Year after year, hundreds of recruiters representing hundreds of agencies and companies sign up to participate in our annual recruiter session to meet our graduating class.
Why? Because they love to hire Brandcenter grads.
Our grads are known for being multi-functional, polymathic, excellent collaborators, big thinkers, strategic risk takers, great problem solvers, and sharp presenters. Not only do they hit the ground running in their jobs but they also tend to move up quickly.
Brandcenter alumni work on behalf of the world’s biggest brands, at some of the most creative and innovative companies in the world, and at the world’s leading advertising, design, and innovation agencies and consultancies.
Get hired.
Throughout your two years, we’ll provide career guidance every step of the way on everything from crafting resumes to prepping for interviews to negotiating salaries to reviewing contracts. And, when it comes time for internships and jobs, we’ll give you the tools and exposure you need.
Recruiter Session
As graduation approaches, we’ll promote you and your portfolio to our extensive list of industry contacts and recruiters at agencies, brands, and consultancies, who participate in Recruiter Session each year to be the first to meet and hire our grads.
About Recruiter Session
Every spring, we host our Recruiter Session, where hundreds of recruiters representing hundreds of agencies and companies sign up to participate to be the first to meet our grads and gain access to their portfolios.
During this two-day reverse career fair, you’ll have your own table for recruiters to visit, meet you, and look at your work. Overall, you’ll clock about 20 hours of face-to-face networking.
See who participated in 2025
180LA
72andSunny
Acceleration Community of Companies
Adfero
Adobe
Anomaly
Ariyeh
Arts & Letters Creative Co.
AXS
Bandits & Friends
BarkleyOKRP
BBH
Benchworks
Best Buy
BLT Recruiting
Book of the Month
Burrell Communications
Callen
Chemistry
Confidant
CoStar
Creative Search Consultants
David & Goliath
dentsu
Deutsch LA
Digital Domain
Doe-Anderson
Doner
Ember Music Hall/LXGRP
ESPN
EssenceMediacom
Factory 360
Familiar Creatures
Fcb
Gangbusters
Giant Spoon
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Google
GSW, powered by Syneos Health
GTT Commercial Tires
Gus
Hatch the Agency
Havas Chicago
Havas Health
Highdive
Hill Holliday
Innocean Usa
Johannes Leonardo
Kettle
Lafayette American
Landor
Leo NY
Material
MC Saatchi
McGarrah Jessee
McKinney
MediaMonks
Mekanic
Mighty Recruiting
MKG
Momentum
Movers+Shakers Agency
MRM/McCann
Multiply
Navy Federal Credit Union
Norris Design
Oatly
On Board Experiential
OpenTable
Opinionated
Part and Sum
Pereira O’Dell
Preacher
Prosek Partners
Publicis Creative
R/GA
Rambler Sparkling Water
RedPeg Marketing
Rethink
River’s Edge
RS Creative LLC
Saatchi & Saatchi
Sid Lee
Slap Global
Solomon Page
Solve
Sprout Social
Sukle Advertising and Design
SYLVAIN
Tangerine
TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Team One
Terri & Sandy
The Black Sheep Agency
The Community
The Escape Pod
The Justis Department
The Martin Agency
The Tombras Group
The Walt Disney Company
TINY GIANTS TALENT
TRG
Tritton Baylor Strategic Industries
VCCP
VML
Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai
Wolf Creative
WPP
Xponent21
Job Placement
See where the Class of 2025 is hired
ART DIRECTORS
Monica Bains – Disney Yellow Shoes, Orlando
Camber Barnett – GroupeConnect, Boston
Graham Bartal – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC Residency
Nithya Charles – Mischief, NYC
Bianca Cherry – Innocean, LA
Christine Choe – The Martin Agency, RVA
Elio Conroy – Anomaly, NYC
Smera Dhal – Gus, NYC
Maddie Edwards – Preacher, Austin
Charley Henson – McKinney, RVA
Mia Kasper – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC Residency
Tanmay Kumar – Mekanism, remote
Niani Patterson – Translation, NYC
CT Rivera – The Mayor, Nashville
Emme Schumacher – Terri & Sandy, NYC
Reagan Tate – Tombras, Knoxville
Alex Ward – Mother, NYC
Bailey Wood – The Martin Agency, RVA
COPYWRITERS
Ross Atkinson – Gus, NYC
David Ballowe – The Mayor, Nashville
Claire Casalaspi – Terri & Sandy, NYC
Henry Coffey – Mischief, NYC
Aisling Deane – Anomaly, NYC
Logan Furey – Arnold, Boston
Darien Games – The Martin Agency, RVA
Kedi Hickman – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC Residency
Hoang Ho – Tombras, Knoxville
Elijah Huston – Mekanism, remote
Hannah Kakish – Preacher, Austin
Riley Lachance – The Martin Agency, RVA
Anslee Reaves – Tombras, Knoxville
Jackson Wald – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC Residency
Joe Wint – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
Boyan Zlatarski- Mother, NYC
CREATIVE BRAND MANAGERS
Grace Garvey – Leo, NYC
Erin Kang – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
Emma Kerencheva – On Board Experiential, NYC
Harper Lock – Erich & Kallman, SF
Ellie Wilson – Gus, NYC
EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS
Walid Al Tinawi – The Martin Agency, RVA
Brianna Davis – Momentum, NYC
Juel Downing – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
Laura Farina – The Martin Agency, RVA
Alex McKinley – McKinney, Durham
Nico Morris – On Board Experiential, LA
Yanna Nguyen – Nonfiction, NYC
Alicia Rydel – CoStar, Richmond
Ryan Schork – FCB, Chicago
Claire Snyder – The Martin Agency, RVA
STRATEGISTS
Julia Daum – West Cary Group, RVA
Britny Forbes – Nonfiction Research, NYC
Josh LaJoie – Landor, NYC Residency
Jared Montgomery – Prophet, Chicago
Agrim Prakash – McKinney, Durham
Taryn Spencer – Link Public Affairs, RVA
Joy Zhou – Nonfiction Research, NYC
“Brandcenter’s reputation got my foot in the door at great places to work, and what I learned at Brandcenter kept me in those places.”
