Meet creative companies helping you take your first steps in the design industry.
Are you a design student or new graduate? Join us for AIGA NY’s 4th annual mini-job fair! Meet reps from New York’s top creative companies and studios. Find out what a typical day is like for their designers and hear what creative directors are looking for in new designers like you.
It’s speed networking meets the design industry and not another portfolio review. Come by, introduce yourself, and discover where to take your first steps in the design industry.
AIGA NY board members Caspar Lam, Janet Esquirol and Jarrett Fuller will co-host.
AIGA NY Student Job Fair is part of the Work in Progress event series. These events are focused on the creative process, personal development and professional development. They aim to give a peek behind the curtain and expose failure as a valuable experience.
Location
Starr Foundation Hall University Center
63 5th Avenue, Room UL102
New York, 10011
When
Friday, February 7
Schedule
12:00pm – Doors open & check-in
12:10pm – Job Fair begins
4:00pm – Job Fair ends
$5 TICKETS
Category Archives: Events
Workshop: Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs / Free / Jan. 3rd
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-thinking-for-entrepreneurs-tickets-86248937895
Facebook UX/UI Design Event
This event will be catered to those students who are interested in Product/UI/UX Design, Content Strategy, UX Writing career path.
Facebook Design is coming to New York City to host an event at the Facebook office, on Thursday, November 7th at 6:30 PM. We will have Product Designers, Haley Madigan and Andres Arbelaez hosting a presentation on “Introductions to Design at Facebook”before diving into “What I wish I knew before going into industry.”
There will be a chance to get your work reviewed, so please come prepared with work to show.
There will be food & drinks provided.
To be selected for this event, please RSVP using the link below. The recruiter will confirm your attendance on October 30th, 2019. Please RSVP soon to guarantee your spot!
Splashthat Page: https://fbdesignopenhouse.splashthat.com/
Event password: FBNYC19
AIGA Design Job Fair – Thursday, May 16, 1-4pm
Thursday, May 16 2019
1:00–4:00 pm
Meet creative companies helping you take your first steps in the design industry.
Are you a recent graduate or just starting out designer? Join Wanted Design and AIGA NY for the third annual Spring Job Fair! Meet reps from New York’s top creative companies and studios. Find out what a typical day is like for their designers and hear what creative directors are looking for in new designers like you.
It’s speed networking meets the design industry and not another portfolio review. Come by, introduce yourself, and discover where to take your first steps in the design industry.
REGISTER AND LEARN MORE
Comics on Campus event this Thursday
Hear QC Design graduate Kelly Fernandez and faculty member Ryan Hartley Smith talk about getting a comic published, plus faculty from other departments talk about trends in the industry, comic and zine collections in libraries and more.
Date: May 2nd, 6-7pm
Location: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library: President’s Conference Room 2
Human Centered Design Bootcamp
Learn Human Centered Design to launch your new enterprise.
This two-day bootcamp is designed to take participants through the process of breaking down a complex problem and turning an idea into an actionable solution and finally making a business model for it. Ycenter two day programs are truly immersive for participants to learn about Entrepreneurship, Complex Problem Solving and Human-centered design methodology. You will learn, ideate, build and explore new ways to solve real problems using the power of business. You do not need to have a team to participate in this event. Individual registrations are welcome.
Top skills you acquire:
- Complex Problem Understanding and Breakdown
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Idea to Prototyping
- Stakeholder Mapping and Market Research
- Human Centered Design
- Creative Problem Solving
- Building A Business Model
Date: 23rd and 24th April, 2019
Venue: Queens College Tech Incubator
60-35 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367
Learn More: https://y-center.org/events/qctech/
RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/ClEzYeftEXT68jhv1
Ogilvy’s UX/Design Thinking Immersion Day
Ogilvy’s Immersion Day applications are now open!
What is Immersion Day?
Immersion Day is a half-day event at Ogilvy designed to give college students an inside view into the inner workings of agency life. This Immersion Day is focused specifically on the Experience Design practice at Ogilvy and provides a holistic view of UX and design thinking through activities and Q&A.
This day is perfect for students who want to learn about human-centered design, the digital transformation of brands, and how to get into this industry.
Immersion Day details:
Tuesday, April 30
10:00am – 3:00pm
636 11th ave, New York, NY
Students can learn more about Immersion Day and apply here.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us!
Perfoming and Visual Arts Career and Intership Fair: April 8, 2019
AIGA NY Student Job Fair / Parsons / February 15th
Meet creative companies helping you take your first steps in the design industry.
Are you a design student or new graduate? Join us for AIGA NY’s 3rd annual mini-job fair! Meet reps from New York’s top creative companies and studios. Find out what a typical day is like for their designers and hear what creative directors are looking for in new designers like you.
It’s speed networking meets the design industry and not another portfolio review. Come by, introduce yourself, and discover where to take your first steps in the design industry.
AIGA NY board members Caspar Lam and Janet Esquirol will co-host.
Participating Companies
Blue State Digital
Everytown for Gun Safety
GHD Partners
Nick Brand Creative
R/GA
Smart Design
Spitball
Turner Duckworth
Event Series: Work in Progress
AIGA NY Student Job Fair is part of the Work in Progress event series. These events are focused on the creative process, personal development and professional development. They aim to give a peek behind the curtain and expose failure as a valuable experience.
Location
Wollman Hall
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
65 West 11th Street Room B500
New York, NY 10011
When
Friday, February 15
Time
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Register
“Design Your Learning” Workshop
The Tech Incubator will be hosting an open house for the “Design Your Learning” class on Oct. 22, during free hour. See detailed information below. The class is very interactive and hands on. At the open house, you will get a taste of some of the concepts and tools you will learn in this class.
Topic: Design Your Learning Open House
Date: Oct. 22
Time: 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Location: Kissena Hall 1, Room 06
Address: 64-19 Kissena Blvd, Flushing NY 11367
Please rsvp via this link: https://goo.gl/forms/EIfhuqWhXPnaL8jC2?
Design Your Learning” is based on a ” Designing Your Life ” class offered at the Stanford University taught by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett.
This class is open to all students and to the general public, offered by the Tech Incubator at Queens College (TIQC).
This class will focus on:
- Foundational or core skills, including confidence building, communication, learning how to learn, learning to use a set of tools for reframing questions, generating ideas, prototyping experience, decision making and taking actions
- General career readiness, including a set of tools for job search and networking
We will introduce a specific set of tools to you that will enable you to
- Think about your learning view, your work view and your life view
Find a balance along four dimensions: Work (Study), Love (Social, Relationship), Play and Health? apply learning to all four dimensions
Come up with alternative plans for your future
Prototype conversations and experiences for your plan
Learn to reframe questions, make choices, make decisions, take actions and tell stories
