Designing Your Future: Making the Transition to Digital Design

Are you a graphic designer looking for a new challenge? Do you want to explore the digital frontier and keep your design skills current?

Join the WunderLand Group (http://www.wunderlandgroup.com) and General Assembly (https://generalassemb.ly/education/design-your-future-making-the-transition-to-digital/chicago/18654) for a panel event where you will hear from digital designers who had their start working in graphic design. Find out what it takes to make the career switch - what skills are sought after by employers, what are the different design roles that exist, what's the day-to-day of working in a digital design team, how to land a job, and lots more advice about starting out in the field.

Who is this event for? Graphic design students and graduates, visual designers who want to enhance their careers, and others from the design profession interested in finding out more about the future of design and how your skills will translate - come one, come all!

SPEAKERS:

Moderator:

• Jen Evans Lemerand (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenlemerand): Creative Director at cchange, inc. (http://www.cchangeinc.com/), Chapter Director at SheSays Chicago (http://weareshesays.com/tag/chicago/)

Panelists:

• Marina Karassellos (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-karassellos-88686121): Digital Creative Director, ULTA Beauty (http://www.ulta.com/)
• Justin Siddons (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinsiddons): Mobile Designer, Sprout Social (http://sproutsocial.com/)
• Guss Tsatsakis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gusstsatsakis): Creative Team Lead, kCura (https://www.kcura.com/)
• Jonathan Sarmiento (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpsarmiento): Associate Creative Director, closerlook (https://www.closerlook.com/)