Award-Winning Student Work

HOW I FOUND A CAREER I LOVE AT MIAMI AD SCHOOL. At 29, I thought I had life figured out. I was a vice president of an international bank in Panama, my country. I had my music on almost every single radio station. I was living a pretty decent life. While on a trip to […]

A FIRST QUARTER ASSIGNMENT BROUGHT TO LIFE CHARACTERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD. When you begin your first class at Miami Ad School your goal is to create something that you want to share and add to your portfolio. The Idea Presentation course is the beginning of your creative journey. Superstar instructor, Kim Capron Gonzalez, helps students […]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A CREATIVE NEW WORLD BY FIRST QUARTER ART DIRECTION STUDENT, MARTINA SOLAKOVA. Twelve hour flight. Landed. Queues everywhere. Insane. Immigration authorities. Check. Finally through. Small miracle. A hundred dollars for a taxi. Priceless. Keys to my new apartment. In my country for the cost of rent here I could have a big house, […]

SEE THE OUTSTANDING IDEAS THAT OUR ART DIRECTION AND COPYWRITING GRADS CREATED THAT MADE THEM FAMOUS SO EARLY IN THEIR ADVERTISING CAREERS. Each year Business Insider names The 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30. This year three Miami Ad School graduates were named the advertising industry leaders of the future. (#7) Sam Shepherd, […]

WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY INSTRUCTOR, CHRISTOPHER OWENS, BRAND PLANNING DIRECTOR AT THE RICHARDS GROUP. Christopher Owens (MAS grad 1999), Brand Planning Group Head, and Alicia Fisher Damiano, (MAS grad 2009) Brand Planning Director at The Richards Group in Dallas, flew in last Friday to spend three full, information packed, days with the Account Planning Boot Camp students. Enthusiastic, […]

HERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT HELPED ME FIND MY WAY For the four years after college I tried five different careers: Premed Student. Clinical Researcher. Marketer. Photographer. Third Grade Teacher. While I was good at all of them, none were right for me. Choosing a career path wasn’t easy for me. It isn’t easy […]

IT TOOK ACING A STATISTICS TEST TO MAKE ME REALIZE I WANTED TO BE IN ADVERTISING. On my final exam in statistics, next to the 97% written at the top of the page, my college professor had scrawled in red ball point pen, “See me after class!” I was worried he thought I had cheated. Instead of […]

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU? We partnered with NUVI to build a Social Media Command Center at Miami Ad School. All students that study social media will learn how to conduct real-time social intelligence for brands. NUVI is a platform that shows you who’s talking, what they are saying and where the conversations are happening. […]