Applications for the 2017 Creative Residency program year are open until February 26. The Adobe Creative Residency is building upon the success of its first two years and expanding in 2017. For the upcoming program year, they will have six residents from the United States, Germany, and Canada. It will be the first year the Creative Residency is open to candidates outside of the United States and they plan to continue expanding it internationally in the future.

The Adobe Creative Residency program gives talented individuals a year to work on a personal creative project while sharing their process with the community. Residents apply new ideas and tools to their work and inspire others to try new methods. Adobe provides residents with the best creative tools and resources, along with guidance from advisors and a complete compensation package.

Prerequisites for applying?
Creative Residents are passionate about creativity and sharing their creative process. They are interested in growing their creative skills and career while sharing their process, successes, and failures with the community.

Ideal candidates are in the early stage of their career and prepared to make the Creative Residency their professional focus for one year.

For 2017, they have a focus on the following fields:
Photography
Graphic design (Digital and Print)
UI / UX design
Graphic Composition (leveraging 2D and 3D)
Short form video
Illustration

The Creative Residency program aims to provide a diverse range of creative viewpoints, backgrounds, and experiences so even if your area of interest is not in one of the fields above, we still encourage you to apply.

To apply and get guidance on how to do so, visit the Adobe Applications page.