The Fashion Institute of Technology‘s Student Government Association hosted the FIT Future Career: Design Panel & Brunch, bringing 75 students together with three creative industry leaders to discuss careers in visual merchandising, retail design and experiential design. The panel featured Kim Gim of Bluecadet, Jill Ayers of Airspace NYC, and Jon Harari, CEO and Co-Founder of WindowsWear. Each speaker shared their career path, lessons learned and advice for students preparing to enter the creative industries.
Credits
Panelists
- Kim Gim, Bluecadet
- Jill Ayers, Airspace NYC
- Jon Harari, CEO & Co-Founder, WindowsWear
Organizers and Faculty
- Selena Ng, Student Spatial Senator, FIT Student Government Association and
- Caitlin Lee, FIT Student Government Association
- FIT & Spatial Experience Design faculty Craig Berger, Meaghan Davis, Christie Graziano, Reginald Rogers and Jason Anello
Student Attendees
Onata Aprile, Sofia Baron, Alexandra Berrocal, Ashlyn Carranza, Ryan Chen, Yongyan Chen, Evangeline Chung, Lindsay Connolly, Neil Cummins, Christian Del Prete, Elizabeth Delos Santos, Brianna Denski, Eliana Emelianova, Jeremy Espinosa, Jeffrey Gamble, Anisa Gao, Sharon Gao, Jada Gary, Ashlee Ghosh, Anna Grichanenko, Alysen Gutierrez, Rayan Hamdaoui, Anna-Katherine Harman, Marisa Hoffmann, Jasmine Karkis, Elena Kim, Lily Krigelski, Alessandra Lee, Cathryn Lee, Qi Lin, Xi Zheng Lin, Jane Liu, Natalie Martinez, Maira Merchant, Jocelyn Miranda, Marcos Modesto, Kayla Muchnick, Sarah Najjar, Feyisayo Ogundokun, Valentina Orozco, Asmi Pawar, Karen Perez, Liana Proano, Justin Quinde, Jacqueline Racine, Sawyer Taylor Ramsamooj, Klaus Rodriguez, Landon Schlossinger, Victoria Scott, Vatsala Shanker, Shloka Shetty, Moon Singh, Zenith Singh, Anton Spagna, Joelle Spainer, Ranjani Srinivasan, Joseph Sunwoo, Christina Wang, Crystal Wang, Maggie Wang, Connor Watkins, Chen Wei Weng, Jasmine Wong, Jihyun Ye, Matthew Yee, Jaelyn Zabala, Denise Zhou, Sophia Zhou, Yin Lin Zhou and Luca Zuccoli.