Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd

An end of the year Episode with the students on their last day of School at Mohawk College: Christina Pisano, Cristina Palmer, Lin Alrejleh, Logan Ashworth and John-David Mccann chat about their 3 years in the program, and leave valuable tips on creativity, strategy and craft for our future students.

Meg Button, Co-Founder, Nuscreen Inc. and Mohawk Class of 06, chat with 3rd Year Student Christina Pisano on her carrer, Entrepreneurship in the industry and the future of Advertising nowadays. And course, tips for Ad Students on interviewing and portfolio and desirable skills. https://nuscreeninc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mohawkadwork/?hl=en .

It was great to chat with Jonathon Ciordas, Associate Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Canada and Mohawk College Advertising Graduate (Class of 2012) as he describes his adventures in the Ad World and the working with clients like Toyota, Crispers, Buckley's, Fallsview Casino and the Ontario Goverment. Check his Portfolio at jonathonciordas.com. Oh...also tons of advice for Ad Students.

Mohawk Ad Grad Chenice Piercy describe her carreer on some of the Big Agencies and clients in Canada, before landing at Angry Butterfly, where she's now ACD. Also on this chat, a conversations about important facts on a student Portfolio. Guest on this podcast is 2nd year Student Maggie Matian.

Eric Cicero, Mohawk Ad Class of 2011, will describe in details the workflow to clients like Canadian Olympic Committee, NFL, New York Fries and Nissan, and his transition to Client side. We also have current student Estevan Ferrari, asking questions on Portfolio, interview tips and networking.

Amanda Kitchen describe how is the path from intern to ECD since graduation from Mohawk College Advertising Program in 2009. Also in this episode, we have the launch of our new format: One current student will participate in the recording asking their own question, Amaris Branco, 3rd year Mohawk Ad creative is our first guest. Enjoy!

Welcome to season 3, this time we're bringing some changes in our format (coming soon) For the start of#3, Devin Bruun, class of 2017 will put his career path on the record, giving all the goodies to get into the industry, during good and bad times.

Steve St. Jean (Class of 2008) is not someone who likes the status quo, he's always searching for a new way to do and promote things in the Industry, with lots of flair. We also chatted on his career as Creative Director, Photographer and Creativity overall. This is the last Episode of season 2. See you all in September for Season 3.

Ryan Chiasson Associate Creative Director at Ogilvy Toronto and Mohawk Class of 2011 is here. One of the most passionate grad from our program and the work shows it, I'd the pleasure to have this chat on how to navigate the Creative landscape. Tons of tips for the students too, as always.

John Kokoski, Senior Art Director at Klick and MohawkAd Class of 2015 talks on working at TBWA, Publicis and Down Under in Australia and how it transformed the way he thinks creatively.

From Saatchi & Saatchi to Grey Canada and being an Entrepreneur, based on how an idea leads to another, sometimes by accident, another times by hard work. Class of 2015 Cory Hansen tells his story.

Product Designer, Typographer, Graphic Designer. Photographer, Illustrator, Art Director and UI/UX Specialist, there are not enough qualities to describe the talent of Mohawk AD Program Class of 2009 Marie Rupolo. Working with clients like Budweiser and NBA are in her extensive list of work, that also mix with a passion for Music Art. Tons of tips for current students.

Lucyed Hernandez, Art Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo, Mohawk Advertising Class of 2012, describe the great logistics on starting a family and be a Creative talent at the same time.

Jordan Dunlop provides more advertising magic than Harry Potter in England, but the path wasn't easy, lots of work, sweat and pain to develop the craft of his creativity spells. This class of 2011 Grad from our Ad Program is now the Creative Director at Anomaly in London, England. Enjoy.

Brianne Collins (Class of 2016) and Copywriter at Anomaly - Show and tell her tales at Mohawk, working with the Toronto Raptors, doing penguins for CIBC and working with Canadian Tire among other magical powers in copywriting.

Natalie Mathers has so much wisdom and inspiration on her creative work and career path. From the Mohawk College Advertising Program days, work on Agencies like Anomaly, Leo Burnett, Public and Cossete until being an ACD at John Street today. You can see her work at heyitsnat.com.

In this first episode of Season 2, we had a nice conversation with Justin Turco, MohawkAD Graduate from 2013, who is now the ACD for Union Creative Toronto. I also want to thank Abner Cestari for the now ending music for the podcast, and the new intro, created by Jesse Bout (also an Alumni from the program).

We conclude the Season 1 of Raf's Cast with the one and only Copywriter Wizard, Coffee Barista (Expresso King) and Portfolio Faculty at Mohawk College: Jef Petrossi.

MohawkAd Alumni Hussein tells his story: from high-school, Mohawk College, Young Ones Pitch Competition top 3 (twice) and the culmination at FCB Canada as an Art Director.

MohawkAd Alumni Emmanuel Torres was an Art Director Wizard since the first day he walked into our program. Excellence as a student was always his motto, without losing grace and being humble. His career from Leo Burnett to Union Advertising has tons of nice stories and specially tips for Ad Students.

Alumni (Class of 2011) Matt Camara talks Film Photography, Art Direction and Creative Insights during his Professional life, besides mementos from the Mohawk College's Ad Program.

Bill Schaefer, MohawkAd Alumni (Class of 2007) on his mindset, client work, student advice and career path until becoming ACD at Mccann Canada.

Alumni and Copywriter Adam McDade on how to keep your creative writing fresh working in abroad in Scotland and in different size Agencies in Canada.

For the second half of our Premiere Season, we are starting with an extensive conversation about creative writing with Senior Copywriter from Fuse Creative and MohawkAd Alumni (Class of 2012) Darren Marranca.

To finish the first half for Season 1 - MohawkAd Alumni Stephen Sandian, Senior Art Director at Klick Health talks on how he developed his maturity as a professional since the day he was an Ad Student.