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“This was the best thing I could have done. I learned from talented industry professionals in class and traveled to amazing cities for real-world experience.”
When she graduated Katrina Mustakas was hired at Deutsch, New York.
Here you will find people just like you and at the same time very different.
Maybe you came from Latin America. Maybe you were born in the USA but your parents came from Brazil or Argentina. Or maybe you were born and bred in the USA and you are white as snow or black as ebony. Miami looks like all of you. A remarkable, creative, vibrant city that perhaps foretells what “America” will look like in the near future. Here you will find people just like you and at the same time very different. Students who could be (or were) dentists, accountants and teachers but they wanted more out of life. Here you’ll learn the skills and get the experience you need to have a creative career you love.
The school is in Wynwood the innovation district of Miami
Your instructors, all industry professionals, are People like you who collaborate and are creative. Something is always happening: street-art workshops, design events, stand-up comedy nights.The campus at this advertising school is a creative playground. Learn the techniques and strategies
You’ll learn to innovate and create with advertising courses in copywriting, social media, design, photography, strategy and coding. Your instructors work at local hot shops and big international agencies like Sapient, Facebook, CP+B, Alma DDB, Gut, The Community and every week we fly in an Industry Hero from somewhere in the world to give a talk then teach a class. And you can get hands-on experience and intern around the world. Students work in teams and learn by doing, often on real projects for brands. Graduate with real-world experience.
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Internships & Experience Labs
In the second year of the two-year portfolio programs students have the option to study and intern in agencies and companies in up to four other cities around the world where Miami Ad School has programs. Students continue to develop their portfolio, expand their network of industry contacts and get real-world, global experience.
Application Deadlines and Program Schedule
Program Schedule: Portfolio programs (art direction, copywriting, digital design, photography & video) start four times a year: January, April, July and October. The program lasts for 8 quarters. Each quarter lasts 10 weeks with a break between each quarter. In the second year students can study and intern in other cities.
The account planning boot camp starts once a year in January and the social strategy boot camp starts once a year in April. The boot camps last for three months (12-weeks).
Application Deadlines: The application deadline is six weeks prior to the start of classes for all boot camps and programs. Please see our FAQs for application deadlines and the school calendar.
Accreditation
Accreditation: Miami Ad School and all its US branch locations are accredited by the Commission on Occupational Education, 7840 Roswell Road Ste. 325, Building 300, Atlanta, GA 30350, telephone: 770-396-3898.
Licensing: Miami Ad School is licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee 32399-0400, telephone 888-222-6684.
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STUDENT & GRADUATE STORIES
Will you be doing the same ‘ol thing next year?
IT’S A NEW YEAR — THE PERFECT TIME TO GO FOR THE CREATIVE CAREER YOU DREAM ABOUT Ever wonder who goes to Miami Ad School? Curious about the kind of jobs they get when they graduate and beyond? Below you’ll get a glimpse of some of the people who found us and took...
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A Shirt That Makes You More Creative?!
Yes! This shirt will have your fingers flying in Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and Premier. This cheaT-shirt will help your creative ideas come to life. Need a new layer in Photoshop but don't remember the key command? Just look down. There, printed on your chest...
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One Great Interview Can Change Your Life
What you say and do on an interview is what leads to a second interview or job offer. We’re going to share with you the tips we give our graduating students. Since the school has a near perfect graduate placement rate we know these tips work. This advice has helped thousands of our graduates get placed in creative jobs all over the world.
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Advertising has a Diversity Problem
The school poses a challenge to the industry. Make tax-deductible contributions to the minority scholarship program. The first three companies to accept this challenge are being announced at Advertising week. These companies are taking advantage of the full program. In addition to contributing to the minority scholarship fund, they are hosting Miami Ad School Experience Labs and hiring the school’s grads. Everybody wins!
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Top 10 Things People Ask About Miami Ad School
Wonder no more: here are the top 10 questions most asked by applicants to Miami Ad School—oh, and the answers, too.
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Get the Skills You Need For a Strategy Career
“Planning is the place where you can be most eclectic—outside of being a professional artist. You’re hired specifically for your point of view in the world.” —Vanessa Toro
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What Do Copywriters Do All Day?
Every assignment brings with it a different problem, and when finding ways to get the right message across, two (or three, or seven) heads are better than one. It’s also much better if those heads don’t think in quite the same way.
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How do you start an advertising agency? Fall in love with a Swedish girl.
Learn how the Miami Ad School experience helped three art direction graduates start the advertising agency, Felipa.
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Where Do You Want to Work?
See where Miami Ad School’s most recent graduates have been hired. Many of these new hires met their future employers at one of Miami Ad School’s Portfolio Reviews. Some were hired as a result of impressive internship performances. Still others found their opportunities via the Job Leads for Life program that provides graduates with hundreds of job leads every year. We’ll help you find the creative career you dream of.
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Are You Growing Your Network?
Helping students develop a valuable network of industry contacts is one of the foundations of Miami Ad School’s placement program.
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828 Internships Per Year and Counting
What are some of the most important qualities for young creatives to have? You need to be able to create solutions to problems. Some people meet a problem and stop and wait for someone to tell them what to do next. Great creatives meet problems and create new ways to overcome them.
