Stop waiting for permission to create the work you actually want to make. This isn't another "inspiring" creative course that leaves you with vibes but no skills.
This class is for creatives, aspiring creatives, career-switchers, students, and anyone who's tired of watching their ideas die in a notes app.
It’s the tactical breakdown of how ideas actually become real things. The kind of work that makes your portfolio stand out and gets you hired.
You'll learn to prototype like your rent depends on it, build a workflow that doesn't fight you every day, navigate the real structure of ad agencies and in-house teams, use AI tools without looking like you just discovered ChatGPT yesterday, and steal every shortcut, template, and organizing system that keeps a working creative from drowning in chaos.
No fluff. Just the real systems and skills to turn concepts into portfolio pieces, side projects into actual work, and dreams into things people can click on. Let’s make your wildest, most ambitious, experimental ideas into reality.
The creative industry is moving faster than almost any traditional curriculum can keep up with. AI tools are reshaping how ideas get made, and the people who learn to use them well, not as a gimmick, but as a genuine extension of their creative process, are the ones getting hired.
Meanwhile, the gap between "having ideas" and "shipping real work" has never been wider. This class closes that gap by teaching the actual production workflows, industry knowledge, and AI integration skills that the market is demanding right now.
Beyond the skills, some of the most important things you'll take from this class are the people sitting next to you. This is a chance to connect with like-minded creatives and build the kind of lasting relationships that turn into collaborations, referrals, and creative partnerships long after the class.
Whether you're in advertising, design, content, marketing, freelancing, or just figuring out what you want to do with your creative energy, this is for you. No specific software expertise required. Just ambition and a willingness to get your hands dirty.
By the end of the course, each student will have a portfolio-ready creative project. From initial concept through AI-assisted development to final execution. This could take the form of a campaign, a brand identity piece, a series of visual assets, or an experimental passion project, depending on the student's goals.
You'll leave with something you can show, not just something to talk about.
Each week, the class functions as a collaborative workshop where we riff together in real time building on each other's ideas, pushing concepts further than any of us would alone, and turning raw sparks into actual, tangible work. We'll flex our prototyping muscles constantly, moving from messy first thoughts to polished output faster than you thought possible.
Along the way, we'll dig into AI tools as a creative accelerant, learn the organizational systems that keep real projects from falling apart, and get honest about how the industry works so you can navigate it with your eyes open.
There will also be guest speakers, group critiques, and plenty of moments where things get weird and experimental — that's the point.
By the end, you won't just understand the creative process, you'll have lived it together as a team, and you'll walk away with a finished portfolio piece to prove it.
AI for Creatives
Instructor: Elizabeth Levin
Elizabeth is a Creative Director at Google, with a background in art direction and design. Previously, she was at Momentum Worldwide and Mother NY. Past clients include American Express x Vogue, YouTube, Walmart, Live Nation, and Coindesk. Art Center grad. CalArts dropout. Her work has been featured and awarded, but more importantly, she loves what she does.
Thursday May 14 — Thursday July 16
7pm - 10pm PST
$1,200.00 USD (Class limited to 10)