COLLEGE OF FINE & APPLIED ARTS
at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ANNUAL DESIGN ILLINOIS CAREER & NETWORKING FAIR
Past attendees include:
Abundant Health Acquisition
Ace Sign Co.
Agency McKenna
Arc Worldwide
Bellweather Agency
Bounteous
Breakout Studio
Brunswick i-Jet Lab
BuzzCo
Cardinal Health
Corelle Brands
creative werks
Credera
Cristaux International
Day One Agency
Deep Silver Volition
Derse
Digitas
Do Tank Do
EarthSense
Exhibitus
Forcade Associates
Good Reason, Inc
Graphic Dimensions
Impossible Objects
Industrial Light and Magic
Innovative Marketing Solutions
Lighthouse Exhibits, Inc.
LINX Global
Lipman Hearne
LumiSource, LLC
Marks
Mars Wrigley
Massive Change Network
McDonald’s Corporation
McKenna Design Group
Medline
Metaphase Design Group
Mitsubishi Electric
MNML
Navistar, Inc.
Nemera
Newell Brands
Niven Marketing Group
Piscatello Design Centre
Pivot Design
Quarter20
Radio Flyer
Simon/Myers
Simple Truth
SMS Assist
State Farm
Studio One Eleven
Surge Innovations
TEAMS Design USA
Tom, Dick, & Harry Creative
Tovala
Transport New York
TricorBraun
USAA
Whirlpool KitchenAid
Zurn Elkay
2023
DESIGN ILLINOIS PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Past attendees include employees from:
Acuity Brands
Adidas
Association of Medical Colleges
Basecamp
Berlin Packaging
Bosch Tool Corporation
Bounteus
Clique Studios
COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab
Dyson
Ferrara
Grand Studio
Grillo Group
Herman Miller
HiFi Brands
HON Company
Indeed.com
Kineo
Kohler
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Lipman Hearne
Loring Human Factors
Luci Creative
LumiSource
Microsoft
Motorola Mobility
National Park Service
Nike
Olive Street Design
Pampered Chef
Pixo
RedMane Technology
Riot Games
Robots and Pencils
Roller Derby Skate Corp.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Spectrum Brands
Spotify
Taylor Studios
Technology Transformation Services-GSA
Tesseract Ventures
ThinkLab
Upshift Creative Group
We Are Social
WillowCress Consulting
Wilson Sporting Goods
Workday, Inc.
XKGLOW
Zlevor Design
2023
LOCAL CAREER RELATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART & DESIGN STUDENTS
8 to Create
Boneyard Arts Festival
Champaign County Museums
Network
Champaign Urbana Design Org
(CUDO)
Cozad New Venture Challenge Design for America at UIUC
FAA IDEA Professional Development Award
Fresh Press
Illini Union Art Gallery
Illinois Design Consultancy
Illinois Impact Incubator
Illinois Leadership Certificate Program
Illinois UX Career Fair
iVenture Accelerator
Japan House
Krannert Art Museum
Montage Arts Journal
PYGHACK
Spurlock Museum
Research Park
Siebel Center for Design
Urbana Public Arts Grant Program
UIUC UX Day
SUMMER AND YEAR-ROUND POSITIONS FOR ART & DESIGN STUDENTS
Positions Related to Art History & Administration
Christie’s: Internships
Evanston Arts Center: Internships have included: Arts Administration; Events and Planning; Community Engagement; Public Relations
Frick Collection: Curatorial, Education, Archive Internships
Krannert Art Museum: Internships have included: Education; Curatorial; Registration.
