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Anem Aftab is a senior leader on the Marketing and Creative Operations team at Instacart leading Channel Creative Program Management, specifically focusing on Growth Marketing. Prior to joining Instacart, Anem worked at Uber where she held several roles within the Marketing organization working alongside talented Creative and Design teams.

Justine Mar is the Senior Managing Producer at Instacart, where she is responsible for overseeing and leading photo, audio and video production. Prior to joining Instacart, Justine worked at Curology and various advertising agencies in SF and NY.

I'm a DesignOps leader with over 15 years of experience in design, leadership, and operations. I’m currently at Microsoft, providing Design Operations strategy and support to their collaborative apps portfolio. Previously, I spent 7 years at Shopify, establishing and leading the DesignOps practice as the Design team grew from 150 to 600. I focus on developing strategic systems, programs, processes, and teams that increase design's impact across the business.
My enthusiastic optimism supports change through listening, inspiring, and serving others.

Katherine is an information management consultant and taxonomist. She has more than seven years’ experience helping organizations across industries structure, manage, and organize their content. Past clients include Campbell Soup Company, Costco and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Skilled in taxonomy, Katherine is also highly experienced in Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems. She works closely with each client to identify and prioritize needs and requirements that are unique to their organization, and designing taxonomy and metadata for the particularities of the DAM system.

Niels has 10+ years experience in managing photostudio’s and creative operations, with Scotch & Soda and Suitsupply. His focus is on delivering high quality content in high volume.