EXPLORE THE CUTTING EDGE OF CREATIVITY
Keynotes, courses, and a podcast from 25 years of building a global creative agency.
I'm Emily
Join me on the Cutting Edge of Creativity
I co-founded VIVA Creative in 2001 and spent the next 25 years building it into a global experiential agency, producing some of the most talked-about live and digital experiences in the industry. I didn't learn about creative leadership from the outside. I've lived it. Building teams, pitching ideas, and delivering work that achieves results, on deadlines, on budgets, for clients who expect the extraordinary. Earning my Master's in Creativity & Innovation deepened that knowledge, challenging me to examine the science behind what I'd been practicing instinctively for decades.
Twenty-five years, hundreds of productions, and an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award later, now I'm sharing the playbook. Through The Chief Creative podcast, keynote speaking, and executive courses, I help creative leaders build stronger teams, sell bolder ideas, and protect the value of human creativity in the age of AI.
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What I Do:
Keynotes, Courses, and a Podcast for Creative Leaders
Whether you lead a creative team, run a creative business, or champion creativity inside your organization, this is for you. Twenty-five years of agency experience distilled into real frameworks, real lessons, and real results.
KEYNOTES + SPEAKING
For conferences, events, and organizations that take creativity seriously.
COURSES + WORKSHOPS
For creative leaders who want to stay sharp and lead stronger teams.
COURSES FOR CREATIVE LEADERS
Each course is built on real frameworks from 25 years of leading creative teams and running a global agency. Practical tools, proven strategies, and the clarity that comes from hard-won experience.
5-Module Mini-Course
AI Prompts for Creative Directors
This course teaches five research-backed frameworks for integrating AI into your creative process without losing what makes your work human. It's about thinking like a creative leader orchestrating AI, not being replaced by it.
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Awaken the
Muse Within
A course for women in creative leadership who used to love the work and now spend all their time managing it. Reconnect with the creative instincts that made you great, before the stress, the deadlines, and the endless demands pushed you toward creative burnout. Practical, research tools to get your creative edge back.
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Coming Soon
The Experiential Age
Why the Rise of AI Is Fueling the Rise of Experience
As AI takes over the digital landscape, the demand for real, human, in-person experiences is surging. This course draws on 25 years of producing world-class experiential work and explores why the organizations that invest in experience now will own the next decade.
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Investing in Creative Capital
Why Creativity Is Your Organization's Most Undervalued Asset—and How to Change That
AI can automate process and workflow, but it can't replace creative judgment, vision, or taste. This course makes the business case for investing in creative talent, creative culture, and creative leadership, and gives you a practical framework for doing it inside your organization.
25 Years of Creative Work for the World's Most Discerning Brands
Through VIVA Creative, I've led creative strategy, production, and experiential work for some of the world's most recognized brands. What I teach comes from what I've learned doing this work and leading world-class creative teams, day in, day out, for 25 years.
My Why
Why I Do What I Do
Because creativity is the most undervalued force in business. And now, with the rise of AI, it's more important than ever.
I've spent 25 years watching creativity transform businesses, launch products, build brands, and move entire industries. But I've also watched organizations underinvest in it, sideline it, and treat it as "just the brand people" rather than a core strategy. That's why I teach, speak, and host The Chief Creative podcast. Because the world doesn't just need more creativity. It needs more creative leaders who know how to fight for it, fund it, and prove its value. I'm here to help you be one of them. I’m here to help you become one of them.
