Talk or Panel Creator Economy Panel: From Craft to Company
Talk or Panel Creator Economy Panel: From Craft to Company
What it is
What happens when your creative career starts becoming a company?
This candid panel explores the evolution from independent creator to creative business owner, and what it really takes to build something sustainable around your creativity.
Panelists will share their experiences moving from doing everything themselves to building teams, delegating creative work, developing systems, managing client relationships, and learning how to lead without losing the creative spark that started it all.
The conversation will also get into the parts of the creator economy that rarely make it onto social media: money, identity, burnout, collaboration, relationships, leadership, and the inner work required to grow.
What to expect
• An honest conversation about creator-to-founder growth
• Building and leading creative teams
• Delegation, systems, and client management
• Money, burnout, identity, and leadership
• Lessons from creatives building real businesses
• Live moderated panel + audience Q&A
Who it’s for
Creators, filmmakers, designers, photographers, marketers, founders, producers, and anyone building a business around their creative work.
Whether you’re still doing everything yourself or already beginning to build a team, this conversation is about what happens when your craft has to grow beyond you.
Event Details
Live moderated panel + audience Q&A
Moderated by Nova Renay
🗓️ Sunday, September 20, 2026
🕕 4:00-5:00 PM
📍 Wells Fargo Plaza, 401 B Street
Downtown San Diego
(B Street & Fifth Ave)
Part of Multimedia Day Programming:
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About the Host
Nova Renay, Design Forward Alliance
Nova Renay is a multimedia creator, producer, and Founder & CEO of Bossity, a San Diego creative production house specializing in content capture, curation, and strategic distribution for engagement and brand equity. She also serves on the Board of Design Forward Alliance, where she leads the Multimedia track for San Diego Design Week.
Through Bossity, Nova takes an inside-out, people-first approach to brand storytelling, working alongside founders, teams, and organizations to uncover the real stories already happening inside their businesses, then building the multimedia assets, content banks, and production systems that make those stories visible with clarity, personality, and momentum.
