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 joined us last year
180LA
21GRAMS
72andSunny
Accenture
Agent3/This Machine
AKQA
Amazon
Apple
Argonaut
Arnold Worldwide
Arts & Letters Creative Co.
August Jackson
Barkley
Barrett Hofherr
BBDO Minneapolis
BCG Brighthouse
Best Buy
BooneOakley
Brand Federation
Bray & Co.
Brunner
Butchershop
C.O.nxt
CapTech Consulting
Carol Vick Creative Recruiting
clarkmcdowall
Colle McVoy
Conill Advertising
Connelly Partners
Cramer-Krasselt
Crispin Porter & Bogusky
Crosby Marketing Communications
CSM Sport & Entertainment
David&Goliath
Danone North America
DDB San Francisco
Designit
Digitas
Doner
Droga5
Elevation
Energy BBDO
Erwin Penland (EP+Co)
Familiar Creatures
FBI Talent Co.
FCB Chicago
Garrand Moehlenkamp
Gensler
Giant Spoon NYC
Giant Spoon LA
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Google Brand Studio
Greenburg Kirshenbaum
Grey Group
Gsd&M
Hatch the Agency
Havas Chicago
Havas Health & You
Havas Worldwide
Hearst Magazines
Highdive
Imaginary Content
Innocean USA
Jones Knowles Ritchie
Kay & Black
Landor & Fitch
Laundry Service
Leo Burnett
Lerma Agency
LinkedIn
Lippe Taylor Group
Lippincott
Manifest LLC
MAS
McCann New York
McGarrah Jessee
McKinney
MediaMonks
Meridian Group
Mighty Recruiting
MONO
Mother
MRM//McCann
MullenLowe LA
Multiply
Mythic
Mythology
Nonfiction
Oatly
OBP: Osborn. Barr Paramore
Observatory Agency
OKRP
On Board Experiential
Öpinionated
Paco Collective
Pearlfisher
Pereira O’Dell
Poolhouse.co
Profiles
Publicis Creative
Rapp/Omnicom
Red Tettemer O’Connell & Partners
Reef Lifestyle LLC
R/GA
RQ Agency
S&P Global
Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Saatchi & Saatchi NY
Sam & Lori Associates
Sid Lee
Special Group
Strawberry
Frog
Sunshine & Bourbon
Sylvain Labs
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
TBWA\Chiat\Day NY
Team One
Techead
Technical Assent
The Martin Agency
The New York Times Company
The Perezidency
The Tombras Group
The Variable
Tiny Giants Talent
TPN
TPN Retail
Translation LLC
TRG
Tritton Baylor Strategic Industries
University of Virginia, Office of Communications
Virtue Worldwide
VMLY&R Commerce
VMLY&R Kansas City
VMLY&R Nashville
VMLY&R NY
VSA Partners
Weber Shandwick
West Cary Group
Wieden+Kennedy NY
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
WONGDOODY
Working Not Working
Wunderman Thompson
Yahoo
Zambezi
Job Placement
See where the Class of 2023 was hired
ART DIRECTORS
Eleni Alafoginis: Sid Lee, NYC
Kendall Boron: 72&Sunny, NYC
Kyle Brubaker: Highdive, Chicago
Rose D’Amato: Translation, NYC
Lindsey Evans: Droga5, NYC
Jessica Falls: OKRP, Chicago
Alex Fried: Pereira O’Dell, NYC
Becka Hammond: Doner, Detroit
Kate Harkins: HH&Y, NYC
Grace Hudson: Media Arts Lab, LA
Calyssa Kremer: Arnold, Boston
Morgan MacLachlan: Anomaly, LA
Joelle Mitchell: TBWA\Chiat\Day, NYC
Alyssa Moreno: Mother, LA
Julie Musarra: Arnold, Boston
Lanie Vorwerk: Sid Lee, NYC
COPYWRITERS
Leo Cvitanovich: Wieden + Kennedy, PDX
Neha Embar: Mythology, NYC
Emma Finn: OKRP, Chicago
Miles Hanson: Arnold, Boston
Alex Huibsch: Third Marble Marketing, RVA
Ryan King: Sid Lee, NYC
Kate Luse: The Martin Agency, RVA
Mark McColey: The Martin Agency, RVA
