they are confirmed. As before, the panel will be moderated by Coroflot Editorial Director Carl Alviani, and followed by Q&A with the audience.

The cost is $60 for the afternoon panel and reception, or $85 with the optional morning session. Details and registration are at the Confab page on Coroflot, along with analysis, photos and video from previous Confabs (more commentary and video of the entire Portland panel can be found on the Creative Seeds blog).

Bay Area designers and recruiters, hope to see you there!

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