2012 Student Portfolio Review

Please note that this event is now full. We are no longer accepting registrations. Due to the volume of students attending, registered students have been paired with reviewers at random.

Calling all design students!

Register today for the 2012 AIGA DC Portfolio Review at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. The event will be held on March 10, 2012 from 10:00am–1:00pm. Student registration and sign-in begins at 10:00am at the museum's North Atrium. This is an opportunity to meet with creative directors, art directors and designers in the DC area to receive valuable one-on-one feedback on your portfolio and resume from the foremost experts in the field.

All registered participants will have a chance to win a PLAZA gift card towards the purchase of a Pina Zangaro aluminum portfolio. The winner will have an opportunity to have their portfolio engraved for FREE during the week of March 12th–16th (a $72.00) value!! Don't miss out!

Improve your interviewing skills, increase your professional development and obtain necessary information to help jump-start your career! In conjunction with the portfolio reviews, there will be several breakout sessions with tips on career preparation topics.

Make sure to bring either a print portfolio and/or a laptop for your digital projects. Note: Save website and interactive work to your computer because internet connections WILL NOT be available for the event.

Special Thanks to our 2012 Reviewers:

Will Bates – Sr. Designer, Fleishman-Hillard
Faz Besharatian – Faz LLC
Chuck Kacsur – Graphic Designer, Washington Wizards & Washington Mystics 
Amy Cesal – Web and Print Designer at Project Design Company
Jake Cheney – Creative Director, Marriott International
Alfonso Cuesta – International Creative Director, Discovery Communications
David Epstein – Director of Arts and Associate Professor, University of Maryland, University College
Ashley Gilmore – User Experience Architect, LivingSocial
Francheska Guerrero – Interim Chair of Undergraduate Design, Associate Professor, Corcoran College of Art + Design AND Principal, Creative Director, Unfolding Terrain
Rick Heffner – Principal, Fuszion
Ted Irvine – Director of Design - Vox Media
Anne Kerns – Chief Creative Operative at Anne Likes Red, Inc.
Suzanne Kleinwaks – Owner and creative director Suzanne Kleinwaks design
Robert McVearry – Partner and Executive Creative Director, o2 Lab Inc.
David Memmott – Manager of Design Development, Discovery Communications
Mirna Raduka – Senior Designer at Design Army
Kerri Sarembock – Sr. Designer/Project Manager at Project Design Company
Carrie Anne Seaver – Owner, Anemone Design
Ashleigh Smith – Manager, Online Integration at National Wildlife Federation
Tomas Snoreck – ripe, Creative Director
Angela Terry – Owner; angela terry design
Gavin Wade – Partner, Polygraph
Roy Wilhelm – Web Designer at National Geographic

This event is FREE for AIGA student members. There is a $10 fee for non-AIGA members. Light refreshments will be served.

Gift Card donated by Plaza Artist Materials

Visuals by: Tactic Pixel

Corcoran College of Art + Design
500 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.corcoran.org

For questions about the event please contact:
Nathan Hill
Education Director
or
Alyssa Martin
Education Coordinator
 

Looking forward to seeing you there!