Communications, Resources, and Support for Faculty & Staff
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This site is for COMD faculty and staff communications and support. General announcements are posted below in reverse chronological order.
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Hello faculty, please make sure to share this exciting opportunity with your students!
Adobe is visiting COMD to help expand and invite COMD students to participate in its Adobe Appreciative project. They will have Adobe advocates meet with students to discuss building a professional brand. Don’t miss out on this chance for valuable insights and networking!
Approx 40 minutes + Q&A
In this session, Adobe Evangelist Jordan Ellis will teach you how to brand yourself online to land a creative career. Whether if you want to pursue freelance, agency work, or corporate, having a strong professional brand can help you stand out during your job search. In this workshop, you learn headshot editing tips, content creation best practices, banner design, and more using Adobe Express!
Lunch will be provided
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More about the Adobe Creative Apprenticeship
That’s why we are thrilled to announce the Adobe Creative Apprenticeship, a new program that provides young artists and creative entrepreneurs with real-world job, mentorship, and networking opportunities from Adobe and our committed brand partners. The advice and feedback they receive, and the skills they develop working on paid projects will help participants to strengthen their creative abilities as well as encourage them to build relationships with industry professionals who can accelerate their learning and put them on the path to career success.
Faculty — please share with your students!
Join the Art & Design Club for a behind-the-scenes talk with Celine Schmidt on building a cohesive global brand.
Date/Time: October 23, 12:30-2PM
Where: Pearl Building – P114
Presenter: Celine Schmidt
Thanks to Prof. Lyubava Kroll!
Faculty — please share with your students!
TypeType, a globally recognized type design studio, is hosting a “free, but rare” webinar: “NOT JUST FONTS.IDENTITY. Get inside TypeType—discover how the studio designs the voice of global brands.”
Date/Time: October 9, 9:30 AM (NYC, USA)
Register: https://webinar.typetype.org
Presenter: Sergei Kuzmin, Head of Project Management Office, TypeType
About the Webinar:
The audience will get a behind-the-scenes look at how TypeType turns typography into a strategic asset for global brands. Sergei will walk through the full research and design process, from market and competitor analysis to typeface evaluations, sharing real-world global cases.
Why Students Should Attend:
Sergei has a profound knowledge and passion for typography. It should be a very informative presentation. For faculty interested in deeper collaboration with TypeType, contact Ana Vladi at ana@typetypefoundry.org
Thanks to Prof. David Henry for this post.
Internship Info Session with Tanya Goetz, Professor & COMD Internship Coordinator, Peri Sharpe, ASAP/ACE Career Specialist.
Visit the COMD Internship website to learn more and join the Zoom session!
Thursday, 9/18, during club hours: 12:30-2pm, Meet Pimp My Portfolio founder, Camilla Ciappina.
She will talk to students about ways to enhance their work and land those jobs (or Internships). Please share, all levels welcome. Especially great for Portfolio and COMD 2300/2400 students as the prep for their Sophomore Review.
Please announce to your student multiple times and encourage them to exhibit:
Open Call for the
Drawing Show in the Grace Gallery
All COMD drawings welcome
October 1 – October 28
Opens Club Hour, October 9
Hang Date: Thursday, September 25, Club Hour
Students bring and hang their work.
Clear Pins Provided
Drawings, sketches, concepts and storyboards from Fall 2025, forward, as well as personal work is welcome.
Hello Faculty, welcome back to fall and the start of this semester’s lecture series for our students and the Department.
Thursday, 9/18, during club hours: 12:30-2pm, Meet Pimp My Portfolio founder, Camilla Ciappina.
She will talk to students about ways to enhance their work and land those jobs (or Internships). Please share, all levels welcome. Especially great for Portfolio and COMD 2300/2400 students as the prep for their Sophomore Review.
Also, during Prof Eli Neugeboren’s Character design class, Thursday, 9/18, at 2:15, Meet MTA Illustrator Zovi Ong
She will talk about their various illustrative styles and what it’s like to work for the MTA.
COMD at City Tech
Join COMD for an enlightening conversation with Cheryl D. Holmes Miller on design(ers) NOT in our history books!
Celebrate the release of “Here: Where The Black Designers Are.“
You’ll also hear about the groundbreaking exhibit by COMD Prof. Emeritus Dorothy Hayes. COMD is part of Design History; learn how. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn and engage.
ALL Students, ALUMNI, Faculty, and Staff are WELCOME!!!!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21st
CLUB HOUR 12:30-2pm
MAIN EVENT 6-8:30pm
PEARL 123
Encourage your students to attend or bring your classes by the INKTOBERxCOMD exhibition opening at the Grace Gallery (Namm 11th floor) on Thursday November 7th, 12:30-2pm . Brought to you by City Tech InkClub, see the great work students have assembled for this student-curated exhibition. The exhibition is up thru 11/22/24.
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