Master’s Program

Placement

Student in graduation regalia holds up two peace signs with her hands

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 2026

  • 72andSunny
  • Amazon
  • Anomaly LA
  • Arc Worldwide
  • Argonaut
  • Artemis Ward
  • Arts & Letters Creative Co.
  • Barkley OKRP
  • Battery
  • BBH USA
  • Black Math
  • Bloomberg
  • BLT Recruiting
  • BUCK
  • Burrell Communications
  • Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners
  • Capital One
  • CapTech
  • Carmichael Lynch
  • Cheil Agency Network (McKinney, Iris, Barbarian, Attention Arc, and Cylndr)
  • Children’s Health
  • Community Solar Circle
  • Corner Table Creative
  • CoStar Group
  • Creative Search Consultants
  • Davis Ad Agency
  • Doe-Anderson
  • Drake Cooper
  • Familiar Creatures
  • Futura Collective
  • Gain Inc.
  • Gangbustrs
  • Geoff McDonald & Associates
  • GetWyz
  • Giant Spoon
  • Goodby Silverstein & Partners
  • Gus
  • GUT Agency
  • HATCH Talent
  • Innocean Usa
  • Intelligent Animals
  • JOAN Creative
  • Jones Knowles Ritchie
  • Lafayette American
  • Leo NY, Saatchi NY, The Community NY, Publicis Groupe
  • Lola North America
  • Manifest LLC
  • Martin*
  • McKinney
  • Microsoft
  • Mighty Recruiting
  • MKG
  • Mono
  • Mother
  • Multiply
  • Nonfiction Research
  • OBE (On Board Experiential)
  • Ogilvy/Grey
  • OK Cool
  • Omnicom Production
  • Opinionated/ Tombras
  • Pereira O’Dell
  • Planet Propaganda
  • Publicis Creative Agencies
  • Publix Super Markets
  • R/GA
  • Rethink
  • RPA Advertising
  • Solomon Page
  • SYLVAIN
  • Tangerine
  • TBWA\Media Arts Lab
  • Team One
  • Terri & Sandy
  • The Daly Connective
  • The Farmer’s Dog
  • Two Birds Creative Co.
  • VML
  • Weber Shandwick
  • WHITE64
  • Wieden+Kennedy NY
  • Wieden+Kennedy Portland
  • Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai
  • Wonderstrike, LLC

Job Placement

See where the Class of 2026 is hired

ACCOUNT/BRAND MANAGERS

  • Gabe Glassman – JOAN NY, NYC

ART DIRECTORS

  • Ben Crispin – Arnold, Boston
  • Max Dotson – Gus, NYC
  • Zofia Farley – GUT, LA
  • Sarah Flynn – MAL, LA
  • Eliza Fry – Anomaly, NYC
  • Kaitlyn Gough – Lucky Generals, NYC
  • Lorna Graham – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • Maddie Green – MARTIN*, RVA 
  • Zoe Kennedy – Artemis Ward, Washington DC
  • Jennifer Kim – Mother, LA
  • Chen Li – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • John Marenic – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • Anna Monnett – Innocean, Huntington Beach
  • Paige Mudd – Saatchi, NYC
  • Monse Munoz – MARTIN*, RVA
  • Kristina Murray – BBH, NYC
  • Izzy Pinson – Flower Shop, NYC
  • Leah Silverman – Walrus, NYC
  • Lori Tsai – Mother, NYC

COPYWRITERS

  • Moss Davis – McKinney, Durham
  • Diana DeGroot – MAL, LA
  • Caleb Driesman – Gus, NYC
  • Sam Grigsby – Saatchi, NYC
  • Thomas Halsey – MARTIN*, RVA
  • Emery Hasenstab – Arnold, Boston
  • Casey Hickman – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • Jon Ilbay – Ogilvy, Chicago
  • Sam Khan – Mother, LA
  • Hal Mady – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • Greg Patterson – Mother, NYC
  • Josef Pellegrini – GUT, LA
  • Marissa Price – MARTIN*, RVA
  • Sandra Sanchez – Lucky Generals, NYC
  • Maddie Seabolt – Argonaut, SF
  • Imaan Shaikh – Wieden + Kennedy, NYC
  • Emma Rich – Arnold, Boston
  • Sam Rosenberg – McCann, NYC
  • Hannah Wente – Walrus, NYC

PRODUCERS

  • Noah McKee – Mother, NYC

PRODUCT/UX DESIGNERS

  • Meredith Moore – UDig, RVA

STRATEGISTS

  • Alyssa Black – Lucky Generals, NYC
  • Rhyann Clark – Artemis Ward, DC
  • Kathleen Firment – Familiar Creatures, RVA
  • Hailey Fitzgerald – DEEPLOCAL, Pittsburgh
  • Lucas Gaitan – Droga5, NYC
  • McCenzie Murphy – UEG, NYC
  • John Romanelli – Havas, NYC
  • Samyuktha Shankar – Minds & Assembly, NYC
  • Judson Simpson – SYLVAIN, RVA
  • Avni Srvivastav – BBH, NY
  • Cai Strachan – Webfx, remote
  • Caroline Thomas – Argonaut, 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 2027 interning this summer

Art Directors

  • Fiona Gallegos – Leo, Chicago
  • Ketaki Kulkarn – BCG Brighthouse, Atlanta
  • Cassidy Lee – TDA, Boulder
  • Lila Purtell – Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Alex Shesh – Dentsu, NYC
  • Juliana Vieira – Potential Energy Coalition + Cannes Roger Hatchuel Academy
  • Natalie Wolpert – Kastner, LA

Copywriters 

  • Kathryn Blessington – Momentum, NYC
  • Lexi Dixon – /prompt, remote
  • Thad Dombrowski – Potential Energy Coalition
  • Chy Gonzalez – GSD&M, Austin
  • Nick Luna – Erich & Kallman, SF
  • Molly Nealon – Digitas, Boston
  • Zen Southam-Gerow – TDA, Boulder

Creative Brand Managers

  • Rachel Grose – Denstu, NYC
  • Anna Hansohn – Leo, NYC
  • Srija Kothakonda – Savara Hospitality, RVA
  • Sarah Mady – Leo, NYC
  • Jake McKay – Droga5, NYC
  • Reagan Mann – Saatchi, NYC
  • Rachel Tierney – Saatchi, NYC
  • Tomas Williamson – Droga5, NYC

Strategy

  • Sami Davis – TBWA Worldwide, New Zealand
  • Leah Glass – Dentsu, NYC
  • Jess Ligon – Leo, Chicago

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.”

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. They also create their own agencies and consultancies. Browse our alumni-owned agencies directory here.

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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