Our 13th graduating quarter definitely does. When you like who you’re working with and you’re loose and you’re silly, you’re gonna have fun. And when you’re having fun it should be no surprise that the work you’re making will be fun, too. This group reminded us week in, week out why we do what we do here at DAD, and for that we’ll always remember them. Mark Twain once said that if you enjoy what you do for a living then you’ll never have to work a day in your life… so we wish our Q13 a long and happy career of not working.

Bella Borenstein

ART DIRECTOR

Jessie Lynch

ART DIRECTOR

Pablo Rodriguez

COPYWRITER

Colee Whitacre

COPYWRITER

Kelly Kemp

ART DIRECTOR

Alec Fisette

ART DIRECTOR

Hailey Howard

ART DIRECTOR

Abby Smudsky

COPYWRITER

Gabrielle Joyce

ART DIRECTOR

Christine Tawfik

COPYWRITER

Potential is an easy thing to waste. It’s a certain brand of destiny that’s hoisted upon you, but after it feeds your ego it leaves you with the heavy weight of expectation. Because in the end it’s on you, and solely you, to follow through on their expectations. To either turn that potential into something great or disappoint everyone who had the audacity to believe in you. As you can guess, our 12th graduating quarter came in with a lot of potential. They had the raw talent, the drive to succeed, and our expectations were high from the jump. And in the end they took the presumptive praise that fell into their laps and followed through with a finish that’s all theirs to enjoy.

Malia Athanasiou

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ Droga5

Jamie Sullivan

ART DIRECTOR

Emma Rabius

STRATEGIST

Sam Podolsky

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Arnold

Julia Hancock

ART DIRECTOR

Liz Roper

COPYWRITER

Dani Farkash

ART DIRECTOR

Julia Ordog

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Chiat/Day

Ethan Jone

STRATEGIST

Kevin McGuire

COPYWRITER

Candise Duhaney

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Havas

Hannah Rawitscher

ART DIRECTOR

Sarah Painter

ART DIRECTOR

Alyssa Mihalik

COPYWRITER

Hired @ The Martin Agency

Every now and then you need a group to come in and tell convention to get bent. Our eleventh graduating quarter did just that by doing everything, as in, every job, all at once. Copywriters doubled as designers. Art directors acted as writers. They worked as video editors, fashion designers, and AI artists. After years of telling our students they could do anything, guess Q11 finally proved us right.

Andrew Barnes

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Crystal Imah

ART DIRECTOR

Kemi Jibowu

ART DIRECTOR

Rachel Taylor

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ David & Goliath

Noah Wehr

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Humanaut

Tyler Long

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Campbell Ewald

Ben Klein

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ Cactus

Sean Shapiro

COPYWRITER

Emily Oaks Fisher

ART DIRECTOR

Matt Scherber

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Hill Holliday

From the beginning, our tenth graduating quarter set out to forge their own trails. They did what they wanted how they wanted, and as a result the work they created was something only they could’ve done. Our Q10 established their own set of rules and challenged everyone else to get on board or be left behind – and in the end the boldness of their campaigns backed that up. So get in, losers, we’re going wherever Q10 wants to go.

Annie Blasberg

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ Gus

Dana Gross

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Pereira O'Dell

Alexi Pruneda

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ Saatchi & Saatchi NY

Dan Torres

ART DIRECTOR

Hired @ Motive

Blair Astrop

ART DIRECTOR

Claire Krantz

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Fact & Fiction

Cole Kugler

ART DIRECTOR

Josh Kim

COPYWRITER

Hired @ Saatchi & Saatchi NY

Andy Frank

COPYWRITER

Hired @ McKinney LA

Maggie Lynn Held

ART DIRECTOR