Networking is the number one way professionals land jobs. You will need to network throughout your career.   Linkedin , including the COMD at City Tech Linked in Page. you should be checking for internship related posts and you should also join at least one or two of the organizations below, based on whichever ones suit your interests and career goals.

Student Clubs

There are many student clubs on campus. Below are the three COMD clubs and you should join one of these as they will become the ideal networking group here on campus.

  • Moving Pixels- COMD Club; Prof. Josh Kapusinski, advisor
  • Art & Design club; Prof. George Garrastegui, advisor
  • Ink Club; Prof. Woolley and Prof. Neugeboren, advisors

In addition to the COMD student clubs, student government or another student club are excellent places to network here at City Tech as well.

Professional Organizations

Below is a list of some of the professional organizations in our field. Visit the site of the association that most interests you and start attending their events. Many hold lectures and exhibits that are free; some have a nominal fee. Some have job boards that are available for members only BUT you can often still see the type of listings they have BEFORE you join and this allows you to make a choice as to whether to pay the annual membership fee for students. Many of these fees are not that high, relative to the cost of other consumer goods and it represents an important investment in your career. 

BLAC  Building Leaders and Creators: https://www.blacinternship.com/

Interactive Advertising Bureau at http://www.iab.net

Advertising Club Young Guns at   at http://adcyoungguns.org/

Advertising Production Club at  http://www.apc-nyc.org/

One Club for Creativity– Per their website “we are a non-profit organization that pours everything we make back into nurturing a more vibrant and inspired global creative community.” They do a Global Portfolio Night each year and the WHAATBP diversity career fair and other networking opportunties for young professionals.

ANA Educational Foundation- per their website’s mission statement, “The AEF is the bridge that connects the advertising, marketing and academic communities. Together we educate and inspire the next generation of talent while advancing the understanding of marketing and advertising in society” They offer the MADE Internship Program, which was launched in 2018.

4 As – this group has its members advertising agencies and they have many resources and networking events. They offer the MAIP Internship Program.

Society of Illustrators from the group’s website: “Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in America. Notable Society members have been N.C. Wyeth, Rube Goldberg, and Norman Rockwell, among many others. Our Museum of Illustration was established in 1981. We offer year-round themed exhibits, art education programs and annual juried competitions . . .In 2012, we created the MoCCA Gallery with a focus on curated exhibits of comic and cartoon art.“

Association of Medical Illustrators: Health is a growing industry in this country and “MEDILSB.COM is the leading portfolio platform to find and hire professional biomedical, life science & natural science artists”

Illustrate Change: a site devoted to building the largest library of BIPOC medical illustrations

Creative Coalition of Color – from the group’s website– “We are a black-led, minority majority coalition in the film marketing and entertainment advertising communities whose mission is to find, attract, hire, and support minority talent in our industry.“

AIGA if “the professional association for design” and has over 70 chapters, including a National Chapter and one here in NYC. They have a career guide and many resources, including a job board.

Freelancers Hub – this is a co-working space located in Industry city for independent workers. They hold great networking events, both in person at on zoom –most of these events are free. You can book desk space for free in their co-working space for a limited number of times per month and book the PhotoHub/classroom for your own photography studio with equipment included for a low rate of S60 an hour. There is a knowledge bar and you can book 30 minutes for free for some assistance in a particular topic–(a $5 deposit it taken at time of booking and you do forfeit that deposit if you don’t cancel 24 hours before missing the appointment)

Siggraph at http://www.siggraph.org/

Professional Photographers of America at http://www.ppa.com/

American Society of Media Photographers at http://asmp.org/

American Photography Association at http://www.americanphotographyassociation.org/

American Photographic Artists at http://www.apanational.com/

Graphic Artists Guild at https://www.graphicartistsguild.org/

International Council of Communication Design at http://www.icograda.org/

PaperSpecs at http://www.paperspecs.com

Creativity Online at http://creativity-online.com/

ASIFA- East: http://www.asifaeast.com/

.212 NYC:  https://212nyc.org/
This is an advertising professional networking group

MPA : The Association of Magazine Publishers of America
http://www.magazine.org/industry-news

This is a meetup group dedicated to the art of figure drawing and for those of you interested in illustration, definitely work checking out as it offers different meetups around NYCare now fees to attend.  http://www.meetup.com/FigureSketching-NYC/

This is an interesting group that offers job connections for “talented creatives”–membership is free and entirely portfolio drive. You give them your contact information and send them your portfolio and they either accept you as a member …. or not. But the site is worth looking at just for the blog and other information.  http://workingnotworking.com/

Drawing New York is yet another Group Devoted to illustration around town. There are now fees to attend their sessions.

Flipboard at https://about.flipboard.com/