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SDF ALUMNI

Where are they today?

  • Laura Long Benkowski - Laura Stephanie

  • Audrey Rapp - Audrey Rapp Design

  • Chris Allen - Chris Allen Design

  • Lauren Fagan - Fagan Marketing

  • Brianne Macy - B. Macy Marketing

  • Ashlee Sasser - Designswithsass

  • Cassandra Stuper Fossum - MAVETTE

Some have STARTED THEIR OWN DESIGN
RELATED BUSINESSES

— Talia Evans
      Associate Strategy Director, Pearlfisher, NYC
      2015

"Not only does the SDF program train you academically, but it also prepares you practically for what it's like to work in a creative, collaborative, competitive, and client-based industry. It is the perfect combination of business and design, and absolutely gives any industry creative a leg up when entering the workforce."
Others have gone to work for MARKETING
AND/OR BRANDING FIRMS:

  • Ogilvy

  • McCann

  • Lippincott

  • Yes&

  • Pearlfisher

  • Grafik

  • FlyWheel Digital

  • Trailer Park Group

  • Duncan Channon

  • MDB Communications

  • Gartner

  • Blockthrough

  • Investis Digital

  • Bask Digital Media

  • Hello Fresh

  • Green Buzz

  • VMLY&R

  • Razorfish

  • Huge

  • 72&Sunny

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

  • Deloitte

  • IBM

  • KPMG

  • PwC

  • Accenture

  • EY

Others are working in CONSULTING:
SDF Alum Abby Horick is a graphic designer for Reading Is Fundamental in DC.
"I KNOW that the reason I was hired was because of my experience in the Strategic Design Fellows. My supervisors were really impressed by the program and were confident that I would be able to step in and assist our Creative Director."

— Abby Horick
      Marketing Coordinator, Reading Is Fundamental

      2023

Some have chosen to take their skill
sets to NONPROFITS:

  • Hazon

  • American Gastroenterological Association

  • Washington State Dept of Commerce

  • Millie

  • Launch Alaska

  • Wide Angle Youth Media

  • AOPA

Strategic Design Fellows alums Gwayme Nulud, Sam Blum, Haley Masker, Kate Kwak and Lauren Roche discuss working in the marketing field at our DC SDF Alumni Get-together for undergraduates

  • Hello Fresh

  • URBANOutfitters

  • Spotify

  • Total Wines and More

  • Hershey

  • Daily Harvest

  • Sarah Flint, Inc.

  • IMG

  • CapitalOne

  • Gilbane

  • Geico

  • Warner Bros/Discovery

  • Linkedin

  • PepsiCo

  • University of Maryland

  • Google

  • SalesForce

  • YouTube

  • Hilton

  • Tapestry

  • Peloton

  • McCormick

  • Politico

  • Paramount

  • Estee Lauder

  • Disney

While others are working IN-HOUSE AT
VARIOUS BRANDS:
Current SDF students Selorm Kpodo, Andy Tu and Daniel Greig in conversation at the 2023 SDF Graduation Dinner
And others have pursued GRADUATE SCHOOL:

  • Wharton

  • Yale

  • University of Maryland

  • Northwestern

  • VCU’s BrandCenter

  • NYU

  • Parsons

  • School of Branding

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