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Want More Creative Freedom?
Smartphones give you powerful, easy-to-use tools that make publishing your ideas quicker than you ever thought possible.
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Students Awarded 3 out of 5 Future Lions at Cannes
All three winning Miami Ad School entires leverage recent advances in technology to create ideas for brands that advance the greater good.
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The Pros of Miami Ad(vertising) School
“If Ben Brown and Jackie Moran hadn’t enrolled at Miami Ad School in New York, they may never have met, started to collaborate or hatched a plan to land internships at Droga5.”
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Confessions of a Creative Director
Learn Patrick’s secrets of the trade, tips and tricks for those starting out and some real life, success-driven advice for your entire career as a creative.
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Be Your Own (Creative) Boss
“After looking at a few schools around the country, Miami Ad School naturally became my first choice because of the location (I mean, Miami… come on!) Knowing that there would be tons of models and beautiful weather to shoot in sealed the deal.”
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You Too Will Have Award-Winning Work in Your Portfolio
At Miami Ad School you’ll create award-winning work that will get you national and international exposure. Work that will get you noticed and—more importantly—get you interviews so that you can land a job you’ll love. Isn’t that what it’s all about?
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From Journalism Grad to Chief Creative Officer
“Creativity is messy,” Margaret Johnson, CCO of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, says. “There is nothing linear about it. The way you get to ideas is really complicated and it’s a messy, messy thing, and you find that you end up being this kind of trapeze artist, jumping off a ledge and taking risks in your day-to-day life as an art director or a copywriter.”
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Love Social Media? Over 200K Jobs Are Waiting For You.
Miami Ad School’s next Boot Camp for Social Media Strategy starts July 2nd in Atlanta. 12 weeks of intense hands-on, up-to-the-minute training from working industry professionals. The jobs, 200K+ of them, are out there. What are you waiting for?
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Will You Help Fill the Next New Talent Annual?
“There is no better program in the world today to help prepare the next generation of advertising rockstars.”
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Become a Superhero by Mastering Your Creativity
“How is it that plastic—something that cannot breakdown, is toxic to our waters, lands and all life and will continue to be for many generations to come—so incredibly prevalent in modern life today? Such statistics really make one think about choices and consequences.” –Melanie Maynard
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8 Blunders That Could Kill Your Job Interview
Could you be about to make one of these classic creative job interview blunders? We asked some of New York City’s top creative recruiters the biggest interview mistakes recent graduates are likely to make.
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Write, Think and Make Cool Stuff: Become a Copywriter
“Miami Ad School is a great environment to learn in because everyone has something different to teach. We all come from different corners of the world!”
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4 Strategic Planning Boot Camp Grads on Their New Careers
“Learning from so many planners gave us exposure to different kinds of agencies and strategic tips, I am very grateful for the experience.”
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8 Portfolio Tips That Helped 8,000 Graduates Land Jobs
“You have to make every little pixel of your portfolio contribute to your personal brand.”
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These Grads Are Leading Two of The Top Creative Agencies in the World
Goodby’s Margaret Johnson and 360i’s Menno Kluin are just two of the Miami Ad School grads in top leadership roles in the industry.
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820 Design and Advertising Internships and an Industry Expert to Find You The Right One
By the time they get their first advertising or design job, 96% of Miami Ad School grads will already have real industry experience to bring to the table.
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Copywriting: The Craziest Creative Writing Job There Is
“This job can bring you to places you never would have seen, put you in rooms with people you would never have met, and teach you things about yourself that you would never have known.”
read moreThe Best Copywriting Advice Ever: Avoid Broccoli Words
Restaurants love to fill your plate with 27 stalks of tasteless steamed broccoli. Why? Because it’s cheap, requires very little thought or preparation and nobody ever complains about broccoli. The same applies tasteless, bland broccoli words.
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Account Planning, Brand Strategy, Strategic Planning, Ninja what? Is the Discipline Having an Identity Crisis?
“It turns out that one of the only things all of our teachers agreed on was how much they disliked the ‘account planner’ job title.”
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Twelve Interviews in A Single Day? It Can Happen to You too at Portfolio Review.
Companies come to Miami Ad School’s Portfolio Reviews to hire top creative talent, and that’s exactly what they do.
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Advertising Awards Mean Advertising Jobs
Advertising awards put students on the radar of creative recruiters all over the world. Students get noticed, and then they get interviews. Job offers are soon to follow.
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Where Will a Creative Career Take You? Maybe to a Job in Entertainment.
Creative careers today take many forms. You can work in a variety of places—media companies, digital platforms, entertainment companies, brands and, yes, advertising agencies too.
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Want to intern at Droga5? We can help make that happen.
“Long story short—we got the internship, and still haven’t quite recovered from the shock.”
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The Only Show During Art Basel That You Can Only See When You Can Not See
TAKEOUT—the Experience Delivery Service that focuses on creating unique and lasting experience for brands and organizations—was founded by Miami Ad School art direction students Elisa Sain and Cris Cordero. The creative duo has focused on creating a counterculture of art as something personal and lasting. Something that goes beyond an Instagram post.
