Black Creatives in Tech: Challenging the Status Quo & Driving Innovation

About This Webinar

Have you ever entertained breaking into tech via the creative industries route but are not sure you’d fit in or be successful because you lack a tech educational background or technical skillsets? Say less!

Black creativity is vital to the survival of all industries - including tech. If your professional background or interests fall within media, marketing, fashion, communications, public relations, art, design, or any other creative industry, this event is tailored for you!

On Mar 25, 2024, secure a front-row seat to our Obsidi® Tech Talk to connect with some of the industry’s most savvy Black business professionals, working across a wide range of creative fields, who have carved a successful career in the tech space via a non-technical path. At this event, attendees will not only gain first-hand insights into how these Black entrepreneurs and community leaders turned a spark of an idea into a viable business approach but also acquire an understanding of how they can use their creativity and passions to forge a successful career in the global tech ecosystem.

Key Benefits:

Gain Knowledge About Career Advancement Opportunities: Learn how to tap into a career in tech via the creative industries path and how to leverage a non-technical background or skillset strategically in the job market.

Enrich Your Network: Establish meaningful connections with creative Black tech professionals who’ve mastered overcoming challenges and acquiring big career wins.

Learn New Cutting-Edge Technologies & Trends: Soak up useful insights and learn about new tools and approaches to help elevate your personal branding approach and attract potential employers or sponsors.

Who can view: Everyone

Webinar Price: Free

Featured Presenters

Cher Jones

Founder

Cher is a Corporate Social Media Trainer & Personal Branding Coach with the love of technology hardwired into her personality. As the founder of Socially Active Training, she leverages over 20 years of PR, marketing, and broadcasting experience to help professionals, leaders, and consultants develop a credible and strategic online presence while teaching how to use social media at work for work.

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Natalie Redda

DEI Consultant & Customer Success Lead

Natalie is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advisor with an excellent background in creating DEI strategies for organizations looking to begin or further their DEI journey. Her background in community work, public consultations, and research led her to DEI, where she could help turn interest and intention into actions.

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Natalie Gullatt

Founder

Natalie Gullatt is an experienced strategic marketing leader focused on marketing strategy, digital marketing, sales enablement marketing, and customer marketing with eight years of MBA marketing experience. Currently, she is a marketing leader at Okta. She is also the founder of the Black Marketers Association of America (BMAA).

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Gia Lowe

Founder

Named one of Essence Magazine’s ‘50 Founders to Watch’, Gia Lowe is a purpose-driven multi-hyphenate, serial entrepreneur, strategist, and speaker. As a business leader, she designs lucrative partnerships across the beauty, lifestyle, tech & entertainment industries. As a social impact entrepreneur & community creator, she is the Founder of The Glowe Group - a marketing agency.

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Ari McDaniel

Founder

Ari McDaniel is the Founder of the Black Tech Public Relations Society (BTPRS) – a global advocacy platform and community amplifying diversity in communications across tech and venture capital. This growing community launched across social platforms in 2023 during Black History Month in the U.S. – amplifying the challenges that Black PR professionals face across the world in tech.

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