Creator Economy Panel: From Craft to Company
Sunday, September 20, 2026, 4:00 PM PDT – 5:00 PM PDT
401 B St, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Hosted by Design Forward Alliance
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 navigating the shift 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. Designed for creators, filmmakers, designers, photographers, marketers, founders, and anyone building a business around their creative work. Format: Live moderated panel + audience Q&A by Nova Renay Part of: DFA Multimedia Day, San Diego Design Week 2026 Event Webpage: https://sddesignweek.org/programs/creator-to-company-panel-building-a-creative-business-beyond-yourself/ About the moderator: 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. Speakers Announced Soon