CreativeLive - Behind The Scenes Of Instagram Success

Whether you’re looking to take your Instagram game to the next level or you’re simply an avid user, Creative Live’s live-streamed talk with the Instagram team should be considered a must-see event.

Jon Youshaei is one of the very few people to have worked at both Instagram and YouTube - and featured in Inc Magazine as “cracking the code for going viral.” During 5 years at YouTube, Jon was Head of Creator Product Marketing where he worked with YouTube's biggest stars to grow their audiences — and their incomes. 2 years ago, Instagram recruited Jon to their creator marketing team with the goal of empowering a new generation of filmmakers and brands.

Karen x Cheng is an award-winning director and creator who has generated over 500M views including campaigns with Beats, Adobe, and even our Instagram official account.

Jacob Riglin is an amazing photographer and creator with over 1M followers and founder of the Creator Circuit where he teaches creators all his best tips and lessons.

Nikola Krstic founded the Filmmkrs community which brings together over 1.1M filmmakers, creators, and photographers here on Instagram.

My name is Christian and I’m a 27 year old Canadian living in Bali. Five years ago, I was working a 9-5 job that was considered to be the “dream” job but somehow found myself depressed and drained. I discovered that no amount of money or success would make me happy if I wasn’t doing what I loved.

So, I quit. I sold everything I owned and bought a 1-way ticket to Thailand with no money, no skills as a content creator and NO idea what I was doing.

Over the last 5 years, I have made a ton of mistakes but I've made a few great decisions and the greatest of them all, was unconditionally chasing my passions. Since quitting, I built Lost LeBlanc into a multi-million dollar business, I’ve traveled the world with my loved ones, and shared it all with a community of over 3 million people. But most of all, I’ve been able to earn my dream income by doing something I would have done for free.

When you follow your passions, it's impossible to fail.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Qazi is a commercial Colorist and a Local 700 Editor in LA. He worked with some of the top brands such as; Toyota, P&G, Vizio and many more like them. Qazi runs a Post Production company called The Post Village here in Southern California.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Amir Zakeri is an incredible travel videographer and photographer that among his amazing talent, used to create BEAUTIFUL documentaries with a purpose to give a strong message to be more respectful on the planet we live. His incredible talent made him work with the biggest brands like DJI, Redbull, GoPro, American Expres among many others. We had this amazing opportunity to invite him on live to share his experience giving our community Priceless advice into how to pursue their dreams doing what they love and make a living of it.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Meet the adventurer and outdoor photographer and Filmmaker Emmett Sparling whose colorful imagery had us hooked at first sight. His crisp and almost unreal photography tells a story of a young man who came a long way and who had already seen some of the most stunning places on this earth. But if you take a closer look, there is an even deeper story and so much more to find out about the Vancouver-based adventurer and outdoor enthusiast.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Jakob  is a visual director based in Los Angeles California who’s projects range from Music Videos, Films, Commercials, Travel, Branded Content and more. He is also the creator and owner of TheBuffNerds youtube channel which has accumulated over 280+ million views and 790K + subscribers as well as a personal Instagram following of over 140K+ followers on Instagram (@JakobOwens).

His work has been displayed on all of the major music television networks such as MTV, VH1, BET, REVOLT and more. He has collaborated and worked with artists such as Tyga, Chris Brown, Wale, Jesse McCartney, Chamillionaire,  Nick Carter, The Braxton Sisters, iLoveMemphis, Dawin, Futuristic, KYLE, K. Roosevelt, Dizzy Wright, and much more.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Michael Gray, a 21-year-old content creator originally from London, UK but always on the move!

Super talented Travel videographer that has worked with some of the world’s most amazing brands to create visually stunning content that showcases the beauty of destinations all around the world. 

His talents lead him to be affiliated with a diverse group of amazing brands and tourism boards in a partnership where he can create stunning and innovative content for their marketing campaigns and provide promotion through Instagram and YouTube.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

Gilbert Sosa is a Los-Angeles based director - his journey began upon meeting 'social media mogul' Jake Paul during the summer of 2016, where he joined the founding employee team to launch Team 10 - as an official Social Media Producer. He resigned from Paul's company in December 2016 to take on a position at Justin Baldoni's Wayfarer Entertainment Co. as a Social Media Specialist, where he had to resign in mid-Feb. 2017 due to a personal incident. After his recovery period, Sosa reached out to Juanpa Zurita, one of the world's largest international influencer and entertainer, who he began to curate content for. After traveling throughout Latin America capturing content with Zurita, Sosa made the bold decision to move to Mexico City from LA. In Mexico City, Sosa co-founded DosogasTeam, the first-ever Latin-American social media influencer incubator. Sosa's social media following skyrocketed from 120k followers on Instagram to more than 1 million social media followers. He also transitioned from being a renowned social media creative to an influencer in his own right in 7 months. Since his departure from DosogasTeam in summer 2018, Sosa has been in development with various short films he plans to direct by the end of 2019. He recently joined Cinema Giants Entertainment as an emerging Talent and Director. Sosa is set to become a revelation in the filmmaking space throughout 2020.

You can also find him on:
INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE

In his or her own way, almost every person in the world is a travel filmmaker. When people find themselves in new places, they get out their camcorders and hit Record. These videos, of course, are historically some of the most boring videos ever made. That’s why when a professional travel filmmaker like Brandon Li turns his eye on a place, the result is so striking. There is an art to making a great travel film, and we hoped Brandon could teach us what it is.

As a former MTV producer and a current vagabond artist, Brandon is something of an expert at both filmmaking and world traipsing. And he’s found a way to put the two elements together. He told us, “[I realized] I could just go out and live and do cool stuff and film it and make stuff that people would actually want to watch because it’s actually interesting stuff.”

For anyone who thinks that sounds like a pretty decent life (count us in), watch it. Brandon Li has a few things to teach you.