
CCAD Student Agency
Pick up real-world experience and a paycheck.
The award-winning CCAD Student Agency is an integral part of Columbus College of Art & Design’s Marketing & Communications team. As a Student Agency employee, you’ll not only get a head start in your professional career, you’ll play a major role at CCAD—and help us make an impact in central Ohio and far beyond. The eye-catching work made by our Student Agency videographers, illustrators, animators, and designers doesn’t just win awards (although they certainly do that). They change lives. (See a sampling of our best-of-the-best work below.)
Our Student Agency has swag. And they make it, too.
The CCAD Student Agency is the source for Columbus College of Art & Design gear at Ampersand Emporium. Throwback sweatshirts, normcore baseball caps, and coffee mugs that will give you a jolt are just a few of the items that you can find at Ampersand Emporium. (And yep, our graphic designers, illustrators, and others designed this catalog for the store, too.)
As a CCAD Student Agency employee, you’ll work for real clients, making work that will get you real attention (and submissions in the professional category of marketing and design competitions).
As a CCAD Student Agency employee, you will have:
- Access to member-exclusive Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) events
- The opportunity to provide creative direction on collaborative projects with such organizations as the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Experience Columbus, and the Short North Alliance
- Ability to give vision to and impact CCAD on a daily basis through Admissions marketing materials, environmental branding, and more
- A chance to work across creative disciplines
- 24/7 access to the Student Agency office in Canzani Center
In other words, a paycheck is just the start of what you’ll get from working for the CCAD Student Agency.
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Projects

Editorial Illustration created for Art for all. And all for art.
Illustrator
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)

Microsite created for Columbus College of Art & Design’s campus store Ampersand Emporium
Creative Direction
Mike Olenek (Cinematic Arts, 2000)
Illustration
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)
Kahlia Carr (Illustration, 2018)
Jacob Cartegena (Illustration, 2018)
Photography
Taylor Gamble (Photography, 2018)
Kyle Benson (Photography, 2018)
Ally Gille (Photography, 2018)
Web Design
Andrea Jimenez

Branding created for the 2018 Columbus International Film and Animation Festival
Designer
Lily Dent (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)

Large scale public art installation created in collaboration with Short North Alliance
Project Manager
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)
Illustrators,
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)
Hailey Corrigan (Illustration, 2019)
Khalia Carr (Illustration, 2018)
Thomas Tran (Illustration, 2018)
Cydney Wiedenbeck (Illustration, 2018)
Chris Ramos (Animation, 2019)
Sidney Shaffner (Animation, 2020)

Created for the CCAD Admissions team
Illustrator
Yiffy Gu (Illustration, 2019)

Mural created for CCAD
Designer
Morgan Bentley-Roberts (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Painters
Brian Moss
Hakim Callwood
Kaycee Nwakudu (Animation 2020)
So Jung Kim (Fine Arts, 2018)

Publication
Designers
Katelyn Ratajczak (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Nigel Ewan (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2014)
Kenrda Bosse (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Abby Dillon (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Abbey Sutula (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Drew Summers (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2020)
Contributors
Jake Hollar
Mike Laughead (MFA, 2013)
Jackey Mantey
Ric Petry
Jill Span Hofbauer
Liz Trapp
Jennifer Wray
Mary Cassells
Khaila Carr
Alma Kim
Jacob Cartagena
Kyle Benson
Samual Brown
Erika Clark
Taylor Gamble
Ally Gille
Chris Martin
Marcus Morris
Annie Noelker
Barbara J Perenic
Josh Smukal
Andy Spessard
Ty Wright

Poster creates for CCAD Career Services
Illustrator
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)
Janelle Moorman (Film & Video, 2020)
Josh Smukal (Film & Video, 2019)
Videographers
Janelle Moorman (Film & Video, 2020)
Jessica Howell (Film & Video, 2019)
Serenity Strull (Film & Video, 2019)
Cheyenne Garnes (Film & Video, 2020)
Darrin Faires (Film & Video, 2019)
Contributors
Anna-Grace Blackburn (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2019)
Nand Dussault
Joe Cygan
Alma Kim (Animation, 2019)
Trevor Boyle
Teddy Viera (Advertising & Graphic Design, 2018)
Janelle Moorman (Film & Video, 2020)
Josh Smukal (Film & Video, 2019)
Awards
2019
American Advertising Awards
Silver Addy in Ambient Media + Guerilla Marketing
Art, Design, Hustle (Mural)
American Advertising Awards
Silver Addy in Elements of Advertising, Illustration
CCAD Postcards
American Advertising Awards
Gold Addy in Elements of Advertising, Illustration
Art For All (Illustration)
American Advertising Awards
Judge’s Choice Award
Art For All (illustration)
2018
American Advertising Awards
Gold Addy in Online/Interactive + websites/Microsites
shopccad.org
American Advertising Awards
Gold Addy in Cross Platform + Integrated Brand Identity Campaign
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival
American Advertising Awards
Gold Addy in Sales and Marketing + Collateral Material / Book Design
CCAD Viewbook
American Advertising Awards
Silver Addy in Elements of Advertising + Art Direction / Campaign
CCAD Survival Guide
American Advertising Awards
Silver Addy in Film, Video, & Sound + Online Film, Video & Sound Campaign
CCAD Stories: Conor Heisler
CSCA Creative Best Awards
Award of Merit in Environmental
Art Paths
CSCA Creative Best Awards
Award of Merit in Video
CCAD Stories: Chelsea Funk
2017
CSCA Creative Best Awards
Award of Merit in Environmental
Thrive Mural
CSCA Creative Best Awards
Award of Merit in Print Commercial
CCAD Viewbook
Ampersand Emporium

Ampersand Emporium is Columbus College of Art & Design’s one-stop shop for all things CCAD pride. From T-shirts to temporary tattoos, to all things alumni, this shop carries swag designed and conceived by the creative minds from the CCAD Student Agency. Check out the collection on shopccad.org.