Announcing the fastest, easiest way to get your career rolling
Career Day helps you put your career in motion - by bringing you face-to-face with leading design professionals for advice, insights and inspiration. In this day-long event, you'll benefit from informative discussions on the latest trends in the business, individual reviews of your portfolio by the area's hottest designers, art directors, illustrators and photographers... and much more.
Register online now!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 am - REGISTRATION
You may sign up for 3 reviews. You select your first
choice, and we'll sign you up for two others.
At the event you may request additional reviews, time permitting.
9:30 am - KEYNOTE: Career Jump-Start: Insights for Success
by The Boss Group
Get answers to your most important career questions, including which types
of firms are hiring, what level of pay you can expect and how to get started
on your job search. Learn from The Boss Group, a leading marketing and creative
staffing agency, about the state of the industry, the pros and cons of working for in-house design studios versus small firms and agencies ... and much more.
10 am - KEYNOTE: Career Confessions
Taylor Buckholz, Design Army—2 years
Carolyn Sewell, Blattner Brunner—6
years
Both informal and informative, this session will give you an insider’s perspective as two young designers talk about how they got their first jobs, how often they’ve changed jobs and whether they still love what they do — not to mention answering questions from the audience!
Moderated by John Foster, VP Creative, fuszion
Student Events
11 am – 12 pm — Portfolio Reviews and Break-Out Sessions
Lunch
1 pm — The Real Show Awards Presentation
1:45 – 4 pm — Portfolio Reviews and Break-Out Sessions
Faculty Events
11 am – 12 pm — Inspiring the Next Generation of Designers
Hosted by Ed Gold, Co-Director,
University of Baltimore, School of Communications Design
12 – 1 pm — Faculty Lunch and Meet and Greet
REVIEWERS - These companies will be represented
John Anderson, SHRM
Janet Bell, O2 Collaborative
Sue Bodde, Eason Associates
Mae Coughlan, Bates Creative Group
Jeff Everett, El Jefe Design
Phil Foss, fuszion
John Foster, fuszion
Jen Fults, JB Creative
Anne Kerns, Anne Likes Red
Sung Hee Kim, Sagetopia
Wayne Kurie, EFX Media
Marilyn Langfeld
Jake Lefebure, Design Army
Taylor Martin
Les McCarty, Touch3
Andrew McClellan, Fleishman Hillard
Jim Nuttle
Sandi Owatverot, O2 Collaborative
Dick Rabil, Slice
Jef Serio, seriousDesign
Carolyn Sewell, Blattner Brunner
Seth Sirbaugh, Bates Creative Group
Greg Spraker, fuszion
Jesse Thomas, JESS3
SPECIAL THANKS
Career Day
American University’s Graphic Design Department
The Boss Group
Ed Gold
John Foster
F&W Publications
Communication Arts
fuszion
Mosaic
Eric Stewart
All our Reviewers and Volunteers
ADCMW Education Chairs
• Susan Fuller
• Angela Terry
• Rick Heffner
The Real ShowOur Judges
• Doug Been, Creative Director, Freddie Mac Design Studio
• Debra Bates-Schrott, President, Bates Creative Group
• David Franek, President, The Design Channel
Art Institute of Washington
Fannon Printing
fuszion
Our Volunteers
Projects Submitted By
• Eason Associates
• Hinge
• El Jefe Design
• Blattner Brunner
• Crabtree + Company
CONTACT US
Questions: email us at adcmw@adcmw.org
or call us at 703-778-4649.
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