Aaron Wiggan (Strategy, 2007), VP of Brand / Seattle Kraken
Internships
We’ll give you the tools to help you land an internship in the summer between your first and second years at agencies and companies doing some of the industry’s best work.
About Internships
You’re not required to do an internship, but we’ll provide you with the tools and resources to help you land a great one if you choose to.
Each year, we receive hundreds of summer intern requests from agencies and companies that know the rigor of our program, providing a place for our students to dive into the work and make significant contributions.
When it’s time, we’ll curate and organize internship opportunities in one place so you can search by discipline, city, or agency/company and then decide where to apply.
These are always paid internships, and they’ll provide you with the opportunity to apply what you learn during your first year, make professional connections that will help you throughout your career, and potentially get work produced. You won’t just be making coffee.
See where the Class of 2026 is interning this summer
Art Directors
Ben Crispin – Ammunition, Atlanta
Max Dotson – Johannes Leonardo, NYC
Zofia Farley – Highdive, Chicago
Eliza Fry – Familiar Creatures, RVA
Kaitlyn Gough – Amazon, LA
Lorna Graham – Leo, Chicago
Maddie Green – Alta Music, LA
Jennifer Kim – Kastner, LA
Chen Li – Highdive, Chicago
John Marenic – TDA, Boulder
Kristina Murray – RTO+P, Philadelphia
Izzy Pinson – Words From the Woods, Portland
Jack Sample – West Cary Group, RVA
Clarke Weddington – Argonaut, NY
Annie Zheng – BBH, NY
John Zielinski – MSL, NY
Copywriters
Carson Brooke – GLOW, NY
Elena Didway – Sarah English School, Seville Spain
Caleb Driesman – Johannes Leonardo, NYC
Thomas Halsey – Leo, Chicago
Emery Hasenstab – Science Museum of Virginia, RVA
Casey Hickman – Argonaut, NY
Kayliah Hunt-Kendrix – McKinney, Durham NC
Jon Ilbay – Cheil, Dallas
Sam Khan – Kastner, LA
Hal Mady – TDA, Boulder
Josef Pellegrini – Doe-Anderson, Louisville
Marissa Price – The Sphere, Las Vegas and Charlottesville Opera, Charlottesville
Emma Rich – Saatchi, NYC
Sam Rosenberg – Alta Music, LA
Sandra Sanchez – Amazon, LA
Maddie Seabolt – Acorns, remote
Imaan Shaikh – Familiar Creatures, RVA
Arianna Stewart – WHITE64, NOVA
Hannah Wente – Words From the Woods, Portland
Creative Brand Managers
Tamika Alexander – P+A Produce, Brooklyn
Kyle Bonenfant – Richmond Flying Squirrels, RVA
Libby Browder – Saatchi, NYC
Gabe Glassmann – Commonwealth Crush, RVA
Olivia Koerner – Leo, NY
Noah McKee – Dovetail Picture + Post, RVA
Green Ohlson – Saylor, LA
Sophie Reinhardt – Savara Hospitality, Remote
Erin Romness – Callen, Austin
Elise Tanenbaum – Leo, NY
Jack Ziegler – C&F Bank, RVA
Experience Design
Sara Cole – Havas Health, NYC
Zoe Kennedy – Angel Group, Michigan
Meredith Moore – Allianz, RVA
Ben Pattara – The Branch Museum of Design, RVA
Gabby Reed-Carlock – Allianz, RVA
Strategy
Kacey Cooper – EP+Co, Greenville
Katie Dunn – The King Agency, RVA
Kathleen Firment – Familiar Creatures, RVA
John Romanelli – Xponent 21, RVA
Sam Shankar – Erich & Kallman, Austin
Quentin Smith – Nightingale Ice Cream, RVA
Avni Srivastav – BBDO, Atlanta
Caroline Thomas – Leo, NYC
Cannes Lions Festival Study Abroad Program
Known as the “Oscars of Advertising,” the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity—held annually in Cannes, France—is the largest festival for creative communications, advertising, and related fields. Each year, the creative community gathers to learn, network, and celebrate the industry’s best work. Through the Brandcenter’s Cannes Lions Festival Study Abroad Program, students have the opportunity to learn from industry thought leaders, digital innovators, and marketers.
See which Class of 2026 students are attending this summer
Art Direction
Maddie Green
Leah Silverman
Copywriting
Eliza Friel
Sam Grigsby
Emery Hasenstab
Creative Brand Management
Austin Fatizzi
Brookelyn Shantler
Experience Design
Gabby Reed-Carlock
Strategy
Rhyann Clark
Ann Ganao
Briyana Li
McCenzie Murphy
Avni Srivastav
Cai Strachan
Judson Simpson
Getting accepted into the Brandcenter is a beginning—a launching point for a lifelong journey. It’s not just about graduating, or landing a first job, or even creating a Super Bowl spot. It’s about finding a path that’s right for you.
Take a look at our alumni salary survey, fielded every two years to capture our graduates’ average starting salaries, career trajectories, and more.
Where Brandcenter grads work
Brandcenter alumni work on behalf of the world’s biggest brands, at some of the world’s most creative companies, and at leading advertising, design, and innovation agencies, consultancies, and firms. They also create their own agencies and consultancies. Browse our alumni-owned agencies directory here.