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R/GA’s Jess Greenwood: Is Strategic Planning For You?
Miami Ad School Boot Camp for Strategic Planning mentor Jess Greenwood on what makes a good planner.
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A Tokyo Advertising Internship Translates into a Life-Altering Experience
“Every time I travel, my mind is consumed, wondering what the lives of the people that live at my destination are really like. What do they do for a living? What do they do for fun? Are they happy? Maybe I should’ve been a sociologist, but instead I’m a copywriter. But I guess that sometimes, it’s the same thing.”
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Network Your Way To A Creative Career
At Miami Ad School, you’ll have networking opportunities every single day. These priceless chances to make contacts will enrich your creative career.
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Creativity Is A Superpower: Miami Ad School Student Helps #BuildTheWalls After Mexico Earthquake
Now, more than ever, Mexico needs help building a great deal of walls. New York copywriter Ana Miraglia uses her talents to pitch in.
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Up-and-Coming Account Planners: Get The Recognition You Deserve!
The “Pick of the Litter” recognizes the work of emerging strategy professionals. Winners to be announced at the 4A’s Strategy Festival this October 16–18.
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5 Writing Tips I Learned at Miami Ad School
Having a class with the legendary co-founder of Miami Ad School could understandably be intimidating, but the lessons Caleb learned paid off. Now he’s sharing them with you.
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Failing Fast: Why Making Your Mistakes In School Helps Your Career Take Off From Day One
Grad Brian Button—Now an ACD at Lyft—On the Life Lessons Learned and Future-Altering Connections Made While at Miami Ad School.
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Want a Creative Career? Here’s What You Need To Do.
Miami Ad School’s placement team works to put grads and creative career opportunities together. Here are a few of the most recent moves our grads have made.
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VIDEO: Jayanta Jenkins—How Far Will You Go?
Careers in the creative fields are anything but ordinary. Jayanta’s journey is just one example of what you’re in for if you “go down the rabbit hole.”
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Do You Hate Something? Then Change Something.
With advertising asking us to love everything from laundry detergent to barbecue sauce, maybe “Love” ain’t what it used to be. But hate still has all it’s power.
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The Creative Career You’re Dreaming of is Much Closer Than You Can Imagine
Miami Ad School’s placement program is always hard at work matching grads with career opportunities. Here are a few of the most recent moves our grads have made.
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Jayanta Jenkins Redefines Twitter For Its Second Decade
Nailing down a brand image for something as complex and user-driven as Twitter is as tough a challenge as they come. See how grad Jayanta Jenkins is getting it done.
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How Do You Stand Out in a Crowd? Create Something New.
Want to make an impression and be remembered? Create something new for your audience.
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Your Job Placement Process Starts On Your Very First Day of School
In most schools, placement assistance is something that happens after graduation. Miami Ad School is different. Our placement process starts right away.
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Learn From Top Social Media Strategists This Summer in Atlanta
The Miami Ad School Atlanta Boot Camp for Social Media begins on July 5th. Here are some of the professionals who will be your mentors as your learn the ropes of your new Social Strategy career.
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Opera Singer, Circus Performer, Attorney: What Students Did Before They Found Miami Ad School
No matter where you start, you can find your way to becoming who you are meant to be. Opera in Ron's class? As a matter of fact, yes. For the aspiring Miami Ad School student, hearing about the success stories of our alumni can be a little intimidating. It’s easy to...
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Opera Singer, Circus Performer, Attorney: What Students Did Before They Found Miami Ad School
No matter where you start, you can find your way to becoming who you are meant to be. Opera in Ron's class? As a matter of fact, yes. For the aspiring Miami Ad School student, hearing about the success stories of our alumni can be a little intimidating. It’s easy to...
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Celebrating the Planner With the Biggest Heart: The Derek Parkin Scholarship
Dr. Derek Parkin, a medical doctor and microbiologist, believed that all of us have the capability to do amazing things. We can transform our world and impact the lives of people outside of our ordinary scope of influence if we only harness the power found in effective collaboration.
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You Don’t Know Any Victims of Police Brutality? Are You Sure?
Despite what we may think, the victims of police brutality are not statistics but real people who are closer to us than we might imagine.
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Are you prepared for your next job interview? Here are some questions to be ready for.
You’re as ready for that first job interview as you’re ever going to be, right? Well, maybe. Being prepared to answer these questions—from some of the top agencies—may just put you over the top.
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Copywrite Your Way to a Grammy Award
215mccann Executive Creative Director, Adam Reeves, on his journey from college to Miami Ad School to becoming one of the most-awarded creatives ever.
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Starting Salaries Are Going Up For Miami Ad School Grads
Starting salaries for creative careers are booming. In survey of recent Miami Ad School graduates—who receive job leads for life from Miami Ad School’s placement program—our grads reported exciting salary numbers that are clear evidence of the strong demand for our brand of creative thinkers in today’s job market.
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How To Be The New Hire Agencies Need
In the world of creative careers, competition is intense. There are tons of talented people looking for work or freelancing with amazing portfolios. How do you stack the deck in your favor when looking for that crucial first job?
