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Week of Oct 10, 2021
Pre-career week feels...
I know many of you are working on finals and essays and/or recooperating from the various assignments that have been due over the past week...so I'll keep this short and sweet. Read on for career week updates, info on design courses for spring 2022, and some articles for your study breaks.
Upcoming Events
Career Week: HaasID Design Panel
Career Week: October 18 to October 22
Location: TBD
Join us for a discussion led by CMG, where we will be discussing the many different (and somtimes unexpected) careers that design-minded individuals can pursue. This event features a panel discussion composed of Haas alumni in design-related careers.
Sign up on Campus Groups here: RSVP
Career Week: Design@frog
Career Week: October 18 to October 22
Location: TBD
A discussion led by a Haas graduate, in which they will be discussing what it is like to pursue a design career at frog, a global design consultancy.
Sign up on Campus Groups here: RSVP
Case Competition Opportunity - Deadline Extended!
Applications are now due Sunday, Oct 17
Haas has been invited to participate in a case competition hosted by a boutique strategy consulting firm ZealStrat, against Kellogg! The client is a Fortune 100 automotive company that is looking to develop new business opportunities.
Teams of 2 are invited to apply by submitting resumes and a short paragraph outlining your interest, commitment, and expertise to ganesan.keerthivasan@zealstrat.com. Three teams will be chosen from each school to compete in the finals, with the each of the top two teams winning $6,000. The client and CEO of ZealStrat will be available for support, guidance, and mentorship in the weeks leading up to the final pitch. Link to the flyer with more details here.
Careers and Opportunities in Design
Have a career opportunity you'd like us to highlight in this newsletter? Email job details to Austin Lavin at austin_lavin@mba.berkeley.edu.
Full-Time
Vera Institute of Justice
Innovation Senior Associate - Human Centered Design, Innovation Team
The Vera Institute of Justice is a nonprofit criminal justice organization that strives to build government institutions and communities free from the scourge of racism, white supremacy, profit, and inequity that is pervasive in this country’s legal systems. In this Brooklyn-based role, you will "help to design key tools, frameworks, and structures for teams on the early stages of the Impact Pipeline to help ideate and further develop new ideas." Learn more and apply here.
Pilot44
Senior Design Strategist
Pilot is an innovation lab that helps brands with digital innovation and launching new business ventures. From the job description: "The Senior Design Strategist combines aspects of product management, product marketing, and business strategy consultation informed by human-centered design thinking. Key focus areas in this role include ethnographic research, technology and market research, solutions design, solution piloting and implementation and new venture concepting and validation." Learn more and apply here.
Obama Foundation
Director of Product Design & Research
The Obama Foundation is looking for a founding leader of its product and technology organization. The foundation is looking for someone to "drive the vision, strategy, and execution of product design and research at the Obama Foundation...not just limited to the UX of digital products but also including that of place-based experiences, like those at the future Obama Presidential Center." Learn more and apply here.
Internships
Lumen
MBA Intern
Lumen is seeking to hire 1-2 MBA interns to help the company. As a pre-money, pre-revenue startup, they have many potential paths they could take and are seeking your help to narrow these options and define Lumen's focus. Your role will be helping with customer discovery, industry analysis, and understanding the potential funding landscape for a company like ours. See full role details here.
If you are interested, please fill out this Google form by Sunday, October 24th.
WillowTree
Product Analyst Intern
WillowTree is an award-winning digital product agency based out of Virginia, with clients such as HBO, PepsiCo, and Anheuser-Busch. From the job description: "The Product Analyst uncovers the 'why' and works closely with engineering teams to successfully bring our partner’s visions to life. You’ll follow products through implementation, managing requirements, and working with design, development teams, and clients to keep development aligned with product goals." Learn more and apply here.
Adobe
Digital Strategy Associate MBA Intern
Adobe's Digital Strategy Group works with C-level leadership at Adobe’s Enterprise customers to craft strategies for customer-experience transformation and digital innovation. The team is looking for a digital strategy associate intern to work on multiple customer engagements over the summer. Potential project areas include: experience design, analytics and benchmarking, economic impact analysis, and experience architecture. Learn more and apply here.
A Little Inspiration...
What Drinking Coffee Can Teach Us About Designing the Future of Space Travel: A fun read from IDEO about designing a coffee cup for astronauts. Make sure to grab a cup of coffee before you start reading...and maybe a plastic bag and a straw while you're at it.
Use This Quick Warm-up to Get into the Creative Headspace: Did you know that creative workout exercises can boost work productivity by 12%? Here's a simple exercise from IDEO to help you (and your team) into a more creative headspace.
Digital products are having their “assembly line” moment—here’s how to stay relevant: An exploration of how design systems are evolving in the tech world, and what designers and developers should do to adapt in order to stay relevant in the future.
Podcast: HBR IdeaCast - Tech’s Exponential Growth – and How to Solve the Problems It’s Created: In this episode, entrepreneur and investor Azeem Azhar talks about the exponential gap that has formed between the "digital have and the have-nots," and the three design principles that can help solve it.
What’s Happening?
A overview of non-club related events that might interest you:
At UC Berkeley
Jacobs Institute: Design Field Notes
"Design Field Notes is an ongoing lecture series part of the course DES INV 95. This speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and public."
October 26: Design Strategy for Technology Innovation w/ Sofia Brazzola, Brand & Marketing Manager for Sennheiser
November 2: Jingyi Li, Ph.D. Candidate at Stanford University
November 9: Sylvie Rosenthal, owner/operator of Lower Astronomy Studios
All sessions will be held from 4 to 5 pm on Zoom (linked)
Jacobs Institute: Spring 2022 Courses
Jacobs Hall has released its course listings for the spring semester. You can read more about the courses that will be offered on the Jacobs Hall website.
Outside of UC Berkeley
A Better Tech - Public Interest Technology Convention & Career Fair
"The 2021 NYU Public Interest Technology (PIT) Convention and Career Fair is a virtual hands-on event for professionals, researchers and students interested in creating a better world through technology. It is the first convening of its kind in the US, bringing together the country’s most talented students and leading researchers with organizations and companies that are at the forefront of creating responsible and accountable tech that serves the public interest.
Through hands-on workshops, dialogues, keynotes, ideas presentations, a hackathon, and a virtual career fair, participants will share the latest developments in the PIT field, learn about careers in PIT, and connect with professionals working in this area across lots of different sectors and industries."
Dates: October 14 and 15
Location: Virtual
Free to attend, with registration and details at this link
Introduction to Equity-Centered Community Design
Join Creative Reaction Lab for a two-hour interactive live webinar to learn a framework for Equity-Centered Community Design (ECCD) and discover ways you can promote equity-centered approaches. This is a monthly webinar, with the next one in October.
Date: October 14, 9 to 11 am PT
Location: Virtual
Free to attend, with registration and details at this link
2021 HaasID Board
Co-Presidents: Andrée Heller & Meena Iyer
VPs Academics: Charlotte Harris & Matthew Gutschenritter
VPs Careers: Austin Lavin
VP Communications: Alison Fu
VPs Community & Partnerships: Marcus Brandford & Neha Dutta
VP EWMBA: Paulina Lee
VP Innovation Challenge: Vaibhav Anand
VPs Workshops: Sophia Melone & Rachel Skar
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