NSSC19
APRIL 11 – 12, 2024
Life In Deep Ellum
Dallas, TX
We’ve all been dealt a certain hand.
But where you start doesn’t have to define where you end up. Your creative career is in your control and we want to help you stack the deck in your favor. Come get inspired by world class keynote speakers, professional portfolio reviews, and cutting edge student work from your peers around the country. You’ll return home with a whole new passion and a plan for your future.
Speakers
Ambica Prakash
Eighty2degrees
Ambica Prakash is the Principal and Creative Director of Eighty2degrees, an award-winning social impact design studio in Washington, DC. She brings more than 20 years of design expertise from both the academic and professional realms. Ambica is guided by a firm belief in the ability of design to support and effect positive change.
Keynote:
Building Confidence to Leap Into the Unknown
Conquering obstacles along the way from college to corporate, to owning your own business, and the lessons learned that would easily make or break you from embarking into the unknown.
Dylan Mulvaney
Gretel
Dylan Mulvaney is Design Director at Gretel. His expertise lies in translating core values, strategy, and voice into striking visual executions for clients like Vice, Netflix, Apple, and MoMA. He has been honored by the D&AD, the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, and Fast Company.
Keynote:
Building Confidence to Leap Into the Unknown
Conquering obstacles along the way from college to corporate, to owning your own business, and the lessons learned that would easily make or break you from embarking into the unknown.
Lauren Hodges
Chobani
Originally from Boston, Lauren now lives in New York City working as a Design Director for Chobani. Previously, she was a Global Art Director at Aesop and a Designer at Pentagram.
Keynote:
Building Confidence to Leap Into the Unknown
Conquering obstacles along the way from college to corporate, to owning your own business, and the lessons learned that would easily make or break you from embarking into the unknown.
Schedule
Thursday, April 11
Morning
8:30 am . Studio Tours
Afternoon
1:00 pm . Conference Check-In
2:00 pm . Conference Kick-Off
2:15 pm . Speaker 1
3:15 pm . Break
3:30 pm . Emerging Creatives Panel
4:30 pm . Break
4:45 pm . Speaker 2
Evening
5:45 pm . Dinner
7:15 pm . Student Social
Friday, April 12
Morning
8:30 pm . Portfolio Review
12:00 pm . Lunch
Afternoon
1:30 pm . Speaker 3
2:30 pm . Break
2:45 pm . Speaker 4
3:45 pm . Break
4:00 pm . Speaker 5
5:00 pm . Break
Evening
5:15 pm . Speaker 6
Studio
Tours
Visiting a working design studio is like peeking into Santa’s workshop. Find out how the magic is made and you’ll never want to leave. With any luck this is where your design career is headed. Join us for tours of some of the best award-winning design agencies in Dallas.
Round
Tables
Picture this: you and a few friends sit down with a seasoned professional in the creative industry. You spend a little time listening to their life and career, then fire away some astute questions. As you marinate in the sage advice you receive, you begin to see yourself 25 years in the future with a long and glorious career of your own. Not a bad way to spend an hour.
Portfolio
Reviews
Good news and bad news. Once you graduate it’s unlkely a design agency will care about your GPA. If you have great work and, almost equally important, you’re willing to work hard and be teachable, you’re hired. Here’s the good news. You don’t have to wait to find out. Hear it first-hand from industry leaders. Tighten up your best work and get ready to show it off. Listen to the feedback and let it fuel your creative fire. You got this!
Emerging
Creatives
Panel
The Emerging Creatives Panel is designed to offer valuable advice and insight to students from professionals just a few steps ahead of them. It’s a time for professionals to give back to the next generation and offer these students all the things you wish someone had mentioned before graduating.
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Frequently
Asked
Questions
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