In this series, SEGD connects young designers with the design leaders they admire so they can ask their burning questions and find answers to help guide them on their career path. In this article, FIT Graduate Exhibition Design student Margo Malter interviews Keith Helmetag, partner at and founder of C&G Partners (New York).
As any sort of designer, you have a main set of promotional materials: your logo, business cards, printed portfolio and in most cases, a website. That’s all you expect to need to be successful coming out of school—but what about searching for jobs, or building your professional network? Where does one even start?
In this series, SEGD connects young designers with the design leaders they admire so they can ask their burning questions and find answers to help guide them on their career path. In this article, Daisy Corso, an SEGD award-winning designer at ArtHouse Design (Denver) interviews Virginia Gehshan, FSEGD, co-founder and principal of Cloud Gehshan Associates (Philadelphia).
In this series, SEGD connects young designers with the design leaders they admire so they can ask their burning questions and find answers to help guide them on their career path. In this article, current University of Cincinnati DAAP student Mariel Lustig interviews Michael Bierut, partner at Pentagram (New York).
In this series, SEGD connects young designers with the design leaders they admire so they can ask their burning questions and find answers to help guide them on their career path. In this article, current North Carolina State University design studies major, Erin Delahunty, interviews Jason White, executive creative director at conceptual design studio Leviathan.
In this series, SEGD has connected young designers with the design leaders they admire so they can ask their burning questions and find answers to help guide them on their career path. In this article, recent grad Stephen Hight interviews SEGD Board Member Stephen Minning.
Students + Young Designers | Pre-Conference Checklist:
Investigate the area. Spend a couple minutes of quality time with google maps and explore the local dining options, places to pick up necessities and points of interest.
Review your schedule. Take a look at the agenda again, and see what tours and events you’ve signed up for. Decide what sessions you definitely do not want to miss, and which ones you are low priority for you.
