Who Works Hard for the Money? She does.

On Wednesday, July 22 at Arnold Worldwide in NYC, female MAIP fellows and alumni will come together for an open conversation about managing their money like a boss, salary negotiations, investing in their 401K, and much more.  

Created and launched by Neisha Tweed, #MAIPalum and Creative Strategist at Facebook, the platform has empowered the future female leaders of the advertising & media industry.  Below is just some feedback from last year's attendees:

"It was the most candid seminar ever. It was great to hear from the people who were once in the same situation as me and other MAIPers. I could learn the hardships that I need to go through as a woman in color in the advertising industry as well as the advices to go through them as wise as possible. I could never hear things like this anywhere than this seminar."

"The speakers were amazing. They weren't just insightful with their experiences, but they were also very entertaining and interesting."

This year's panel features:

• Piper Hickman: Creative Director, Freelance
• Christena Pyle: Director at the ADCOLOR Awards & Industry Conference; Diversity & Inclusion Supervisor at Omnicom Group; and MAIP Alumni Association Executive Council Member (c/o 2007).
• Genevieve Robles: HR + Talent Associate at The Barbarian Group
• Khara Wagner: Group Account Director at TBWA/Chiat Day
   

Interested in attending?  RSVP here to reserve your spot.

#MAIP2015 Orientation - Take 2

Midtown, Jordan's, a little bit of work and a whole lot of fun. 

The second day of orientation brought together the MAIP fellows (in-person and virtual);  Wieden + Kennedy agency executives; multimedia artist, MeLo-X; and several high-school students from the Manhattan Early College School for Advertising and Media (MECA). 

MAIP Fellows - NYC and USA - were briefed on their summer project by the WK team and learned a bit about personal branding + partnership from MeLo-X. 

The day ended with a quick b-ball game with several MAIP fellows and high school students outfitted in Jordan gear, promoting teamwork and collaboration on & off the courts. 

Check out some highlights of the day below!

And...the 2015 MAIP NYC Fellows Are Here!

On Thursday, June 4, the 4A's welcomed over 80+ #MAIP2015 NYC fellows at the annual orientation.  This marked the first time all the NYC fellows were together in one location.  Needless to say, the energy was high and excitement apparent. 

The first day of orientation launched with a series of talks and workshops, focusing on topics such as the future of social and understanding your personal strengths to optimize work-performance. Over the course of the day, fellows had an opportunity to hear from leading industry executives, such as: 

• Singleton Beato, EVP, Talent, 4A's
• Peter Fasano, Managing Director, Social@Ogilvy
• Nancy Hill, President-CEO, 4A's
• Richard Johnson, VP, Talent Development, Horizon Media.   
• Mollie Rosen, EVP, Agency Relations & Membership, 4A's

The purpose? To best prepare the fellows for the most impactful summer.

The day concluded with an evening reception at Horizon Media and brought together over 150 industry executives, MAIP mentors, alumni, and fellows. 

Check out the video and photo below.

Google collaborates with MAIP and creates ADBYTE

Collaboration is essential to developing innovative business solutions led by talented professionals. Fueling an appetite to learn how to utilize relevant tech tools applicable to the advertising industry, Google, the 4A's, and MAIP have joined together to create a one-day immersion program, AdByte. 

The program will offer motivated MAIP alumni with one to four years of industry experience the opportunity to gain insight into Google's technology and best practices to leverage these tools within their advertising positions.

Consisting of a product-based curriculum focused on Google’s advertising operations, AdByte will include an overview of Search, Display & Video products (including AdWords, DoubleClick and YouTube). The essence of the AdByte program is for participants to compete in a real case scenario, where MAIP Alumni will develop a 4A’s member advertising agency’s pro-bono client digital campaign, with the goal to execute the campaign in the future.

The pilot program is October, 28th 2013 at the Google Headquaters

MAIP Alumnus, Juan Carlos Pagan makes Adweek's Hot List

Juan Carlos Pagan, 2005 MAIP Alum
Head of Design, DDB

Juan Carlos Pagan is a Designer, Art Director and Typographer living in New York City. In 2006 he received his B.F.A in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design. He completed his studies in 2011 as part of the inaugural class of Type@Cooper, the postgraduate typeface design certification program at The Cooper Union. Previously employed at G2 Worldwide and MTV, Juan is currently the Head of Design at DDB New York and a Partner at the Brooklyn based type foundry Pagan & Sharp. At DDB Juan oversees the team that handles the design work for clients including The New York Lottery, Hertz, New York City Ballet, The Art Directors Club, Reebok, and Water Is Life. His work as been recognized by The Art Directors Club, The One Club, The Clios, The Type Directors Club, D&AD, Print Magazine, Communication Arts Magazine, Computer Arts Magazine, How Magazine, Slanted Magazine, and Luerzer's Archive Magazine. In 2011 & 2012 he received both bronze and silver bullets from Young Guns International, and was named a "Creative You Should Know" by Creativity Online and AdAge. In 2013 AdWeek listed Juan as one of the top 100 creatives in the world.

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