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A partner event of Singapore Design Week.
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?
Through panels, keynotes and Q&A sessions involving a range of stakeholders, this symposium will explore the current state of design graduate employability in Singapore, and how careers within the creative industries might evolve in the future.
Who should attend?
Design employers, educators, recent design graduates, final-year design students, HR/recruitment specialists.
Programme
2.00pm Registration
2.30pm Introduction and welcome
2.30pm Introduction and welcome
3.00pm Keynote
- Vinson Chua, Senior Assistant Director, DesignSingapore Council
3.00pm Keynote
- Vinson Chua, Senior Assistant Director, DesignSingapore Council
4.00pm 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
5.00pm Tea/coffee break
- 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
5.30pm Keynote (tbc)
5.30pm Keynote (tbc)
6.30pm 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
6.30pm Discussion Panel — Roles, Skills and Recruitment: What do Employers Want?
7.30pm Networking and refreshments
- 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
9.00pm Close
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.