Master’s Program

Placement

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Ahead of the Pack

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 2024

  • Agent3 / This Machine
  • Akqa
  • Alfonsina
  • Anomaly Content & Entertainment (ACE)
  • Anomaly, LA
  • Anomaly, NYC
  • Argonaut
  • Arts & Letters Creative Co.
  • August Jackson
  • Baird Talent Consulting
  • Bandits & Friends
  • BBDO MW
  • BCG BrightHouse
  • Best Buy
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • BrabenderCox
  • Brand Federation
  • C.O.nxt
  • Cactus
  • Callen
  • Campbell Ewald
  • CarMax
  • Code and Theory
  • Confidant.co
  • Copacino Fujikado
  • CoStar Group
  • Creative Search Consultants
  • Crosby Marketing
  • David&Goliath
  • Davis Ad Agency
  • Digitas
  • Disney Yellow Shoes
  • Drata
  • Droga5
  • EP+Co.
  • Fallon
  • Familiar Creatures
  • FIG
  • Gangbustrs
  • Giant Spoon
  • Goodby Silverstein & Partners
  • Google
  • Google Brand Studio
  • Grow
  • GSD&M
  • Gus
  • Havas
  • Havas Health & You
  • Highdive
  • Initiative
  • Initiative
  • INNOCEAN
  • Johannes Leonardo
  • Lafayette American
  • Le Truc
  • Lewis Communications
  • Material
  • McGarrah Jessee
  • McKinney
  • Mighty Recruiting
  • Mischief
  • Momentum Worldwide
  • MONO
  • Mythic
  • Mythology
  • Noble People
  • Norris Design
  • Office of Yocasta Lachapelle
  • OK COOL
  • OKRP
  • OKRP Advertising
  • On Board Experiential
  • PACO Collective
  • Part and Sum
  • Peloton
  • Pereira O’Dell
  • PETERMAYER Advertising
  • Planet Propaganda
  • Pre-rev CPG Brand
  • Preacher
  • Prophet
  • Prose
  • Publicis Creative
  • R/GA
  • Rakuten
  • RedPeg
  • Reframe
  • Revelry
  • Rufus
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Sam & Lori Associates
  • Scorpion Rose Studio
  • Sid Lee
  • Snap
  • SoFi
  • Solomon Page
  • Studio Mococo
  • Sunshine & Bourbon
  • Sylvain Labs
  • Tangerine
  • TBWA\Chiat\Day
  • TBWA\Media Arts Lab
  • Team One
  • The Community
  • The Martin Agency
  • The Mix Global
  • The Tombras Group
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • TINY GIANTS TALENT
  • Translation
  • Translation | UnitedMasters
  • TRG
  • Tritton Baylor Strategic Enterprises
  • Ukrop’s
  • VaynerMedia
  • VHWDA
  • Virtue Worldwide
  • VML
  • Wieden+Kennedy
  • WillowTree, Inc.
  • Wonderstrike, LLC
  • Working Not Working
  • WPP (Landor and Design Bridge and Partners)
  • Xponent21
  • Z&R Holdings LLC

Job Placement

See where the Class of 2024 is hired

ART DIRECTORS

  • Miranda Arias: Le Truc, NYC
  • Jade Chen: Erich & Kallman, SF 
  • Hazel Cimino: The Martin Agency, RVA
  • Cat Clark: Anomaly, LA
  • Raquel Fereshetian: National Geographic, DC
  • Maya Kahnke: Anomaly, NYC
  • Dom Khun: 72andSunny, NYC
  • Caitlin Kreinheder: Deutsch, LA
  • Mellette Mackie: Wieden+Kennedy, NYC
  • Taylor Martin: The Martin Agency, RVA
  • Madeline Miranda: David&Goliath, LA
  • Jess Riporti: Gus, NYC

COPYWRITERS

  • Dipanshi Agarwal: Anomaly, NYC
  • Taylor Bendus: VITRO, San Diego
  • Celeste Chance: The Martin Agency, RVA
  • Paris Cipollone: Pereira O’Dell, NYC
  • Jack DeMare: Laughlin Constable, Chicago
  • Debashish Dumbre: Wieden+Kennedy, Shanghai
  • Jack Franco: Deutsch, LA
  • Selma Kettwich: Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Cameron Norman: Wieden+Kennedy, NYC
  • Kyle Rayo: Gus, NYC
  • Emery Schindler: The Martin Agency, RVA
  • Luke Strother: Cactus, Denver
  • Jenn Valerio: Google Creative Fellowship, NYC