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This Valentine’s Day—Have the Courage to Break Up
Many of us hold on and try to make it work—out of habit or fear—even though we know deep down that the magic is gone.
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9 Miami Ad School Grads Named to Business Insider’s 30 Most Creative Under 30
Business Insider’s yearly list of the 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 always features some of the most renowned young talent in the industry. This years’ list features nine Miami Ad School alumni, up from five in 2016.
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Donate Life America Shows Your Name Can Save Lives
We speak with Miami Ad School alumnus Senior Copywriter Soham Chatterjee and Associate Creative Director Doug Burnett, who provided insight into the background and strategy behind the “Your Life Saves” initiative.
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Bet On Yourself: Become Who You’re Meant To Be
Brig White, Miami Ad School art direction graduate and now a full-time film director on his career path and why he loves his job so much.
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38 Thousand Social Media Jobs Are on LinkedIn Right Now
Miami Ad School’s Boot Camp for Social Media starts in Wynwood April 3rd. The application deadline is February 27, 2016.
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Is Account Planning for You?
Miami Ad School Boot Camp for Account Planning mentor Jess Greenwood on what makes a good strategic planner.
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Miami Ad School Announces their First-Ever Minority Advertising Scholarship Winners
Meet Miami Ad School’s first group of Minority Advertising Scholarship winners
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Winter Quarter Deadline Is Only 6 Days Away and Counting!
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s winter quarter is November 28th. Time’s running out, apply now!
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The Deadline for the Winter Quarter Is Only 17 Days Away
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s winter quarter is November 28th. Best to get the process started now!
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A Powerful Symbol for Racial Harmony: ‘United Not Divided’
“United Not Divided,” a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, brings a plea for unity directly to the streets of America.
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‘I’m human. What are you?’
“I’m Human,” a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, asks a simple question. The answer reminds us that we have more in common than we often care to admit.
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The Strategic Stars of Account Planning are Coming to Miami
The Miami Ad School Boot Camp for Account Planning is back in Wynwood this January. Here are some of teachers that await aspiring planners like you.
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#AtThisAge: Because Some Children Are Not Allowed to Dream
#AtThisAge, a social media campaign by a Miami Ad School Team for Street Art for Mankind aims to increase awareness of the child labor problem.
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For a Zombie Art Director, It’s the Best Time of the Year
Miami Ad School art direction student Janneth Carolina Rodriguez is a self-taught special effects makeup artist. Learn about her new short film, Tinder.
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Take a Stand for Racial Harmony: Join the 1Nation Generation
Join 1 Nation Generation—a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative—and stand against a nation divided by racial lines.
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Maybe They’re Racist When They’re Hungry?
Snickering At Racists, A Finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, Takes the Fight to the Racists on Twitter, One Snarky Tweet At a Time. With the current state of race relations in our country, we need to take action where and when we can. Though we’d all love...
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Kick Start Your Career: The Boot Camp for Account Planning Is Back in Miami
The Boot Camp for Account Planning returns to Miami January 3, 2017. Get ready for a career-enhancing, life-changing experience.
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The Truth About Race in America, In One Word
In One Word, finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, exposes the truth about the African American experience though individual single-word contributions.
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$200,000 in Minority Advertising Scholarships
Miami Ad School launches the largest minority advertising scholarship program in the country! There has never been a better time to start your creative career. The industry is in crisis mode when it comes to minority involvement. Clients like Pepsi, General Mills and HP are demanding more diversity in their agencies.
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Does Misunderstanding Fuel Racism?
Color Conversations, a finalist in Miami Ad School’s Unity Initiative, takes on the misunderstandings and problems behind racial tensions in American society.
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Miami Ad School Industry Hero Speaker: Simon Hare
Artist and photographer Simon Hare will speak at Miami Ad School Wynwood Monday, October 3, 2016 @ 5:00 PM.
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Apply Now for $200,000 in Minority Advertising Scholarships
Miami Ad School announces $200,000 in tuition scholarships annually for minority applicants.
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Vote for Peace: Which Idea Can Help Heal The Racial Divide?
Miami Ad School students in each of our American locations were asked to use their creativity to help heal our divided nation. Vote for your favorite.
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How To Be The New Hire Agencies Need
Agencies are always on the lookout for new talent. Winning awards—like Miami Ad School students just did at the Clios—is a great way to get noticed. In the world of creative careers, competition is intense. There are tons of talented people looking for work or...
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Remember Yesterday, Live for Today: Miami Ad School Students Commemorate 9/11
On September 11 a group of Miami Ad School New York Students set out for the crosswalks surrounding Ground Zero to bring the city together.
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Wrecked Car Becomes Giant Emoji in Grad Effort for Sprint’s “DN’T TXT & DRIVE” Campaign
Miami Ad School graduates—and Alma team—Suhey Saldarriaga and Sheksa Ocasio make a bold safety statement with the “Last Emoji.”
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R/GA’s Connected Office An Ideal Home for Alumni Trio
Miami Ad School alums Katy Moseley, Zoë Lyle and Edward Miller found the perfect jobs for them at R/GA in New York City.
