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    Ed poses with his son, Graham, in the Brandcenter basement

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    Bad timing, baby

    November 6, 2023

    Ed Keithly (Strategy, 2024) decided to make a career pivot. The timing could not have been worse ... or better. His first year at Brandcenter coincided with the birth of his first son.

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    An image showing the two versions of Jade—the finance Jade and the artist Jade—sitting on the couch together.

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    On uncertainty

    October 10, 2023

    Jade Chen (Art Direction, 2024) worked in finance before the Brandcenter. Feeling called to embrace her creative side, and with fear of being trapped on a path she hated, she pursued art direction.

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    There’s a job for that

    September 12, 2023

    Taylor Martin (Art Direction, 2024) was a third-grade teacher. To satisfy her craving to create, she started anew at the Brandcenter and is on the path to becoming an art director.

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    A job I love.

    April 24, 2023

    Eleni Alafoginis (Art Direction, 2023) talks about finally understanding those people who wake up every day and love what they do—and it was when she started school for advertising.

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    Cliff Jumping

    February 2, 2023

    Andrew Krysinski (Creative Brand Management, 2023) Have you ever been cliff jumping before? Scaling rocks up to the top of…