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From schools, podcasts to conferences, I peel back the curtains on hiring, growing teams, and supporting amazing designers.

I share about creative process and behind the scenes of the design teams I’ve worked with. Invite me to speak at your event or show at migreyes@duck.com.

    Speaking

  • George UX Conference

    Vienna, Austria — 2024

  • Amazon Design Conference

    Seattle, WA — 2024

  • Etsy Design Conference

    New York, NY — 2024

  • Parsons School of Design

    New York, NY — 2024

  • Duolingo's Secret to Hiring Top Talent

    How We Scaled It for Design Teams — 2024 — Video

  • Garaje de Ideas

    LinkedIn Live — 2024 — Video

  • Useful School

    New York, NY — 2024

  • Design Nation Conference

    Princeton University — 2021

  • AIGA Houston: Inside Job

    Houston, TX — 2019

  • American Marketing Association

    Raleigh, NC — 2019

  • Optimizely Opticon

    Las Vegas, NV — 2017

  • Brand New Conference

    UnderConsideration, Chicago, IL — 2017 — Photos

  • American Marketing Association

    Grand Rapids, MI — 2017

  • Dallas Society of Visual Communications

    Dallas, TX — 2016

  • Made in the Middle Conference

    Kansas City, MO — 2016 — Photos

  • Hopscotch Design Festival

    Raleigh, NC — 2016

  • “Influencing Business Through Design”

    Elevate, Chicago, IL — 2016

  • Relativity Fest

    Relativity (kCura), Chicago, IL — 2016

  • Design Madison

    Madison, WI — 2016

  • General Assembly

    Chicago, IL — 2016

  • State of Search

    Dallas, TX — 2015

  • MozCon

    Seattle, WA — 2015

  • re:build

    Indianapolis, IN — 2014

  • CreativeMornings, “Backwards”

    Chicago, IL — 2013 — Video — Photos

  • Digital Kitchen

    Chicago, IL — 2013

  • FĂŞte DĂ©ment

    AIGA West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI — 2012

  • “Making by Breaking”

    Apple, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL — 2012

  • “Hard Work, Heart Work”

    MoxieCon, Chicago, IL — 2012

  • Build

    AIGA St. Louis, MO — 2012

  • Emerging Designer’s Symposium

    AIGA Design Conference, Phoenix, AZ — 2011

  • “Fuck the Police, Make What You Wanna”

    WMC Fest, Cleveland, OH — 2011

  • “How the New Kids On the Block Do It”

    HOW Design Conference, Chicago, IL — 2011

  • Zappos HQ

    Las Vegas, NV — 2010

  • “Designing for a Million+ of your Friends”

    The School of VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY — 2010

  • “Inspiring Awesomeness with Threadless”

    PSFK Salon, Chicago, IL — 2010

  • “What You Don’t Learn in Design School”

    HOW Design Conference, Denver, CO — 2010

    Awards Judging

  • DSVC National Student Show 17

    Dallas, Texas — 2021

  • DSVC Design Show 51

    Dallas, Texas — 2019 Along with Alana Louise, Lesli Ferguson, Mike McQuade, and Fernando Ramirez

  • AIGA SLC 100 Show

    Salt Lake City, Utah — 2018 Along with Lauren Hom and Adam Grason

  • CSCA Creative Best Awards

    Columbus, Ohio — 2017 Along with Lauren Hom, Lindsey Laseter, and Meg Lewis

  • AIGA St. Louis Design Show 22

    St. Louis, MO — 2016 Along with The Heads of State and Kelli Anderson

  • FPO Awards

    UnderConsideration, Austin, Texas — 2012 Along with Ben Levitz, Jeff Hernandez, Louise Fili, and Robynne Raye

  • NORI Awards

    Albany Ad Club, Albany, New York — 2010
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