Submit to Screen Summit!
How to keep your creative spark alive + Screen Summit info!
Do you have a project from the 2025-2026 academic year that you're proud of?
Join us at Screen Summit! This end-of-the-year celebration is the showcase where you can present your best work to your classmates, colleagues, and industry judges.
What can you submit?
🎬 Story: Video, audio, and written works built around meaningful narratives
🔎 Strategy: Campaigns, brand launches, social impact work, and self-driven initiatives
🎨 Design: Human-centered design work with a clear focus on usability, value, and purpose
Who is eligible?
- Current Comm Lead graduate students from the 2025-2026 academic year
- Cohort 24 students who completed coursework in Autumn 2025 or Winter 2026 and are participating in the Spring 2026 graduation ceremony
Deadline to submit: May 20, 10am
More details on how to apply here.
RSVP for May 29:
🎥 Story Showcase: The screening of audio and video projects @ 3-5:30pm, PCAR 192
🏆 Presentations & Awards: Strategy and Design presentations during the Screen Summit awards @ 6-9pm, UW Club
Come celebrate your cohort's amazing projects and stay for the genuine connections you'll make along the way!
(Note: If you require an accessibility accommodation please contact commlead@uw.edu by May 18th.)
Is AI making us boring?
This is the question currently haunting every creative mind. In today's industry, the demand for AI literacy is skyrocketing, but so is the need for storytellers who can actually move an audience. While everyone keeps talking about "efficiency" and "optimization" and "workflows," we rarely discuss the trade-offs. Most importantly, are we losing our personal voice as AI automation becomes the new norm?
I sat down with creative professionals to find out how we can strike a balance and keep our creative spark alive. From multimedia producers, marketers, and writers, this dilemma impacts us all.
Read the full story to learn how to protect your authentic voice in an automated world.
Comm Lead is constantly looking for opportunities to innovate and collaborate with industry leaders across content, story, and technology, which is why we're so proud to be sponsoring Button's free watch parties!
Join us on May 21st for a top-rated session from Button's 2025 conference where you'll hear from Senior Content Designer at Klarna, Ilinca Apolzan, share her favorite AI content design hacks. Hosted by Torrey Podmajersky, a UX content specialist for global organizations, you'll learn practical, simple solutions that make daily content design tasks easier.
What you'll get:
- Everyday examples of how AI can speed up your content design workflow
- Learn foolproof prompts
- Understand how to use AI to pull content directly from Figma
- Learn how to create accessible, AI-powered style guides for your coworkers
- Find ways to feel more confident using AI
Make sure to secure your free ticket below and we hope to see you there!