Lara Navarro: Arnold, Boston
Martin Rees: David&Goliath, LA
Eli Reese: Anomaly, LA
Cameron Sharer: Droga5, NYC
Michael Shea: Laundry Service, NYC
Alley Steele: Translation, NYC
Nina Stitt: Wieden+Kennedy, NYC
Tony Vacante: Sid Lee, NYC
Christina Williams: Saatchi, LA
CREATIVE BRAND MANAGERS
Danny Barock: Wieden+Kennedy, PDX
Mia Douglas: SEQL, RVA
Emerald Grippa: Translation, NYC
Arianna Gordon: Familiar Creatures, RVA
Ashley Huang: YMCA, RVA
Hannah Jackson: David&Goliath, LA
Sarah Klotz: OKRP, Chicago
Andrew Krysinski: Isley Brewing Company, RVA
Allia McDowell: McCann, Detroit
Pat Rivera: Leo Burnett, Chicago
Justin Zollar: Arts & Letters, RVA
EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS
Alexis Caravas: Marker 7, RVA
Jemimah Ekeh: DesignIt, Boston
Meg Monroe: Kale, NYC
Shaunak Patel: 21 Grams, NYC
Peyton Spangler: Capital One, RVA
Nate Villaire: TRG, Dallas
STRATEGISTS
Zack Ackerman: Adobe, San Fran
Emily Day: Mother, LA
Allison Fitzgerald: Landor & Fitch, NYC
Anna Foster: Havas, Chicago
Shaunda Lambert Gary: SALT+LIGHT, RVA
Dillon Key: Dentsu, NYC
Jo Rozycki: Ogilvy, NYC
Will Russell: Havas, Chicago
Kennedy Thompson: Harris Williams, London
Kamryn Young: The Kickoff Experience, 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 2024 interned
ART DIRECTORS
Carli Aldape: RTO+P, Philadelphia
Miranda Arias: Leo Burnett, Detroit
Jade Chen: Erich & Kallman, San Fran & Roger Hatchuel Academy, Cannes Lions
Christine Choe: Ogilvy, NYC
Hazel Cimono: Highdive, Chicago
Cat Clark: Giant Spoon, NYC
Dom Khun: Amazon Creative Group, LA
Caitlin Kreinheder: Words From The Woods, Portland (Maine)
Melette Mackie: Rakuten
Taylor Martin: Familiar Creatures, RVA
Athena Michaels: The Davis Agency, Virginia Beach, VA
Regan O’Donnell: VITRO, San Diego
Jessica Riporti: Argonaut, NYC
COPYWRITERS
Dipanshi Agarwal: McGarrah Jessee, Austin
Taylor Bendus: VITRO, San Diego
Celeste Chance: Rakuten
Paris Cipollone: Formerly Known As, NYC
Debashish Dumbre: Giant Spoon, NYC
Jack Franco: Energy BBDO, Chicago
Shalynn Franzen: Havas Health & You, NYC
Cameron Norman: Cartwright, LA
Emery Schindler: Erich & Kallman, San Fran
Kyle Rayo: Arnold, Boston
Jenn Valerio: Fallon, NYC
EXPERIENCE DESIGNERS
Hunter Chambers: Lippe Taylor, NYC
Anna Lyle Collett: Le Truc, NYC
Cole Farrar: Observatory
Kevin Kelleher: Havas CX, NYC
Dominic Militello: PXP, NYC
Cam Rogers: Pixis Drones, Alexandria, VA
STRATEGISTS
Molly Devereux: On Board Experiential, NYC
Catherine Emblidge: Publicis, NYC
Anari Fleming: Kettle, NYC
Chelsea Glowacki: Brand Federation, RVA
Keith Johnson: Arnold, Boston
Clare Malone: Words From The Woods Portland (Maine)
Derek Martin: BBDO, Atlanta
Nick Martinez: Publicis, NYC
Sarah Newman: Saatchi, NYC
Bella Piasentin: Emerson Collective, Palo Alto
Bryce Randall: The Variable, Winston-Salem
CREATIVE BRAND MANAGERS
Amber Bills: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland
Michelle Fondacaro: PXP, NYC
Sarah Hipwell Hardin: Erich & Kallman, San Fran
Ralph Levy: MindPeace Clinics
Helina Markos: The Variable, Winston-Salem
Brian Nguyen: Argonaut, San Francisco, CA
Ora-on Watanatham: Weber-Shandwick, Washington DC
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.
