Creative Industry Day

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Creative Industry Days

Creative Industry Days are a series of events for creatives by creatives. These visual portfolio-based events connect students to industry professionals through virtual one-on-one portfolio reviews and career panels.

By the Numbers

832

Virtual 1:1 portfolio reviews conducted in 2024

338

Students/alumni participated in virtual 1:1 portfolio reviews

40

Companies participated in 1:1 portfolio reviews

71

Portfolio reviewers, many of them RIT alumni

140

Combined attendance at two career panels

RIT students talking to a representative from Microsoft at the career fair

2025 Event Schedule

Career Panels

Panel 1: Monday, Feb. 10th 7-8:00 p.m. (in-person and virtual)
"Designing Your Future: First Steps" – watch party with pizza and cookies 6-7:00 p.m. (location TBA)

Our experts will guide you towards finding success after graduation and taking your first steps as a professional. Topics include getting your foot in the door, acing interviews, and building meaningful connections.
Panelists: TBA

Panel 2: Tuesday, Feb. 11
“Reality of the Creative Journey” – virtual Feb 11th 7-8:00 p.m. (virtual)

Industry professionals will share the unique path that led them to where they are today, highlighting how the creative journey is rarely linear and adaptation is key. Discover how to embrace rejection, explore unconventional routes, focus your efforts, and flourish.
Panelists TBA

Portfolio Reviews

Feedback | Networking | Recruiting
Professionals representing a broad range of creative career roles give students the opportunity to showcase their work, articulate their creative process, and establish meaningful connections that may yield immediate benefits (like job offers) or evolve into valuable additions to their professional network.

On Campus: Wednesday, Feb. 12
1 p.m.-5 p.m. RIT Gordon Field House

Virtual: Thursday, Feb. 13, and Friday, Feb. 14
9 a.m.-6 p.m. EST
15-minute portfolio reviews, scheduled in advance

Student Information

Connect with creative industry professionals virtually and in person! This year, we are proud to offer 1:1 portfolio reviews and career panels from top industry experts.

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Employer Information

This year, RIT’s Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education is offering virtual and on-campus opportunities for creative industry employers to connect with RIT students and alumni interested in working in the creative field. Deadline to register is January 29, 2025.

Learn more

Alumni Information

Did you know RIT alumni have full access to Creative Industry Days? Whether you graduated four months ago or five years ago, employers are excited to meet RIT Tigers from all years of experience.

Past Participants

  • adidas
  • Adobe
  • Aspyr Media, Inc.
  • Bottomline Technologies
  • Butler/Till
  • BZDesign, Inc.
  • CannonDesign
  • Cartuna
  • CBX, LLC
  • CGI Digital
  • ChaseDesign
  • CJS Architects
  • CPL
  • Dixon Schwabl + Company
  • Dots, Inc.
  • DraftKings
  • Eaton Corp.
  • Enduring Games
  • Epic
  • FleishmanHillard
  • Flynn
  • Funkitron, Inc.
  • Gannett (The USA Today Network)
  • GoInvo
  • Havas Helia
  • Helen + Gertrude
  • Heard Creative
  • Hexbug
  • Instrument
  • Iron Galaxy Studios
  • ITX Corp.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kin + Carta
  • Kraemer Design Group, PLC
  • LIXIL Water Technology Americas
  • MahiGaming
  • Makeway
  • Mattel, Inc.
  • Melissa & Doug
  • MIO
  • Mission Data
  • NetherRealm Studios
  • Ogilvy
  • OX Tools USA
  • Partners + Napier
  • Paychex Inc.
  • Philips
  • Practis
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
  • Proletariat, Inc.
  • Rivet CX
  • Rochester Precision Optics
  • Rockstar Games
  • SandBox Union
  • Signing Animation
  • Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Spotify
  • Synaptech
  • The Article Group
  • The CSI Group
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Thinkingbox
  • Threespot
  • Trusted Media Brands, Inc.
  • Truth Collective
  • Vargas Associates
  • Vision On
  • Visual Concepts
  • Vitro
  • VOX Global
  • Whirlpool Corp.
  • Work & Co

Contact Us

Questions about the event?
Feel free to reach out to us via our Creative Industry Day: email ocecid@rit.edu.

 

Gretchen Eshleman

Associate Director
geboce@rit.edu