Elizabeth Valleau

Native New Yorker Elizabeth Valleau is an award-winning creative technologist and entrepreneur currently serving as the Global Creative and AR lead for Facebook and Instagram. After a colorful career launch designing and directing for Badboy Worldwide, she’s parlayed her passion for creative technology and platform hacking into new disciplines, formerly as Experiential Creative Lead at Grey NY, ECD at Trollback and founder of the Digital Experience department at R/GA NY. She’s continuing the mission by heading up futuristic efforts for AR and Live at Facebook. Her work with the United Nations, Nike, Unilever, the BBC and Al Jazeera has won advertising and design’s highest awards, including Clio’s, Webby’s, Pencil’s and multiple Cannes Lions. Valleau's favorite failure is the Grand Prix-winning Nike Fuel Band, while her proudest moment was leading the team that wrote and designed the UN Global Goals. Her work has won advertising and design’s highest awards, including Clio’s, Webby’s, Pencil’s and multiple Cannes Lions. She keeps her avant-garde attitude sharp leading the electronic music group WOLVVES, and is an outspoken advocate for women’s issues in the industry, appearing on stages for She Says, Lady Boss, the 50/50 Initiative, Creative Social and more. Valleau speaks and writes often about the power of true diversity, advocacy for LBGTQ and women and the urgency to build a better world through creative, inclusive tech. Valleau is also the co-founder of the press magnet Empire Mayonnaise company.

“We live in times when it’s more urgent than ever to celebrate and reward ideas and creative minds that will change the world for the better,” said Valleau.