Event Branding / Environmental

Global
Leadership
Meeting
2026

Role Creative Director Lead Designer

For Indeed's 2026 Global Leadership Meeting, I built the full event identity for 800+ global leaders gathering in San Diego around the theme "Shape the Future." The visual concept came from thinking about what "shaping" actually looks like. Paper being folded, creased, guided into form by hand. It's an intentional nod to the fact that even with all of Indeed's data, automation, and AI doing heavy lifting, the future of hiring still depends on precise human judgment guiding it somewhere useful.

I leaned on the scalable visual identity system I'd developed the year prior, pressure-testing it against a larger, more complex event and shaving hours off nearly every deliverable in the process. Then I designed everything. The logo, keynote decks, wayfinding signage, laptop stickers, swag, environmental graphics throughout the venue. The result was one coherent visual language that mirrored exactly where Indeed sits right now. Still folding. Still shaping. Still figuring out what form the future takes.

GLM 2026 event key art
GLM 2026 visual identity system
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GLM 2026 welcome signage in venue corridor
GLM 2026 speaker card, Maggie Hulce, Chief Revenue Officer
GLM 2026 badge and lanyard design
GLM 2026 event app on mobile
GLM 2026 branded DJ booth cube
GLM 2026 geometric shape detail
GLM 2026 Shape the Future directional sign
GLM 2026 Human Required sticker
GLM 2026 printed schedule design
GLM 2026 meals directional signage
GLM 2026 attendees during session
GLM 2026 geometric shape detail
GLM 2026 mirror sticker cards
GLM 2026 Shape the Future sticker sheet spread
GLM 2026 mainstage speaker with full audience

GLM's evening reception, called "Indeed Springs", was held at a beachside event space in San Diego and was decorated with a "vintage Southern California" aesthetic. For the wayfaring signage, I developed an AI-based Google Gemini Gem on a specific color palette and illustration style inspired by vintage travel posters.

GLM 2026 Indeed Springs reception wayfinding signage