Careers in design management

Become a design director. Become a brand manager. Become an experience designer. Design management students have joined forces with industry leaders including Citrix, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Fisher-Price, Johnson Controls and other Fortune 500 companies to design solutions for real-world problems. Graduates of the design management program stand poised to infuse design thinking into the business strategies of organizations ranging from magazines to television networks.

Launch your career as a professional:

  • Chief innovation officer
  • Design manager/director
  • UX manager/strategist

And get recruited and hired by the best of the best:

  • Apple
  • Microsoft
  • EY
  • American Greetings
  • Synchrony
  • Deloitte
  • Truist
  • Energy
  • BBDO
  • frog
  • Gensler
  • Reebok
  • IBM
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Fast Company
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Turn your passion into your profession

At SCAD, you'll learn to thrive in an industry that requires acute technical skills, fresh creative vision and a knack for working with others. Discover your calling through The University for Creative Careers.

SCAD will see you to success

SCAD supports its students from first classes to graduation and beyond. Throughout their SCAD journey and professional path, the SCAD office for career and alumni success (CAS) offers students and graduates an array of career-building services:

  • Résumé development
  • Portfolio building
  • Mock interviews
  • Self-promotion
  • Assistance finding internships and employment opportunities

With its preeminent instruction, professional guidance, and one-on-one career advising, SCAD will help you launch your creative career to new heights

Design management degrees