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Week of Oct 3, 2021
Hope this bring some joy to your Wednesday!
Thank you all who came out to our first couple events last week! In this week's newsletter, we have some details on a design-related happy hour, some new career opportunities, and our first alumni spotlight Q&A. Read on to learn more!
Upcoming Events
"Is Design For Me?" Happy Hour - Happening Tomorrow!
Thursday, October 7 from 4 to 5 pm
Location: Haas Courtyard
Wondering about the scope of design and innovation careers? Have a few questions after the CMG Design primer or IDEO company chat? Just curious about HaasID? Drop by the courtyard for a drink and a bite, to chat with second years who interned in a variety of design and innovation roles, and to connect with fellow HaasID members.
Register on Campus Groups here: RSVP
Career Week Events
Career Week: October 18 to October 22
Location: TBD
Stay tuned for updates on design-related career sessions during career week! This year, we'll be holding a virtual alumni panel on Wednesday, Oct 20 from 4 to 6 pm and more programming on Thursday, Oct 21 from 2 to 4 pm.
Case Competition Opportunity
When: October to November 2021 (total of 4-5 weeks)
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
Jump Associates
Senior Innovation Strategist
Jump is a strategy and innovation firm (think: mash-up of management consulting and design studio) that's looking for a senior innovation strategist who can help reinvent new businesses. Strategists will work on all aspects of innovation, from research to solutions. Learn more and apply here.
Mintel
Senior Innovation Strategist
Mintel's Customer Innovation Team is looking for a strategist who will help lead the full cycle of innovation projects, from pitching to proposal to execution. From the job description: "The right candidate will be able to vision work plans that can generate the insights necessary to recommend practical sustained innovation and spark disruptive ideas. You will have the opportunity to shape and scale the direction of our Custom Innovation team offering." Learn more and apply here.
Braze
Growth Designer
Braze is a customer engagement platform used by companies to create personalized, cross-channel marketing campaigns. They're looking for an experienced designer who can work on improving the customer onboarding experience. From the job description: "You will think holistically about those moments when customers are uncovering the power of Braze...to do this you will be expected to ask a ton of questions, dive into research, and collaborate closely with product managers, UX researchers, engineers, and your fellow designers across the organization." Learn more and apply here.
Braze also has other openings on the product team (UX researcher, product manager) that can be found here.
Internships
IDEO
Business Design Summer Internship
IDEO is looking for interns to join its 10-12 week internship program (June to August 2022). From the job description: "As a Business Design intern, you will work with a broad set of collaborators to bring a variety of concepts and products to life and to market. Business Design at IDEO means both designing a new product, service, or experience, as well as simultaneously designing the broader business strategy and roadmap for execution." Applications (which include resume, cover letter, and written response) are due November 30 at 8:59 pm PT. Learn more and apply here.
Organizational Design Summer Internship
IDEO is looking for organizational design interns to work 10-12 weeks over the summer (June to August 2022). Organizational design interns focus on transforming the ways teams and organizations work. From the job description: "Organizational Designers explore and create organizational and team strategy, the systems and structures to achieve business value, and the cultural conditions that support both employee experience and business value." Applications (which include resume, cover letter, and written response) are due November 30 at 8:59 pm PT. Learn more and apply here.
Alumni Spotlight: Ennis Olson
Ennis Olson, Global Innovation Portfolio Manager, Food@Google
Tell us about yourself! (Where are you from? When did you graduate from Haas? Where are you working now?)
I’m originally from a rural farming community in Washington State, but lived in SF for 20 years now where it’s home to my husband and I and our two dogs. I graduated from Haas in 2016 and now work at Google leading innovation for the Global Food Team. (Side note: my last couple roles - first as one of the innovation leaders at Visa and now Google have come directly from my Haas network!).
What does your day to day at work look like?
My day-to-day is a split between tactical execution and strategic development. I founded the innovation discipline for my current team and have built processes and capabilities of innovation while also spearheading strategic development of our program. With the pandemic and focus on hybrid work experiences I’m leading a number of pilots exploring the Future of Work and the experiences that enable the global Google community to thrive. I'm also the executive sponsor leading elimination of all single-use plastics from our Food operations which is a massive, multi-year identifying new solutions, systems, and technologies.
Do you have any advice for current students interested in exploring innovation and design?
The key is to focus on the industry/products/experiences you are most interested in and look for not only explicitly innovation roles, but also roles focused on strategic development, product growth, and even operations where much of the day-to-day innovation work actually sits. For example, I was leading a tech product team in financial services when I started Haas and I used that to move into a new innovation leadership role at Visa. While there I focused on food and hospitality industries as much as possible because of my personal passion for food, travel, and small business. This made it even easier to transition to my Food innovation role at Google.
What has been a highlight of your career so far?
A highlight of my career has been the global experiences I’ve been able to develop. At Visa, I pitched, led, and developed a new digital financial service for small businesses in emerging markets. We started this effort with women who sell fruits and vegetables at the daily markets in Nigeria. Meeting these women face-to-face, learning about their businesses and unique needs and challenges, and co-creating new digital experiences with them was not only rewarding but a lot of fun!
If you are interested in learning more about Ennis, please reach out to Neha Dutta to be added to a distribution list for an Alumni Ask Me Anything panel happening later this semester.
A Little Inspiration...
Want to be a great designer? Steal these 30 secrets from the world’s top experts: An article from Fast Company that asks 30 experts in architecture, product design, UX, academia, and more to share their biggest design secrets.
Podcast: IDEO Creative Confidence - Human-Centered Entrepreneurship: An interview with Brit Morin, founder of Brit + Co and Offline Ventures, in which Brit discusses her experience creating Selfmade, a female-focused entrepreneurship course, and the seven qualities she believes are often under-valued but closely tied to entrepreneurial success.
Talk with Oliver Heath on Biophilic Design: A conversation with designer Oliver Heath on biophilic design (an architectural approach that tries to bring building inhabitants closer to nature) and the importance of using sustainable materials in interior design. Heath's design firm has designed interiors for clients such as Apple, Interface, and Bloomberg.
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 12: The Role of Storytelling in Your Career w/ Sara Cambridge, UX Research Consultant
October 26: Design Strategy for Technology Innovation w/ Sofia Brazzola, Brand & Marketing Manager for Sennheiser
All sessions will be held from 4 to 5 pm on Zoom (linked)
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 & Jessica Hwang
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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