Cultivating the next generation of innovators and creative leaders…

Welcome to The Creative Pipeline

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This is the place where Seattle’s creative agencies and production companies come to hire the next generation of black creative talent that will keep their company’s ideas (and clients) fresh.  

Go to FujiFilm’s Creative Forever website to learn about the interns and see the work they produced.

Brands are increasingly putting pressure on their creative agencies and production companies to bring young and diverse voices into the creative development of their product campaigns.

Brands are doing this because they want to expand their customer base and speak to a more diverse group of consumers in an authentic way. This means that in order for agencies and production companies to thrive in this client driven business, they will need a team that actually reflects a brand’s consumer point of view.

Learn how your creative agency or production company can rise to meet this brand challenge. Find, attract, and develop black emerging talent that will help you develop better work and transform your agency from status quo to status WHOA.

Career Seekers

Are you 18-24 years old, Black, and aspire to build a career in advertising, creative development, or commercial film production?


Do you think you could succeed being immersed in a full-time intensive and professional curriculum having to quickly learn and apply the essential creative concepts and technical craft to make campaigns for clients?

Are you curious, open, positive, collaborative, and empathetic?

If so, then fill out the form below so we can get to know you and share what a career in this business could look like for you. You will get an overview of the industry, what kinds of companies are hiring in the region, and how you can get started down a career path.

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Don’t let circumstances or lack of experience hold you back.

If you truly desire to work in a creative business and can demonstrate your commitment to put in maximum effort, then the William Grose Center can help you situate your life so that you can focus on developing your career.


“I want young Black creatives who look like me, who come from similar backgrounds, to not feel like they have to leave Seattle in order for them to be creative.”

— TraeAnna Holiday

Emmy-Award Winning Artist, Activist, & Community Leader


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