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Give Your Voice to Those Who Have Been Censored
Miami Ad School student interns and Ogilvy & Mather came up with an idea to team Amnesty International with Dubsmash to give supporters a new way to join the human rights organization’s global fight against censorship.
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Social Media Yard Sale Earns Grad Team a Titanium Lion
Miami Ad School graduates (and team at Deutsch NY) Erika Kohnen and Lauren Cooper win a Titanium Lion at Cannes for their “First Ever Pinterest Yard Sale” for Krylon.
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The Deadline To Start Your Creative Career Is Nearly Here
The application deadline for Miami Ad School’s upcoming fall quarter is August 29th. The new term starts Monday, October 3rd.
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A Small Agency That’s Poised For Big Things
Miami Ad School Alum Ryan Kutscher’s agency, Circus Maximus, is recognized with the Small Agency Campaign of the Year honor from Ad Age.
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Meet the (Newest) Most Awarded Student In the World
With 84 awards, Rajath Ramamurthy is the Miami Ad School Global Top Dog and the most-awarded student in the world.
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‘In advertising, you are only as good as your last ad.’ —CP+B CEO Andrew Keller
Miami Ad School Atlanta @ Portfolio Center Alum Andrew Keller has had a stellar career, rising to become the CEO of Crispin Porter + Bogusky and—late-breaking news—Global Creative Director of Facebook’s Creative Shop.
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Creativity for the Sake of Community
The Miami Ad School family harnesses the power of collective creativity to foster healing and change.
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On Second Thought, #PleaseTaseMeBro
In 2007 #DontTaseMeBro went viral and entered popular culture when a University of Florida student was tased by police officers at an academic forum. Flash forward to 2016 and the sad truth is we’d all gladly take a taser over a bullet.
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Social Media Milestones: The Miracle on the Hudson
Janis Krum’s tweet broke the news of US Airways flight 1549 water landing in New York’s Hudson River and beat the major news media.
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Graduates at Droga5 Bring Home a Lion
A Droga5 team of Miami Ad School graduates bring home a Lion from Cannes for their Solar Forecast work for NRG Energy.
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It’s Home Sweet Droga5 for this Swedish Miami Ad School Team
A pair of Swedish BFFs go to Miami Ad School New York to make their Droga5 dreams come true.
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From Photographer to Film Producer: An Artist’s Journey
Miami Ad School Digital Photography & Video graduate Silvia Mazabel on her development as an artist and a businessperson.
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20 Things You May Not Know About Being a Copywriter
Award-winning creative and Miami Ad School Graduate, Soham Chatterjee, reveals the mysterious, peculiar life of a copywriter.
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Graphic Designers Make the World a More Beautiful Place
Graphic designers transform the ordinary into the striking, the boring into the fascinating and make complicated things seem simple.
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With a Name Like Fucksicles, It Has to Be Good
Miami Ad School graphic design grad John Tommervik publishes new Swear Word Adult Coloring Book Fucksicles.
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What Students Did Before and After Miami Ad School
Miami Ad School students have done all sorts of jobs before they found that a creative career was the right fit for them.
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Live on Facebook: Get a taste of the Miami Ad School Experience
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our ongoing Facebook Live broadcasts give you a peek.
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Our Next Round of Speakers on Facebook Live
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our ongoing Facebook Live broadcasts will give an inside view.
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Network and Explore Your Creativity!
Miami Ad School Wynwood is hosting Creative G.L.U.E, an engaging networking experience, that demonstrates and celebrates creativity.
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See Inside Miami Ad School on Facebook Live
Miami Ad School is the most awarded institution of its kind. But what’s it like to be a student? Our new Facebook Live broadcasts will give an inside view.
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How Far You Go Is Up to You
Miami Ad School graduates can be found working at all levels in the industry. Here are the trajectories of three alumni who’ve gone a long way.
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12 Weeks Changed My Life: Three Account Planning Boot Camp Grads on Their Experience
Three alumni of Miami Ad School’s Bootcamp for Account Planning—in Miami, New York and San Francisco—on how their lives were changed in just 12 weeks.
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Make Your Vote Count: Miami Ad School Grad Saves Lives With Creativity
Vanessa & Jon’s branding work at gyro: New York for Bennison is helping reduce infant mortality rates in Africa.
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What Is It Like to Work at Facebook?
“What I like most about Facebook is that everything has a purpose. That’s why I know I’m in the right place for me.”
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Be Inspired in Miami! Come See Industry Professionals Grace Our Stage Every Week
Creatives influencers are back at Miami Ad School Wynwood for the spring quarter; a free series of heroes sharing wisdom and connecting with up-and-coming talent.
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From Accounting Clerk to Interactive Designer
My career change allowed me to escape a mundane cubicle-dwelling, number-crunching existence and go to a world filled with colorful and diverse experiences.
read moreEnergy BBDO’s New Chief Creative Officer is a Miami Ad School Grad
Art Director Andrés Ordóñez graduated in 2000 with a killer book and some international experience, having been one of the first to spend a quarter away interning in London. He was a talent on the cusp of greatness.
read moreHow Miami Ad School Students Used Instagram’s Virtual Change to Make a Real Difference
Students Rajath Ramamurthy, Tanvi Tandon, Liudmila Kulibaba and Shashank Hariharan seized the opportunity to highlight the athleticism of Paralympians, and how they’re every bit as deserving of glory as their able-bodied counterparts.
