GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: WHAT DO EMPLOYERS WANT, AND WHAT DOES SINGAPORE NEED?
A partner event of Singapore Design Week.
Please note: Event runs 2.00-7.30pm (not as shown in Peatix system), followed by networking and refreshments until 9.00pm.
Download Programme (PDF, 150k)
What are the roles for graduates and early-career designers in Singapore's creative industries? How can they contribute to developing the innovation-led economy, and how might this evolve in the future? What are employers looking for in fresh graduates?
Last Friday at the official launch of Singapore Design Week 2017, Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yaacob Ibrahim announced DesignSingapore Council's new development plan for skills and jobs in Singapore's Design sector.
Hear more about the Design Industry Manpower Plan and join the conversation about graduate employability and the design skills that Singapore needs at our free event on Friday 10 March. Join us for an interactive day of keynotes, Q&As and panel discussions.
Who should attend?
Design employers, educators, recent design graduates, final-year design students, HR/recruitment specialists.
Programme
Keynote: Vinson Chua, Senior Assistant Director, DesignSingapore Council
Discussion Panel — Roles, Skills and Recruitment: What do Employers Want?
Chris Godfrey, Global Principal, HBA Residential
Jin Kang, VP Experience Design, OCBC Bank
Jayce Tham, Chief Businesswoman, CreativesAtWork
Moderator: Don McIntyre, Design Director, GSA Institute of Design Innovation, Scotland, UK
Discussion Panel — Recent Graduates' Experiences
Download Programme (PDF, 150k)Christine Lim, Junior Art Director, DDB
Gideon W D Kong, Independent Designer/Researcher
Mayguss Wee, Designer, ONG&ONG
Cheng Zhai Wei, Marketing Executive, Aalst Chocolate
Moderator: Terence Heng, Deputy Programme Director, SIT
This event runs alongside the Work-In-Progress show by Year 4 students from BA (Hons) Communication Design and BA (Hons) Interior Design, providing a preview of our forthcoming degree show, 16-23 June.
- The event description was updated. Diff#231712 2017-03-10 02:51:45
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM SGT
- Venue
- GSA Singapore, SIT@TP
- Tickets
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- Venue Address
- Glasgow School of Art, SIT@TP Building, Temasek Polyechnic. 29B Tampines Avenue 1, Singapore 528694 Singapore
- Directions
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If arriving by car/taxi please enter Temasek Polytechnic campus by the East Gate. GSA is in the SIT building at the very end of the road. Limited parking is available as shown on the map at the end of the event description.