Will Cady | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Current position (3)

Global Director of Creative Strategy

Senior Manager of Marketing

SPIN Media

Founder

HEAL Movement

Degrees (1)

Professional Music

Berklee College Of Music

2004 to 2009

Bio

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Maker, Marketer, Mystic

Will Cady’s purpose is to repair broken systems through strategies & storytelling informed by a view unconstrained by the present paradigm.

Prior to taking on his role as Reddit’s Global Brand Ambassador, Will launched, hired, and managed Reddit’s Los Angeles brand partnerships office and the KarmaLab creative strategy team; tapping years of experience architecting revenue-driving programs that connect brands with fast-growing pockets of music, art, and experience just as they reach their tipping points. Will’s brand strategy work covers a major portion of Fortune 100 brands.

He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, recipient of an Emmy Award (New England Regional) for Best Musical Composition/Arrangement, and has been featured as a member of the 2020 AdWeek Top 50 for Tech, Media, and Marketing. His original music has amassed ~3M+ streams on Spotify and counting.

Will is also a meditation teacher and tarot card reader in many forums and is available for intuitive readings specializing at Mystic Journey Bookstore and SoHo Warehouse in Los Angeles. His debut book, Which Way Is North: A Creative Compass for Makers, Marketers, and Mystics released on October 10th, 2023 (and on audio April 9th, 2024).

In all areas, Will endeavors to listen deeply, speak thoughtfully, and to measure success through the lens of healing.

Presentations

Presentations (3)

Creativity Unleashed: How To Turn Big Anxiety Into Big Ideas

What if anxiety itself is the source of your best creativity? Will Cady, author and founding head of Reddit's creative strategy team KarmaLab, walks through a fresh vision for cultivating creativity informed by his years of experience as a leader of creative teams and as an intuitive meditation guide.

Owning Your Creativity In A World Gone A.I.

Where does creativity come from? What is the human element that artificial intelligence could never reach? Will Cady is a product of the humanities who has thrived in a world of STEM. Join him in an exploration of the critical skills of being human that are urgent for young professionals starting their careers today.

Community, Catalyst, Culture: How Impactful Trends Form

Big data captures signal from the past, but its catalysts that dictate the future. Sudden changes that drive paradigm shifts are the true dictates of history that measurement models would love to ignore. Join Will Cady, former head of creative strategy at Reddit, as he shows you how to derive insights from the unpredictable by looking through the crystal ball of community.

Workshops (2)

How To Turn Anxiety Into Creativity

2 hours

The Hidden Power of Tarot Cards: Analog A.I. for Creativity

1 hour

Tarot is a tool. Hidden behind its superstitious mystique is a carefully calculated system of meaning-making and storytelling that has guided humanity for generations. Beyond re-emerging as a steadily growing social media trend, tarot has found its place in the modern world as a resource many creative professionals and executives turn toward to gain clarity in decision-making across life and business. Why? This session explores the inner workings of tarot and its implications for how humans think and why the practice of defining our story creates the world we live in.

Past talks (3)

Owning your creativity in a world going AI with Reddit’s Will Cady

Samsung Galaxy Creator Collective

Dallas, TX

March 26, 2024

Creativity Unleashed: How to Turn Big Anxiety into Big Ideas

SXSW

Austin, TX

March 12, 2024

Seven Directions Meditation

World Mental Health Day Festival

New York, NY