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My First Week as an Account Planning Student at Miami Ad School
We were a diverse class of world perspectives and experiences from Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Puerto Rico, India, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Israel, Japan and the U.S. As we wrapped up week one and quickly kicked off week two, I was amazed at how fast the week flew by and how much we had already experienced, learned and done.
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Miami Ad School and Portfolio Center Impress in Graphis New Talent Annual
Miami Ad School and Portfolio Center proved the benefits of collaboration with a stellar showing in the 2016 Graphis New Talent Annual, with Portfolio Center students winning over five times as many awards as last year.
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Smartphone Photography – The Hottest Tool in Content Creation
Who would have dreamed that the smartphone would become the camera of choice for advertising agencies. (Thank you Steve Jobs for your vision!) The smartphone’s small size, attachable lenses and editing and photo-manipulation apps make it an amazing production tool.
Great News! Advertising Jobs Are at Their Highest Level Since 2001. Here’s Why:
With the boom of social media, brands need content for all the different platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope, SnapChat…) The demand for content for social media has created a whole new discipline called content creation. Content creation is the hottest and fastest growing area of the business and one of the reasons advertising jobs are at their highest level since 2001 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Six Miami Ad School Graduates Named to The 30 Most Creative Under 30
Business Insiders’ List of the 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 has consistently featured young creatives that are on the cusp of becoming huge names in the industry. This years list features five Miami Ad School grads.
read more#HelpKenyaNotKanye
On Friday, February 19th, helpkenyanotkanye.com went live. Gabriel, a Miami Ad School grad, tweeted it to media outlets and influencers and, slowly, the buzz began to build.
read moreAwesome Social Media Experts to Teach at Miami Ad School
The April 4, 2016 start of the Boot Camp for Social Media in Miami is just around the corner! The boot camp’s mentors are all social media experts from top agencies and platforms. They will be here for one reason: to prepare you to do the work and get your heart’s desire—a career in the ever-changing field of social media.
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Are You an Art Director? Here is a Trick to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
“We found a way to get our creativity flowing and had a blast doing it. We were working but also having fun. It actually made the work we were doing for our clients better.” Art direction graduate, Freddy Jana, now Creative Director at Ogilvy shows what he does to warm up his creativity.
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From Wall Street to Miami Ad School, Then Jobs at MTV, Yahoo and Now His First Feature Film, Stretch and Bobbito
When he was growing up art had been an important part of Omar Acosta’s life but he never thought he could earn a living in a creative career. Omar felt he needed to be more conventional so he started out as a stockbroker trainee. While the year-long, Wall Street job served as a boot camp in business education, it also made Omar realize how important it is to do something with your life that you love.
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Just Kick, Laugh and Hold On
The newest addition to the crazee Miami Ad School Wynwood campus is lots of fun for everyone: seasoned soccer players from Real Madrid pros to hapless grandmothers on walkers. Talent is completely un-necessary; knowledge of the game is also un-necessary. All you do is kick and laugh and hold on.
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SUPER BOWL 50: Which Brands Scored? Which Fumbled? You Make the Call.
Miami Ad School is throwing a Super Bowl party and hosting The 3% Conference Tweetup. Real-time feedback from women at the party and across America on their attitudes toward the 2016 Super Bowl commercials will show which spots connect with women. Super Bowl spots that appeal to women have the best return on investment, because women buy products and share on social media in greater numbers than men on Super Bowl Sunday.
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Take Control of Your Career. Become Who You’re Meant to Be.
At Miami Ad School, from the day you start, you learn by doing. This video, created by three, first-quarter students, is an example of that philosophy. The project, part of their Video Storytelling course, was “Why Miami Ad School?”. The finished two-minute video, a collection of interviews of students and staff and footage of the school, tells the reason “why”. In the process of telling their story the students learned to shoot, light, direct and edit.
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Tastes Like Chicken
All of Miami Ad School’s locations are very dog-friendly places (as are many ad agencies, design firms and companies like Google). Students, instructors and staff are welcome to bring their dogs. The school’s founders bring their dogs, currently three, to school everyday. When the dogs aren’t in class or playing ball they hang out in Ron and Pippa’s offices. Lately the newest school mascot, a Doberwoman, has been very busy redecorating. Read the story of the accidental mascot
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My First Impression Was That This Place Would Be My Saving Grace
My first impression was that this place would be my saving grace. You see, I had just been offered a starter job. In insurance. It was about the most horrifyingly bleak and boring prospect you can imagine. Grasping at straws, I asked my parents for the chance to tour Miami Ad School. There it was exactly the opposite. With its murals and fluorescent pink walls, I could tell that this was like no school I’d been to before.
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Regular Holiday Gift Wrap is soooo 2015
Gift Wrap My Face has solved the problem of boring wrapping paper across the world!
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Having a Hard Time Deciding on Your Career?