CREATIVE BRAND MANAGERS

  • Sarah Hardin: Warschawski, Baltimore
  • Brian Nguyen: Bandits & Friends, NYC
  • Taylor Sarlo: MAS, NYC
  • Alex Smith Scales: August Jackson
  • Ora Watanatam: PACO Collective, Chicago

EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS

  • Michelle Chiu: Saatchi, LA
  • Anna Lyle Collett: 21Grams, NYC
  • Dominic Militello: Movers + Shakers, LA
  • Cole Farrar: Wongdoody, NYC
  • Kevin Kelleher: Havas CX, NYC

STRATEGISTS

  • Anari Fleming: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, SF
  • Chelsea Glowacki: Brand Federation, RVA
  • Keith Johnson: Critical Mass, Nashville
  • Clare Malone: Sylvain, NYC
  • Derek Martin: BBDO, Atlanta
  • Sarah Newman: The Martin Agency, RVA
  • Bryce Randall: Reynolds American, RVA

“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 2025 is interning this summer

ART DIRECTORS

  • Mahek Asher: Havas, NYC
  • Monica Bains: GUT, Miami
  • Graham Bartal: Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Nithya Charles: BBDO, Atlanta
  • Bianca Cherry: Saatchi & Saatchi, LA
  • Elio Conroy: David & Goliath, LA
  • Smera Dhal : Argonaut, SF
  • Ella Gormanlove: Havas, NYC
  • Charley Henson: Havas, NYC
  • Gabriella Manuli:  Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Niani Patterson: Havas, NYC
  • Emme Schumache: Lippe Taylor, NYC
  • Reagan Tate: Archer, Memphis
  • Alex Ward: Dentsu, NYC/RVA
  • Bailey Wood: Familiar Creatures, RVA

COPYWRITERS

  • Ross Atkinson: Le Truc
  • Claire Casalaspi: Familiar Creatures, RVA
  • Henry Coffey: Fallon, NYC
  • Aisling Deane: Critical Mass, Chicago
  • Logan Furey:  Arnold, Boston
  • Vanessa Galdamez: The King Agency, RVA
  • Darien Games: Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Hoang Ho: DDB Alma, Miami (MAIP)
  • Elijah Huston: Anomaly, LA
  • Hannah Kakish: Amazon XCM, Seattle
  • Riley Lachance: Apple, Cupertino
  • Callum Leitenberg: Ogilvy, NYC
  • Nate Sisack: West Cary Group, RVA
  • Jackson Wald: Nike, Portland
  • Joe Wint: Argonaut, SF
  • Boyan Zlatarski: Giant Spoon, NYC

EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS

  • Walid Al-Tinawi: National Geographic, NOVA
  • Laura Farina: 3North, RVA
  • Ken Hargrove: Code & Theory
  • Nico Morris: SANIL, Atlanta
  • Claire Snyder: Amazon XCM, Seattle

STRATEGISTS

  • Julia Daum: West Cary Group, RVA
  • Amanda Lapin:  FCB, Chicago
  • Joy Luong:  Saatchi, NYC
  • Joy Zhou:  Barkley, Kansas City

CREATIVE BRAND MANAGERS

  • Rynan Garner: Department of Blind and Visually Impaired, RVA
  • Grace Garvey: Saatchi, NYC
  • Sarah Jones: Sarah English School, Seville, Spain
  • Erin Kang:  Laundry Service, NYC
  • Emma Kerencheva: Publicis, NYC
  • Ellie Wilson: Familiar Creatures, RVA

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.

Brian Gibson & Rachel Everett (Art Direction, 2001), Founders / EVERGIB

Alumni Careers

Alumni Survey

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.

Sample of Brands

ESPN logo
Nike swoosh logo
Bud Light logo
Apple logo
Taco Bell logo
Starbucks logo
Door Dash logo
McDonald's logo
Google logo
Target logo
Buffalo Wild Wings logo
Gatorade logo
United Airlines logo
UPS logo
Expedia logo
Walmart logo
Pinterest logo
airbnb logo
YETI logo
Under Armour logo
Duke's mayo logo
Adobe logo
Disney plus logo
BMW logo

Sample of Agencies, Consultancies & Firms

Arts & Letters Creative Co. logo
72andSunny logo
Mischief at No Fixed Address logo
Dentsu logo
Fallon logo
Ogilvy logo
Observatory logo
TBWA \ Chiat \ Day Media Arts Lab logo
droga5 logo
David&Goliath logo
Havas logo
Anomaly logo
Arnold logo
Argonaut logo
Sylvain logo
The Martin Agency logo
FCB Chicago logo

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