The Creative Circus

Join us on-campus this Saturday for our Content Creation Open House! We’ll fill you in on what it takes to build a killer, life-changing, memorable Creative Circus portfolio. A portfolio that will land you in some of the most amazing, talked about advertising agencies, design shops, and studios around today. We are limiting the number of potential students & their guests allowed on campus to comply with local Covid-19 guidelines. We are staggering arrivals to allow for social...ly distanced tours. After individual campus tours, Greg Strelecki will speak to the group in our theater. Seating will be spaced out to maintain social distance guidelines. RSVP to save your spot today. Limited spots available!

Join us on-campus this Saturday for our Art Direction & Copywriting Open House! We’ll fill you in on what it takes to build a killer, life-changing, memorable Creative Circus portfolio. A portfolio that will land you in some of the most amazing, talked about advertising agencies, design shops, and studios around today. We are limiting the number of potential students & their guests allowed on campus to comply with local Covid-19 guidelines. We are staggering arrivals to allow for socially distanced tours. After individual campus tours, Dan Balser & Jen Mageau will speak to the group in our theater. Seating will be spaced out to maintain social distance guidelines.

The semi-annual Creative Circus Student Show celebrates student work across all programs of study (Art Direction, Copywriting, Design, Image & Creative Technology). Gold Award - Advertising (Radio) Ellen McMahon - Copywriter... Sandra Alexander - Art Director We get it. Crap happens. Luckily Milorganite is the crap you can grow from. https://studentshow.creativecircus.edu/milorganite-fertili/ Alumni, students and parents, show your support for the 2020 Virtual Summer Circus Award Show winners by sharing a congratulatory message: #SummerCircusAwardShow

#CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday as part of our Friday Forum Series. Due to COVID-19, we have transitioned to virtual forum events. Friday, November 6th at 1:30 PM J.W. Affourtit - Art Director at The Variable... Creative Circus Alum - Art Direction (2016) Matt Cook - Associate Creative Director at The Variable Claire created a fun, interactive website to pair with this week's forum. Check it out: https://thevariablereforum.cargo.site/ J.W. Affourtit graduated from The Circus in 2016. He is currently spending his days as an AD on Electrolux, BASF, Oklahoma Joe's Smokers, and Korent CBD. Matt Cook (also his dribbble) is an ACD for The Variable. With an undergrad degree in design, Matt has spent time in roles both titled "designer" and "art director." Guests, to RSVP, please email Hannah Heller ([email protected]) by Friday morning. Students - no need to RSVP. After you RSVP, Hannah will email you the link. This virtual forum is open to the public (mandatory for students, of course). Artwork by: Claire Golladay

We are excited to announce that Danny Corrales has taken on the role of Senior Advisor - Art Direction at The Creative Circus. Born and raised in Miami, Danny is a reformed vandal former graffiti artist who had no idea what he was gonna do with his life "when he grew up." He was told being a long haul trucker was the best he would do. However, after attending The Creative Circus in the early 2000s, he went on to have quite a serendipitous life and career, working on some of ...the world's biggest brands at the greatest agencies of our time. Agencies like BBDO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Arnold, 72andsunny, Saatchi+Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Wieden + Kennedy, and many more. He returned to the Circus to help give back to the place that gave him that career, and help launch the next generation of creatives. When he's not teaching or working for his freelance clients, Danny is still a long haul trucker. Only instead of hauling goods across the country, it's actually road trips with his wife Ashley and their kids. Learn more about our faculty & staff: https://creativecircus.edu/about/people/

Just Getting Started is a podcast all about getting to know the next big creatives in the marketing world. Creative Circus Design student, Spencer Linton, interviews her fellow classmates from The Creative Circus every week and learns who they are, what they know, & how they plan to make waves once they start in the "real world." Sam Abello - 7th Quarter Designer This week I interviewed the always relaxed, no BS Sam Abello. Tune in to hear how she jumped from being an overwor...ked manager to an overworked student, why she looks to interior design and jewelry making for inspiration, and how she's going to keep the "work to live" mentality when job hunting. - Spencer Linton https://soundcloud.com/jgspodcast/sam-abello-7q-designer #DesignSchool #DesignPodcast #AdSchool #AdSchoolPodcast #AdvertisingPodcast #SummerAtTheCircus

Ever wondered what recruiters and creative leads at some of the countries best agencies look for in a side project when they crack open your book? Tune in to "Behind the Curtain" hosted by Dan Balser to find out. Tickets available now, seats are limited. Dan Balser is the Copywriting Department head at The Creative Circus and the host of the Don’t Get Me Started Podcast. For 10 years and over 300 episodes, Dan has been interviewing some of the greatest minds in advertising... and his show is syndicated by The One Show. Creative directors and recruiters talk to Dan about the best side projects they’ve seen and what stood out about them. Viewers will leave with a better understanding of what makes a successful side project in the eyes of the people who do the hiring. Panelists: Lauren Ranke - Director of Talent, Creative at Wieden+Kennedy Guillermo Perez - Director of Creative Recruitment at McCann Worldgroup Xanthe Wells - Senior Director & Global ECD at Google EZ Blaine - ECD at ChowNow https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dan-balser-behind-the-curtain-

Glamour's Women of the Year Awards has honored game changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers, for thirty years now. Glamour has chosen its 2020 women of the year, honoring individuals making positive impacts amid the year's pandemic and the unrest over racism. Keisha Lance Bottoms was named #GlamourWOTY alongside the Guardians of Elmhurst, Sherrilyn Ifill, Regina King and Dolores Huerta. Ari Skin along with her #CircusTeam had the pleasure of photographing Atlanta's Mayor, K...eisha Lance Bottoms for Glamour's Women of the Year 2020 Cover & Photos. Ari Skin - Photographer Circus Alum - Image (2016) Brittany Bowman-Harris - Producer Circus Alum - Art Direction (2016) Iris Ray - Photo Assistant Circus Alum - Image (2015) & Creative Circus Instructor Mike Gentile - Digitech Circus Alum - Image (2017) https://www.glamour.com//keisha-lance-bottoms-women-of/amp #CreativeCircusAlumni

Nakita Pope is LIVE! Discover how to address: Challenges in the Industry Empathy & Bias in Advertising... Age & Ageism Sexuality and Gender Identity Accessibility Agency Culture Advertising in Times of Crisis Nakita Pope - Creative Circus Diversity & Inclusion Advisor & Creative Circus Instructor Brand Strategist & Chief Chick at Branding Chicks Join: https://thecreativecircus-integrityinadvertising.eventbrite