First, You Hustle is a program from the Columbus College of Art & Design Career Services office to guide students on how to start their creative careers. The program features advice from alumni and employer guests, segments with students, faculty and staff, and how-to-guides on special topics. Episodes are released monthly. ccad.edu
Episodes
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Mind on your money
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
No matter what career field you end up in, you’re going to have to deal with bills, loans, credit cards and lots of other financial matters. Jeff Fisher, Senior Vice President for Finance and Planning at the Columbus College of Art & Design is no stranger to where smart financial planning and creative work intersect. We review some tips, tricks and terms to be prepared for when the real world hits.
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Planning your success
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Hear from current CCAD students checking in on their internship experience and how they were able to construct a framework for success before they even started.
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Unplugging for a day
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
College-aged students use social media most frequently of all age groups and it is starting to show. Too much social media use has been linked to increases in stress and anxiety. At CCAD, students decided to ditch digital and the whole college went unplugged for one day. Here is how it went and why you might want to consider telling social media BRB every now and then.
Friday Feb 08, 2019
The Internet of Things
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Friday Feb 08, 2019
Products talk to each other. They share information that helps us track progress and make decisions. Smartrac creates the technology that enables products to store and share information with each other, vendors, and customers. All of this info makes up the Internet of Things. Tom Bishop, a Senior Director at Smartrac, talks to us about why creative minds are vital in bringing this technology to consumers.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
How to Use a Network
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Tom Gattis, Dean for the School of Design Arts at CCAD, has a vast network of connections from his careers in industrial design and higher education. How do you actually use a network? Gattis talks about how a strong network helps with jobs, but, more importantly, how such relationships can support a lifelong career of collaboration. We discuss his projects in the classroom, including partnerships with Aether Global Learning and SHiFT Design Camp.
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
How to talk to employers
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Advice for navigating a career fair, networking event, or other environments where there are employers hiring. Also, Samuel Koh (Film & Video, 2020) talks about his summer internship in video production.
Monday Oct 22, 2018
It Just So Happens
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
A career opportunity can sometimes come down to being in the right place at the right time. It isn’t just pure luck, though. Here is how you can plan on using happenstance as a tool for finding your next job.
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Rhetoric & Retail
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
There’s a Victoria’s Secret in China that will soon have a retail fixture called The Matthew—and it is all because of Matthew Ballard’s (Interior Design, 2020) retail design internship with L Brands. Also, we’ll take a look at using rhetorical devices to make the right “argument” in your next interview.
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Communication is Forever
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Teamwork and interpersonal communication are vital assets to great design work. Brittani Riston (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2019) shares her internship experience from this summer, and the lessons learned when working as a team. We also take a look at the new Amazon series Forever, starring Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen, through the lens of career building.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Tricks & Trends
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
We’re taking a look at job announcements that are too good to be true and common job scams to avoid. Also, Emma Byrnes (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2020) tells us about her summer with L Brands and an internship that turned out to be way more fun than advertised.