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Week of Mar. 14, 2021
...oh wait, that's next week
Happy Pi Day, folks, and congrats on finishing up the last week of Spring A! We have some exciting stuff coming up this week — like our first HaasID event of the year! Read on to discover what we have in store. There won't be a newsletter next week due to spring break, so catch you all in two weeks!
Upcoming HaasID Events
Defining Design - A Happy Hour with HaasID
What does design mean to you? Join the Haas Innovation & Design Club for an open conversation on the many interpretations of the topic. Attendees will be invited to share a favorite story, article, or experience related to design (no topics are too big, too small, or out of bounds). Come to share your unique perspective, or feel free to sit back and learn about your peers’ interests.
Date: Thursday, March 18 at 6 pm
HaasID members can get dinner/drinks on us, up to $15.
RSVP on Campus Groups!
Workshop: Building a More Socially Connected Haas Community
Inspired by the Haas Failure Wall, join HaasID in brainstorming some concrete opportunities to increase the social connection of our Haas community.
Date: Friday, April 2 from 1 pm - 2:30 pm PT
What you'll do:
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Switch on Your Design Thinking Mind: Get a brief intro to design thinking before using the framework to tackle this sticky question.
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Get to Work: Jump into breakout groups to ideate with your fellow Haasies.
- Leave with a Plan: Our goal is for each of us to leave with ideas we feel confident testing at Haas.
RSVP on Campus Groups!
Careers and Opportunities in Design
Internships
Danfoss
Innovation Strategist Intern
Danfoss is a Danish industrial engineering company focused on sustainable transformation. They're looking for an innovation strategist intern based out of their Cambridge, MA office. The intern will "manage the execution of scaling innovation and entrepreneurship processes throughout Danfoss business segments," "create a training program to standardize innovation and entrepreneurship for all employees," and "collaborate cross-functionally to create new or align existing internal innovation events and hackathons with the entrepreneurship process." Apply here.
MasterClass
Content Innovation Intern
MasterClass is a San Francisco-based startup focused on democratizing education by giving people access to lessons from celebrity experts. They're looking for a 12-week intern to: conduct in-depth research and analysis on conent topics, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support creative producers with user experience design. Apply here.
Symetra
Innovation Design Intern
Symetra is a financial services company looking for an innovation design intern based out of its strategy office in Washington. Responsibilities include experiment design, persona development, and customer journey mapping. From the job description: "This role is focused on supporting the needs of Customer Experience team with a focus on lean start up, concept design and user testing. You will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of departments and work externally with various market segments." Learn more here.
Full-Time
AARP
Senior Experience Designer
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on changing the way America defines aging. They're looking for a Senior Experience Designer to "design, develop and execute human-centered solutions through design research and experiments" and "lead large, cross-functional projects strategically and independently." Learn more and apply here.
ThoughtWorks
Senior Experience Designer
ThoughtWorks is a global software consultancy looking for a Senior Experience Designer based out of its Austin office. This person will "collaborate with small, cross-functional teams to create a wide range of experience design deliverables including journey maps, service blueprints, roadmaps, prototypes, and design systems" and "apply various research methods such as context analysis, moderated interviews, experiments and user tests." Apply here.
A Little Inspiration...
What is deep tech? A look at how it could shape the future: "How do companies like SpaceX make sudden breakthroughs on decades-old challenges? Emerging tech expert Antoine Gourévitch explains how deep tech -- a new approach to innovation that merges science, engineering and design thinking -- is unlocking solutions to problems in space exploration, biology, energy and more."
Podcast: IDEO U Creative Confidence - Expand Your Culture Through Conversation: Lauren Collins, Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO at IDEO, talks about "how she’s designed community conversations that promote a greater understanding of diversity of all kinds. She shares tips for how to host difficult conversations at work, how to build a more expansive culture, and why having conversations is action itself."
What’s Happening?
At UC Berkeley
Design Field Notes, Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
"Part of our ongoing 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."
Upcoming speakers:
March 16: Katherine Isbister, Professor of Department of Computational Media, UC Santa Cruz
March 30: Tatiana Jansen, Senior VR Program Lead (clinical engineer), Surgical Theater
April 6: Javier Arbona, Assistant Professor of Design & American Studies, UC Davis
More Details + Zoom Link Here
Outside of Berkeley
frog x SXSW Online - Launching Products in Uncertain Times
For this year's virtual SXSW festival, frog is hosting a panel of women leaders in design to discuss rethinking product design and delivery and how they've managed to bring great ideas to life during uncertain times. The panel will be moderated by Jona Moore, frog's Global VP of Technology, and includes speakers from frog, Miro, Progressive, CUNA Mutual Group, and HealthHero.
This event will be held on Mar 17 @ 8 am PT / 11 am ET. Register here.
Design @ SXSW
SXSW Online, which is happening March 16 to 20 this year, has a ton of design-related events! Regular tickets are a bit pricey, but SXSW is offering a $69 student rate that gives you full access to the conference. Apply for the student discount here.
2021 SEAM Design Thinking Conference
"The SEAM Conference is a one-day annual, interactive conference produced by students of the Design Leadership program at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School & The Maryland Institute College of Art.
This year's theme of uncertainty will explore how thoughtful design and innovative business strategy have helped us understand our experiences over the past year. The conference's sessions will explore how the uncertainty that we have faced has informed our interactions and experiences digitally, physically, and systemically."
The conference is on Apr 2 from 7 am to 2:15 pm PT. Register for free here.
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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