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.

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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

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.