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Disrupting Ordinary, Creating Extraordinary.

Redefining Boundaries, Reimagining Success.

The Shaffer Creative Quest

Innovative Strategies for a New View.

Your days no longer have to be spent feeling frustrated, alone, and lost. Shaffer Creative is here to be your marketing guide out of the wilderness and into greatness. Check out our website and meet our seasoned guides, here to lead you through adventures big and small, from company rebranding to proposal consultation. You should feel like you are thriving on your marketing journey, not just surviving. Let the Shaffer Creative team be your guide to the summit.

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Upcoming Events

Knowledge Bombs Dropping in 3...2...1...

Join us on November 6, 2024, for an in-person workshop in Houston, Texas

Presented by Adobe Community Expert Julie Shaffer, FSMPS, CPSM,
in partnership with SMPS Houston

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All-Day Learning 8:30am–4:30pm

Design Revolution: Integrating InDesign and AI for Next-Gen Creations

$ 525

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  • Price includes:
  • Hands-On Workshop (bring your laptop with InDesign installed)
  • Printed Training Handout
  • Follow-Along Files
  • Morning Session - Set the Foundation: InDesign Fundamentals for AEC Marketers
  • Lunch + AI-Enhanced Design: Boost Efficiency with Generative Tools
  • Afternoon Session - Streamline Your Layout: Intermediate/Advanced InDesign Techniques
  • 7 CEUs

Morning/Lunch 8:30am–1:00pm

Set the Foundation: InDesign Fundamentals for AEC Marketers

$ 275

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  • Price includes:
  • Hands-On Workshop (bring your laptop with InDesign installed)
  • Printed Training Handout
  • Follow-Along Files
  • Morning Session - Set the Foundation: InDesign Fundamentals for AEC Marketers
  • Lunch + AI-Enhanced Design: Boost Efficiency with Generative Tools
  • 4 CEUs

Lunch Session 11:30am–1:00pm

Lunch + AI-Enhanced Design: Boost Efficiency with Generative Tools

$ 50

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  • Price includes:
  • Presentation (no laptop needed)
  • Lunch + AI-Enhanced Design: Boost Efficiency with Generative Tools
  • 1 CEU

Lunch/Afternoon 11:30am–4:30pm

Streamline Your Layout: Intermediate/Advanced InDesign Techniques

$ 275

Sign me up!
  • Price includes:
  • Hands-On Workshop (bring your laptop with InDesign installed)
  • Printed Training Handout
  • Follow-Along Files
  • Lunch + AI-Enhanced Design: Boost Efficiency with Generative Tools
  • Afternoon Session - Streamline Your Layout: Intermediate/Advanced InDesign Techniques
  • 4 CEUs

Other Upcoming Events

SMPS Tampa Bay

InDesign Training for AEC Marketers
  September 19, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)

$ 250

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  • This course caters to capable InDesign users who are interesting in boosting their efficiency and adding a little automation to their lives. You'll receive eight (8) Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)!

SMPS Philadelphia

InDesign Training
  November 13, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EST)

$ 399

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  • Whether you’re a graphic design rookie or an established marketing whiz, you won’t want to miss this training session! SMPS Philadelphia is hosting two separate training sessions with the InDesign Expert herself, Julie Schaffer, FSMPS, CPSM, Adobe Community Expert. In the first session, we’ll start with the basics plus! – learning how to craft stunning qualifications, proposals, and presentations using InDesign. Then, we’ll end the day with training for intermediate InDesign users to fully build out your creative toolkit with intermediate and advanced features.
About

Hi, I'm Julie Shaffer, founder of Shaffer Creative, and we developed Design Revolution for marketers just like you...

I totally get it. You’re tackling multiple pursuits, racing against tight deadlines, and spending endless hours formatting (and reformatting) content. My team and I are right there with you, navigating the same challenges. While I can’t promise that you’ll get edits on time or automate your unique differentiators, I can show you how to make the most of InDesign’s tools to streamline your process and boost efficiency. After all, helping us all work smarter is what I do.

Unconventional Strategies, Unstoppable Success.

Whether you’re a graphic design rookie or an established marketing whiz, there’s always something new to learn. Shaffer Creative can teach you AEC best practices. A CompTIA Certified Trainer, Julie Shaffer, CPSM, can guide you through the wild, wild world of marketing software, helping you hone your skills and get ready for that next big project.

Julie did a great job at meeting everyone at their own level. Even though it was a beginner class, beginner means different things for different people. She had the skill and patience to make it understandable for everyone around the table."

Stephanie Corso

Rogue Water

After initially engaging Shaffer Creative for strategic proposal development, we also discovered their strengths in additional marketing/communication services for Southland’s rebrand including creative design, strategic positioning, new brand standards, and collateral design. These combined efforts have yielded award-winning results with significant impact to our company footprint – bidding size has increased by 100 percent, bonding capacity has doubled, and teaming invitations have increased by 32 percent."

Rachel Sackett

Southland Holdings, LLC

Julie has helped us to develop proposals over the past year. I admire Julie’s ability to make InDesign workflows efficient by doing something once and then keep reusing them throughout the proposal development. I was most interested in learning how Julie did this and enrolled in her Intermediate InDesign class. I walked away with a treasure box full of Julie’s shortcuts and tricks, which will make me more efficient when using InDesign."

Laura Weber

Lane Construction