If you can’t decide what career is right for you it’s very likely you’ll thrive, grow, bloom and even flourish in a creative career in advertising, design, social media or content creation because these fields incorporate a little of everything: creativity, business, innovation, story-telling, technology, photography, psychology…
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Portfolio Center and Miami Ad School are Actually Siblings
“We remember our “first times” more than any other. In a sense Portfolio Center was my first kiss: I was young, dumb and very lucky but the kiss was sweet and unforgettable. What a gift to my life to be back where it all started.”
– Ron Seichrist, Founder of Portfolio Center & Miami Ad School
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Miami Ad School is the Harvard of Brand Creativity
Erik Saelens, Founder of Brandhome, and a large portion of his Antwerp, Belgium based creative team came to work with Miami Ad School’s Innovation Lab. The Brandhome team spent a week coaching the students as they concepted and developed campaigns for 11 briefs. Watch the creative process at work in the Innovation Lab!
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He is the Most Awarded Student in the World
This year Soham Chatterjee is the most awarded student in the world. His copywriting skills have won him 79 national and international awards. Here he shares his thoughts on winning, working and advice for future creatives.
read moreNike, Beats by Dre, Makerbot and Now Miami Ad School All Benefit From His Big Brain
“Miami Ad School teaches people how to think creatively. There’s nothing else in the world quite like this school which is why the placement rate for grads is close to 100%. I believe Miami Ad School is a critical part of the educational ecosystem for agencies and I want to contribute.” – Barry Wacksman
read moreAre You a Promising Strategist Who Could Use $1,500?
The Pick of the Litter Competition recognizes genius account planning strategy. Present your award-winning work at the 4A’s Strategy Festival October 4th!
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Are Models Really as Bad as People Say?
Yachin has worked with J Crew, MCM, Milo Tricot, Maggie Jeans, WEB Denim and is a regular contributor for Essence Magazine. Find out the one unexpected skill he honed that led to his success.
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Are You as Funny as Droga5, Ogilvy and TBWA?
Everyone in the industry has heard of Cannes Lions but have you heard of Dannes Lions? Dannes Lions recognizes the top 100 agencies with this prestigious award for the funniest campaigns. Are you funny enough?
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Pharrel Williams Made Me Happy, Happy, Happy but Cindy Gallop, Wendy Clark, Piera Gelardi and Jessica Walsh Inspired Me
The best advice I received was from Mark D’Arcy, VP, Chief Creative Officer of Facebook Creative Shop. He said, “If you can’t find your perfect role in an agency go and create your own, change the game and make it yours.” Hear more inspiring bits of wisdom from the brightest minds at the Cannes Lion Festival.
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Advertising Needs You, Especially If You’re Black, Brown, Pink or Rainbow
That’s not Ron. (He doesn’t look that good in a dress.) That’s Pippa Seichrist, his wife and cofounder of Miami Ad School. She accepted the award on his behalf at the American Advertising Federation award show in Las Vegas. Find out the unlikely person who changed Ron’s life forever and how Ron has paid it forward ever since.
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I Created a Company in 54 Hours
Never eat alone again. Breakin’ Bread, a new app, takes those uncomfortable meals by yourself and turns them into a time of sharing and creativity.
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France? Who Has the Time?
Want the scoop on who to follow? Who’s attending? We did too!
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It’s Just Like the Cannes Film Festival but Instead of Brad Pitt, Dave Droga Will Be There
Dave Droga is one of the hottest creatives in the world. While he is pretty darn cute, what makes him so hot is his creative mind and the work he and his ad agency, Droga5, creates. Later this month many of the world’s top art directors, copywriters, designers, strategists and developers will be in France for the Cannes Lions’ festival. (It’s like the Cannes Film Festival but instead of the best movies, the Cannes Lions’ festival recognizes the power of creativity and celebrates the people shaping the future of creative brand communications.) Maddy Kramer, Miami Ad School graduate and Interactive Art Director at Latin Works, will be there too as part of See It Be It. Only 12 women creatives from all over the world were selected!
read moreHe Made Mattel, 20th Century Fox and Saatchi More Creative. Now It Is Your Turn.
Students at Miami Ad School select their creative careers with advice and coaching from hundreds of brilliant, creative people. They have the jobs you dream of and teach you the skills you need to be hired in their companies. riCardo (That is not a typo, he spells his name that way) has had the coolest jobs. Hear the career advice he gave our students. It’s the kind of career advice Miami Ad School students get everyday.
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Do You Know Which Advertising Agency Has Hired the Most Miami Ad School Students?
748 OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ART DIRECTORS, COPYWRITERS, STRATEGISTS AND DESIGNERS AT THIS TOP AGENCY. Last week I was at the New York Festivals award show and hung out with a big group of our graduates. (Twenty-two of them won advertising awards that night.) Seeing...
read moreHow Do You Come Up With Extraordinary Ideas?
THE BEST IDEAS DO ONE OF THREE THINGS. In today's innovation economy people are swamped with media, ideas and noise. How do we create ideas that will stand out? Hear Pippa Seichrist, Co-Founder of Miami Ad School and Head of Development and Innovation, in an interview...
