Is your creative genius in art, marketing, events, or the spoken word? Marshall Shorts does all this. He is a creative director and designer in Columbus, Ohio, by way of Cleveland. Founder of Artfluential, a design consultancy that brings culturally informed creative direction, strategy, and design to businesses, agencies, and creatives. He is also the co-founder of Creative Control Fest, an annual conference and platform that centers creatives of color and advocates for diversity within the creative class. Did I mention he is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Maroon Arts Fest? AND a TEDx speaker. Yeah, that, too. Pretty cool.