Students
Students come to the Parsons MS SDM program from all over the world. Their experience combines studios, seminars, networking, events, symposia, and more. This page will inform you about student projects like First Year Studio and Second Year Studio, student resources, and other opportunities.
Good Interventions ’22: An Economic And Strategic Design Exhibition
About Good Interventions ’22 Koray Caliskan What does it mean to make to think? In what ways can design be used as a tool to make sense of the world? How can we describe or reimage our worlds by using design interventions? Good Interventions Exhibition aims at addressing these questions by bringing together the powers of design and social sciences to address questions of power. Social sciences think with concepts. They are intangible, descriptive, relational. Regardless of their methodological, ontological and epistemological assumptions and preferences, social scientists observe and describe, perhaps use visualization a bit, then move on. What…
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Innovation Lead Internship, Summer 2023 @Bain & Company
The Innovation & Design (I&D) team at Bain & Company is pioneering Bain’s firm-wide efforts to meet unprecedented client demand for digital innovation, new business building, product & service solutions to drive new growth. See job openings and descriptions below. Apply before 11/30/2022. Job Openings: Innovation Lead Internship, Summer 2023 (NY) Innovation Lead Internship, Summer 2023 (SF)
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Job Opportunities: Product Intern & PM Intern @Microsoft
Microsoft is a company that believes technology can and a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. See job openings and descriptions below. Job Openings: Product Design: Intern Opportunities for University Students Product Management: Intern Opportunities for University Students
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Multiple Job Opportunities: Student Assistant Specialist & White House Intern Summer 2023
See job openings and descriptions below. Student Assistant Specialist @The Executive Dean’s Office: The Executive Dean’s Office is hiring a student assistant to work with the Associate Dean of Partnerships and Practice-Based learning. The Student Assistant Specialist will be working on all Partnerships and Experiential Learning initiatives that are managed by the office, including the Public Engagement Fellowship, summer programs, academic partnerships, Fulbright, and others. The position is 20 hours per week, 4 days a week, $20/hr. APPLY HERE White House Intern Summer 2023 @White House, DC: he White House Internship Program is a public service leadership…
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Performativity of Design in Economies: Reflections on Good Interventions Exhibition 2022
By: Sharon Counts Associate Executive Director of Programs, 14Y/Educational Alliance, Doctoral Candidate Educational Leadership & Innovation To begin, I wanted to share a little more about my background and research as it pertains to this exhibition. In my introduction, it was shared that I am a Doctoral Candidate at NYU. I am studying Education Leadership and Innovation, which is inclusive of the study of organizational theory and management. I am a cultural worker and have lived and worked in NYC for the last 25 years, contributing to the economic engine of the arts and culture sector. The foundations of…
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Declutter your Figma file to help with navigation
For some folks, Figma may not come as handy as Miro or Mural. In fact, it is a very useful tool and allows the non-design background creative to directly work with product designers. Mitchell Hou, a Product Designer at Tia, has written an article to help people better organize Figma files and elements. View the full article: Here.
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Netflix Internship Program
See job openings and descriptions below. Design Technology Intern – Experience Design @Netflix: Netflix Design Technology XD team is looking for an Experience Design intern to work on design projects where writing coded prototypes will unblock, up-level, or expedite product innovation ideas, and by building design tooling & infrastructure that make the process of designing at Netflix more efficient. APPLY HERE
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Networking Thursday Stories: Vinay Pandu
Vinay Pandu (SDM’23) interned as a Design Strategist ThinkPlace, over the summer of ’22 after participating in Networking Thursday during his 1st year as a graduate student in the MS Strategic Design & Management program. Here’s his comments on Networking Thursday: “Networking Thursday was a successful initiative in opening the world out to possibilities. It definitely strengthened my connections to share and earn experiences toward my goals. It was a way to understand the best practices of the global industries and an opportunity to mold and inculcate them into mine. I was involved in utilizing the emerging fields for Design insights….
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