Since those behind the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year’s crew:
Carla Conrad, A/V Wrangler
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What do you do for a living?
I’m the owner of a creative agency. I help businesses strengthen their branding through their online assets, including their websites,, manage their social media platforms, develop marketing campaigns, content creation, video, and animations for video. My background is broadcast television where I was a broadcast design professional for TV stations (news division). I also worked for 2 different broadcast manufacturers demoing and providing operator training across the country before starting my agency business.
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How do you use WordPress?
I transitioned from DreamWeaver to WP as my web platform of choice back in 2010 after a Bob Dunn Workshop. I was convinced that it was only a blog platform and not for creating a ‘real’ website – and was pleasantly surprised to find out I was mistaken. I attended other WP focused meetups, networking events, and meetings to learn more. I have built all my clients websites in WP ever since because of the open source, the wealth of good solutions, on-going development. With all the talented people who use WP in the Puget Sound – I know I can find solutions to any issue or question which arises from a client’s project – there are very talented resources in the WPSEA community that can help.
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How did you end up involved in WordCamp?
After getting connected with the WP DevSigners through the monthly WPSeattle meetup and finding that there were others working through situations with client projects who had helped me, I wanted to find a way to give back. The community had been so generous, The social media support for the different WordCamps needed someone to take the lead, and as a communicator. In 2017 I was asked to develop a team and have been thrilled to meet so many talented and like-minded marketing people who have helped take WordCamp Seattle to the next level. This year I am wrangling the A/V, working at providing a great in-person experience for our attendees at the WSCC, but to also produce a great video product to WordPress.tv which best represents the quality of our content fo for our 2-day conference.
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What’s your guilty pleasure/hobby/outside of work passion?
I love to volunteer with CrossFit on the media team each year at the CrossFit Games. I get to work with world-class photographers – assisting them on the sidelines. It is the equivalent to working with press photographers at the SuperBowl or the World Series. I also am the Executive Producer of a weekly Radio show in the Seattle area, Photo Talk Radio NW, Saturdays at 4pm on KKNW 11050am. Wave a plane ticket in my face – and I’m in – as I love to travel.
How to get in touch with Carla:
When you see Carla at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your boarding pass, correct?), be sure to say hello and thank her for all her hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.
themes, child themes, plugins, and custom functionality for websites. WordPress makes content updates a breeze for me, my business partner who is not a coder, and our clients that choose to accept the challenge of managing their own content. Of course, I’m a developer, I could write code all day. But time is precious and WordPress makes it so much easier to do really cool and complex things than if I were to hand-code a site. I’ve been using WordPress for about 10 years so I’ve learned many tricks!
