Creative Career Futures: A workshop to design what’s next, on your terms
“Work is fine, but I feel like I’m meant to do more…”
“Am I really maximizing my potential? How would I even know?”
“I worked so hard to be here but do I wanna keep going in this direction?”
With paradigm shifts in tech and culture, the path of a creative career is no longer linear but full of possibilities. Space to Grow & San Francisco UXD are hosting a workshop during Figma Config to help you zoom out of autopilot and get intentional about what’s next.
We’ll make space to reflect, dream a little bigger, and get real about what’s next in your creative career - perhaps doing something that actually lights you the f up!?!?
👉 What to expect
⭐️ INSPO: lightning talks from creative professionals who’ve made pivots, taken risks, and created experiments to move toward more fulfilling work
⭐️ DESIGN: mini workshop to dream and design for the next chapter of your career aka one that's v energizing
⭐️ CONNECT: meeting other interesting creative folks in an open, intentional setting
❓Who should come
🧚♀️ Creative professionals who are feeling a little bit stuck in their careers
🧚♀️ Creative professionals who have been going on autopilot for a while and want to zoom out to think about what's next
🧚♀️ Creative entrepreneurs who are figuring out their next steps
👉 What this is not
😵 A talk on how AI will reshape the industry
😵 Predictions about future job titles or market trends
😵 A casual drinks gathering
Whether you’re craving clarity, momentum, or fresh perspective, you’ll leave with ideas (and energy) to start shaping a path that feels uniquely yours.
Because your most expansive, creatively fulfilling path isn’t out of reach. It’s yours to create.
Natalia Kowaleczko (Founder @ Pact Studio): Natalia is the founder and creative lead at PACT.studio, a creative practice dedicated to building brands that advance sustainability, knowledge, and culture. PACT collaborates with forward-thinking founders to explore deeply, challenge conventions, and unleash ideas that create differentiation, recognition, and meaningful impact.
With over 15 years of experience at the intersection of branding, design, advertising, and experiential design, her career includes collaborations with Wolff Olins and VSA Partners, a stint as partner & creative director at Play SF, and leadership as VP Design Director at Leo Burnett's Department of Design. She has shaped brands including Field Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, Samsung, Google, and numerous entrepreneurial ventures across diverse industries.
Vivien Sin (Founder @ The Third Place): Vivien Sin is the founder of The Third Place, a venture-backed startup that helps restaurants and local organizations harness their community for new, recurring streams of revenue. The Third Place has helped hundreds of local businesses become more financially resilient in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Hong Kong, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was an oil-painter and has exhibited in Chicago, Burgundy, New York, Hong Kong, and San Francisco, as well as dabbled in corporate jobs as a product manager and a data scientist at LinkedIn and The Meet Group, respectively.
Allison Fillice (Coach, illustrator, podcast host): Allison Filice is a coach, illustrator, and mom to two young children based in San Francisco, California. She has worked with clients including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bandcamp, Nautilus magazine, New Scientist magazine and more. She is the creator of The Journey oracle deck, as well as the host of the Friendly Unknown podcast. Her most recent explorations are at the crossroads of creativity, spirituality and psychology.
About The Commons
The Commons is a community-based “Fourth Place” that catalyzes each member’s path to authenticity, full self-expression, and aliveness - rooted in the belief that community is essential to that journey. Located in the heart of San Francisco, we are redefining what it means to gather, work, and connect. By day, we’re a playful co-working space; by night, a vibrant community meeting house.
Entering 550 Laguna
The space, 550 Laguna, is at the corner of Hayes & Laguna St at the basement level. To enter, go down the stairs under The Commons sign.