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How I Got the Chance to Work on a Hip Hop Documentary
Having Miami Ad School as a common link helped me land my first job in the film industry faster than I ever dreamed.
read moreTop 10 Recruiter Tips for a Creative Portfolio
The Creative Recruiters from Saatchi & Saatchi and VML have been big supporters of Miami Ad School for many years. They always attend our New York Portfolio Reviews to meet with our recent graduates. A couple of weeks ago we invited them to the school to give the students advice how to build a better school portfolio. Here are their top 10 portfolio tips.
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First Day of School-Last Day of Boring
Miami Ad School is the best way to start a creative career in advertising. You’re trained by industry pros who inspire you to climb higher.
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A Grand Clio & Kisses
Creating award-winning ideas is one way to get the attention of potential employers. Miami Ad School students are the most awarded in the world.
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Student Housing Just Became as Simple as Finding a Starbucks
Student subletting and housing will never be the same. We’re all too familiar with how difficult it can be to find housing when moving to different campuses or attending internships in other cities. Miami Ad School is excited to introduce The Network.
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What If Advertising Agencies Were Ice Cream Flavors?
Ice cream sounds a whole lot better when it involves design and a good spoof.
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Master’s Program Students at Miami Ad School and FIU Help Florida Farmers with Social Media
“Miami Ad School provides an environment where students are constantly challenged to think creatively while FIU provides a analytical backdrop to help students make informed decisions based on the client brief. It’s really the best of both worlds.”
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Play SCORE and Date the Smart Way
TWO MIAMI AD SCHOOL GRADS CREATE SCORE, A MOBILE DATING APP THAT IS THE ULTIMATE ICEBREAKER. “When we date these days it's not our chances which are keeping us apart, it’s the way that we take those chances. We pick a date with our eyes closed and our fingers crossed....
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NETWORK, GET INSPIRED & HAVE FUN Miami Ad School locations around the world host tons of events. You’re invited! Hear a talk on creativity, UX, or innovation given by one of our friends from companies including Facebook, Google and UNICEF to agencies like R/GA,...
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Miami Ad School “Now in PINK”
THIRTEEN INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS STREET ARTISTS CELEBRATE THE SCHOOL'S GRAND OPENING WITH THEIR SPRAY PAINT AND CREATIVE VISION. Miami Ad School’s new location is a creative playground for the mind. It took two years to transform two dilapidated warehouses on the upper...
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Meet two more of the world-famous street artists painting the School during Art Basel.
SHERYO & THE YOK PAINTED THE INSIDE OF MIAMI AD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. NOW THEIR SIGNATURE RED, WHITE AND BLACK CREATURES ARE COMING TO MIAMI. "In the lobby at Miami Ad School's New York location the pair painted a giant slice of pizza that's wearing a mask...
read moreAdvertising students at San Jose State University get a Taste of Miami Ad School.
SESSIONS, BEAMED LIVE FROM MIAMI, OFFER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS A TASTE OF THE PROJECTS STUDENTS AT MIAMI AD SCHOOL'S LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ARE IMMERSED IN. The Spartan's first Taste of Miami Ad School was a selection from the course, Voice of Type, presented by...
read moreA childhood memory inspired Jim Winters to reinvent the rotosphere. A chance meeting at an art festival gave this rotosphere a home at Miami Ad School in Wynwood.
AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM WINTERS, NEON ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF BULLDOG NEON. PS: What made you want to build a rotosphere? JW: A gentleman named Warren Milks, an outstanding engineer, former Marine and neon-sign guy, built his original version of the rotosphere in 1960....
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Street Artist, Kislow, returns with his spray cans to paint Miami Ad School’s Wynwood walls.
COME FOR A TOUR, SEE HIS WORK AND ON DEC. 5 GET A LESSON IN THE ART OF AEROSOL. Almost a year ago, during Art Basel 2013, we hosted a talented street-artist from Crimea who painted on one of our walls, a mural that represents the migration process of creative minds....
read moreMiami Ad School invites a dozen, internationally-famous street artists to use the school’s magenta walls as their canvas.
GET TO KNOW THE ARTISTS WHO ARE COMING TO CREATE WITH US Featured artist: Louis Masai from The United Kingdom “My subject matter focuses on animals. In my series, Last of My Kind, I document critically endangered birds with references to extinct musicians. The idea...
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Halloween MAS Murder Party
PUT ON YOUR SCARIEST FACE AND COME PARTY WITH US. On Friday, Oct 31 from 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM, we will have our first big party at the new Miami Ad School Wynwood location, and we want you to come and celebrate with us this milestone. At our, impossible-to-miss bright...
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Miami Ad School’s New Wynwood Location
TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO WE OPENED THE FIRST LOCATION IN MIAMI WITH SIX STUDENTS, TODAY WE HAVE 14 LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. Believing that environment is critical to learning and creativity, Ron and Pippa Seichrist, the founders of Miami Ad School, decided to rethink...
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Aleksey Kislow, Ukrainian Street Artist, Is Back In Miami
HE REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT IN CRIMEA WHILE HE PAINTS A MURAL IN WYNWOOD Aleksey Kislow is a surrealist street artist who was born in Kiev. He now lives in Sevastopol in Crimea and is experiencing the chaos firsthand. A month ago he was Ukrainian, now, he is Russian....
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