[re]IMAGINE
CREATIVE ECONOMY JOBS + OPPORTUNITY
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL CREATIVE ECONOMY EXISTS IN THE IDEAS AND IMAGINATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY.
Youth creativity is currency.
[re]IMAGINE® is our creative workforce development program designed to inspire innovative thinking, prepare young people for professional careers and cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit among youth through the power of branding and design.
This 10-week, cohort-model, work-based learning program provides technical education and industry standard skills training that prepare youth ages 16-24 for creative career and entrepreneurial opportunities in the brand strategy and design space. Participants engage in a progressive set of project-based learning experiences that help them build adaptive design and critical thinking skills to form creative, innovative strategies and solutions to tackle modern business, economic and entrepreneurial challenges that people and communities face today worldwide.
As a University of California approved program, participants earn post-secondary credit as well as a certificate of completion through UCSD Extended Studies to boost their employability while benefitting from a dynamic, community-based ecosystem of learning powered by real creative industry experts and professionals committed to strengthening local economies, driving social change and empowering young people in ways that champion culture, creativity and imagination.
PROGRAM EFFECTS
Internships + Career Readiness Opportunities
We’re shaping a future where innovation and creative expression drive professional success for young people. Our program provides youth with high-quality work-based learning experience, career-readiness tools, certification and internship opportunities that immediately prepares them for jobs and success in our global, 21st century creative economy.
Industry Standard Skilling + Process Education
Building proficiency + industry-recognized skills is at the heart of our program. Our program equips young people with the strategic branding and procedural knowledge that creative agencies and enterprises value most today, paving the way for them to stand out in the landscape of professional opportunity and thrive in any industry - anywhere.
Adaptive Design + Critical Thinking Capacity
Our program offers youth an essential foundation for developing critical job skills. By emphasizing the development of adaptive design + strategic critical thinking skills, we’re preparing young people to become thought leaders and innovative contributors capable of navigating an increasingly dynamic global workforce and shaping the future of industry.
PROGRAM INSIGHTS
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We work with team of talented strategists and design professionals to deliver high-quality, high-impact learning experiences for program participants.
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Our local small business, entrepreneur and industry partners offer a range of internship opportunities that provide participants with real world experience and confidence.
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Combined, our team of facilitators, strategists and design professionals have spent decades acquiring the industry knowledge that shapes our program.
“The skills that young people are learning in this program can help them get a job or start a business right away .”
— Stacey Edelstein, Program Partner + CEO of Raygun