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Cloudinary has launched the Cloudinary Creators Community, a global initiative designed to connect developers worldwide, provide free educational resources, and foster collaboration in building advanced visual experiences. The community offers structured learning paths, hands-on projects, certifications, and a dedicated space for skill development in image and video optimization, optimization, and management at scale.
The community addresses the growing need for specialized knowledge in media APIs and developer infrastructure, areas often underrepresented in traditional education. Through free courses and certifications, developers, designers, and builders can master techniques for handling complex image and video workflows essential to modern digital products.
Cloudinary has partnered with five tech-focused nonprofits to deliver training and support developers from varied backgrounds:
These partnerships enable scalable, cohort-based programs and bootcamps tailored to inclusive participation.
Anubha Maneshwar, Founding Director of GirlScript Foundation said, “Partnering with Cloudinary allows us to empower creators and developers in an area that’s rarely taught, but deeply essential in today’s digital products.”
Anubha Maneshwar, Founding Director of GirlScript Foundation added, “We’re excited to be one of the first nonprofits from India to collaborate with Cloudinary on this initiative. Media APIs and developer-first infrastructure are incredibly powerful yet underrepresented in education, and this partnership helps us bring these skills to a wider community of creators and developers. At GirlScript Foundation, we believe in opening up access to niche, high-impact technologies. Partnering with Cloudinary allows us to empower creators and developers in an area that’s rarely taught, but deeply essential in today’s digital products.”
Jen Looper, Director of Developer Relations at Cloudinary said, “The Cloudinary Creators Community is a practical learning environment, not a marketing initiative. It offers members the opportunity to acquire valuable skills for tackling complex, high-volume image and video management challenges. These skills are essential in today’s visual economy and give participants the practical expertise to help them advance their careers, no matter where they are based.”
Members benefit from a dedicated Discord server hosting expert webinars, mini-hackathons, collaborative open-source projects, portfolio development, and mentorship opportunities grounded in real-world applications.
To join the inaugural cohort, developers can participate through one of the partner nonprofits or independently complete the "Cloud to Crowd" course, earn the certificate, and submit an application. The Discord server is open for webinars, activities, and community engagement.
About Cloudinary
Cloudinary is the image and video platform that enables the world’s most engaging brands to deliver transformative visual experiences at a global scale. More than three million users and 11,000 customers, including Adidas, Etsy, Fiverr, Grubhub, Minted and Paul Smith rely on Cloudinary to bring their campaigns, apps and sites to life. Backed by an ecosystem of more than 300 partners, integrations and plug-ins, Cloudinary’s AI-powered image and video solutions offer a single source of truth for brands to manage, transform, optimize, and deliver engaging visual content to anyone, anywhere. As a result, brands across all industries are seeing up to a 203% ROI with benefits including faster time to market, higher user satisfaction and increased engagement and conversions.
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