Lanesboro Arts: Internships have included: Administrative Internship; Summer Gallery Internship
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Internships have included: Collections and Exhibitions; Strategic Communications; Curatorial; Development; Learning, Performance and Public Practice; and Content Strategy-Video
Smile Politely: Arts Editors; Writers
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Advancement; Communications; Conservation; Culture & Inclusion; Curatorial; Director’s Office; Education;
Exhibition Design; Exhibition Management; Exhibition Services; Photography; Publications; Visitor Experience
Spurlock Museum of World Cultures: Internships
State of Illinois: Art-in
Architecture Program Internships
The Art Institute of Chicago: Internships have included: Learning & Public Engagement, Archives, Collections and Inventory, Curatorial & Collections, Membership, Social Media/ Employment Brand
2023
Positions Related to Studio Art and Art Instruction
ArtistYear: Teaching Artist
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp: Art Camp Counselors
Camp Augusta: Arts Director
Camp Kamaji: Photography Instructors; Art Instructors
Casting House: Manufacturing Bench Associate Chicago Park District: Teaching Artist
Hallmark: Digital 3D Photorealistic Artist, Book Designer, Lettering Artist, and Sculptor
Interlochen:
Instructor of Visual Arts, Visual Art Gallery and Presentations Coordinator, Kiln Technician, Visual Arts Studio Assistant, Studio Technician Visual Arts
Long Lake Camp for the Arts: Fine Arts staff
Motorola Solutions: Art Intern
2023
Positions Related to Photo, Video, Multimedia, Animation
Interlochen Center for the Arts: Photography & Video Internship; Motion Picture Arts Staff Assistant—Animation Documentary, Production
Bates Dance Festival: Video documentation and Photography internships
Carle Illinois College of Medicine: Video Internship
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival: Photography Intern, and Video Documentation Intern
Wolf Trap: Photography Internship
Emagination Tech Camp: Digital Media/Digital Art & Video Game Design Counselors
Disney: Various Internships
Nickelodeon: Various Internships
Warner Bros: Various Internships
The Art Institute of Chicago: Photography Internship
Turner Broadcasting: Shoot Production & Photography Intern; Animation Internships
Maxwell Emcay: Internship
Laika: Various Internships
John Deere: Media Specialist
Illini Union: Videographer
Litania Sports: Video Intern
Krannert Art Museum: Photography Assistant
University of Illinois Campus Recreation: Photography Intern; Video Intern
University of Illinois Technology Entrepreneur Center:
Video Intern; Photography Intern
University of Illinois College of Engineering: Video Creation / Editing Internship
Smile Politely: Photographers
Larry Kanfer Gallery: Internship
2023
Local Companies Hiring Designers
These Champaign-Urbana companies and organizations regularly hire Graphic Design and Industrial Design students throughout the school year and over the summer to design web sites, interactive interfaces, print and environmental graphics.
AbbVie Innovation Center
AGCO Acceleration Center
Brunswick i-Jet
Cargill Innovation Lab
COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab
Dow Innovation Center
EarthSense
EnterpriseWorks at Research Park
John Deere
Motorola Solutions
Research Park
Siebel Center for Design
University of Illinois: Including: Campus Recreation; College of ACES; College of Education; College of Engineering; Creative Services; Department of Latina/o Studies; Enrollment Management; Facilities and Services; Illini Union; The Career Center; University Housing; Carle Illinois College of Medicine; School of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Office of Undergraduate Research; Music and Performing Arts Library; Office of Corporate Relations; Sustainability Committee; College of Engineering; Women’s Resource Center; Gies College of Business; College of Communications; Illinois Leadership Center; Office of Strategic Marketing & Branding
2023
National Companies Who Have Recently Hired Industrial Design Majors After Graduation
Armstrong White
BitSpace
Bridgewater Studio
Brook Park Holdings
Brunswick Corporation
Calumet Carton
Caterpillar
DeMonte Group
Design Ideas
Fulcrum Global Technologies
General Dynamics
GHP Group
Great Lakes Technology
Herman Miller
ILG Technologies
L3dfx
Lagomorph Desing
Litania Sports Group
Navistar
Newell Brands
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group
Solstice
Spectrum Brands
Surge Innovations
The Bradford Group
Timberland
National Companies Who Have Recently Hired Graphic Design Majors After Graduation
24 Seven 3M
8 Hospitality Group
97 Switch
A. T. Kearney
AbbVie
Access2Insight
Adobe
ARC Worldwide
Breakout Studio
Brunswick Corporation
CBRE Group
Coveteur
creative werks
Cristaux International
Dry Fly Insights
FCB Chicago
Gallery Guichard
Innovative Learning Network
Kohl’s
Lydon & Associates
Madden Media
McKenna Design Group
Mya Systems
O’Keefe, Reinhard & Paul
Pio Mio Stuido
Plexure
Siebel Center for Design
Simantel
Solstice Mobile
The Marketing Store
theJuggl
Uline
University of Illinois Press
Untitled Worldwide
Whirlpool Corporation
While many of our graduates go on to successful careers in the arts, others use their four-years in the School of Art & Design to develop research, writing, and critical thinking skills at this renowned liberal arts/R1 institution. In addition to practicing artists, designers, and faculty, we include among our alumni architects, attorneys, judges, curators, librarians, urban and regional planners, software engineers, directors, CEOs, pastors, counselors, and healthcare professionals.
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