Career Advising Spring 2023

  Attention current MS SDM Students! We are happy to announce that we are bringing back our MS SDM Career Advising sessions from Monday, February 13th – Friday, February 24th. In these Advising sessions, MS SDM Faculty and Alumni meet with current students for the chance to voice their aspirations and questions about life in the design world post-graduation. This year, Career Advising sessions will be conducted in small groups in 45-minute virtual sessions. You can sign up to join in on these group sessions by End of Day Friday, February 3rd using this Career Advising Sign-Up Form! Please see…

Jorat: An exhibition for Iranian artists Co-Organized by Emilia Sandoghdar (SDM ’23)

  Two young Iranian women, Anahita S. And Emilia S., are organizing an exhibition featuring a diverse array of Iranian artists to show Solidarity with the courageous Iranians standing up for their rights. The exhibition will take place from February 6th-11th, 2023 at Espacio Gallery in London. The event is empowered by provenance.io, a venture by Roxanna Zarnegar, Part-Time Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design. Roxanna has been a mentor for Emilia and Anahita during the exhibition planning process. The visual design of the event is created by Reem Alwajeeh (SDM ’23). Jorat London can be contacted through Instagram and…

Rotman Design Challenge 2023

  In the past years, MS SDM students have actively engaged in the Rotman Design Challenge and won great prizes! For the challenge, each team must comprise 4 – 6 members and needs to submit a 3-minute video telling the jury about your group and how Sun Life might benefit from Business Design. All applications are due Jan 22, 2023 at 11:59PM EST.  Good luck! APPLY HERE  

New Opportunity: Facilitator 
for The People’s Money @ NYC Civic Engagement Commission

  Facilitator for The People’s Money @ NYC Civic Engagement Commission The NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) is seeking to hire students to be small group facilitators to support Phase 2 of the city-wide participatory budgeting process, The People’s Money. As one of several small group facilitators, you will moderate conversations with four to six BAC members during full committee meetings to create an inclusive learning environment that guides the group to its final proposals for project ideas. Youth Facilitators will be paid $25 an hour for approximately 14 – 18 hours. Facilitators must attend one training session and four…

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Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab 2023 FELLOWSHIP INFO SESSION

  Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab has a few great job opportunities. Please see the following:   FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION SESSION – VIRTUAL (via Zoom) DECEMBER 12, 2022, 3:00 PM EST: the virtual info session is for you to learn about upcoming Government Performance Lab (GPL) job opportunities through paid, full-time fellowships in 2023. We will also discuss how the GPL is working with state and local governments to solve social problems such as criminal justice reform, child wellbeing, economic mobility in historically marginalized communities, among many others. You will hear from our leadership team as well as current GPL…

Multiple Job Opportunities: Sr Service Designer; Sr Manager Strategic Foresights & Future Visions; Associate Consultant

  See job openings and descriptions below.   Senior Service Designer (REMOTE) @Frog: Frog is looking for service designers who are responsible for the design of systems made of people, digital, and physical touchpoints. They orchestrate value exchanges among them in ways that make the system sustainable for both the users and providers. APPLY HERE   Senior Manager Strategic Foresights & Future Visions @PepsiCo: McKinsey & Company is looking for Associate Consultant to join one of their offices around the world to work in teams and directly with their clients. In addition to these locations, this job opportunity is also…

Design Director @NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity

  The Service Design Studio at the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity is looking for a new Design Director. Through creative, caring, and empowering leadership that supports the mission and values of the Service Design Studio at the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, the Design Director will shape a service design practice that continues to strengthen the ways in which the City of New York designs public services and programs focused on decreasing poverty and increasing opportunity for New Yorkers.   Apply here    

LifeSci NYC Internship Program

  LifeSci NYC Internship Program: LifeSci NYC Internship Program includes individual roles ranging across science, business, and technology, and are available for students, as well as recent grads, at all levels of experience. You only need to create an application once, and then you will be able to submit cover letters to apply for any roles listed here using the same login. Applications are open for summer 2023, with an early bird deadline of December 31, 2022 and final deadline of March 31, 2023.   Check the roles and apply here  

Make Your Presentation Storytelling

  We can’t stress enough how important storytelling is for presentations as well as interviews. This is also a very crucial part of our MS SDM students’ role. Here are some useful resources to help you make your presentations storytelling, shared by a brand strategist, Baiba Matisone.