Hiring

Companies bring our methods "in-house" by hiring students who have a thorough understanding of strategic, user-centered design, and experience implementing it in business. Our entering students are from a wide variety of backgrounds, from traditional graphic/interaction/industrial design (about 50%) to psychology, anthropology, computer science, engineering, business and other related fields. The average MDes student has 1-5 years' prior work experience, while the typical MDM student has 7-10. About 40% come from abroad, and over 90% from outside the Chicago area.

Video: watch a four minute YouTube video with interviews from students and recruiters at the 2007 recruitID event.

Benefits

• Take advantage of ID's recruiting assistance in competing for graduates and summer associates
• Find graduates who are well equipped to tackle the challenges of management-level positions
• Incorporate strategic design into your company

Salaries
Summer associates are generally paid between $5,000 and $10,000/month. Average salaries for full-time positions are published in our annual alumni survey [pdf,]. They range from under $40,000/year for non-profits, to well over $200,000. The average salary for new graduates is about $85,000.

Convenient job posting
To post a job, or for more information regarding job posting services, please contact Margo Schwartz at , or call 312-595-4910.

Please provide the following information in this order within the body of an e-mail:

• Job Title
• Company
• Location
• Job Responsibilities
• Qualifications
• Requirements
• Contact Person's Email/Phone number

We will review the job description, approve it and post positions for students and alumni within a week. Your posting will reach students and alumni globally seeking jobs who will contact you directly if they are interested. You may request to have the job description reposted at anytime.

Please note: We cannot forward attachments and staff cannot make personal recommendations in hiring any of our students or alumni. If you are looking for recommendations, please ask candidates for faculty references. Other ways to search for ID candidates:

• View a recent on-line resume book. A new one is produced each semester, which provides the most update resumes of ID students seeking employment and internships.
• Search our Community section for students and alumni with resumes attached to their public profile.
• Attend recruitID, our semi-annual recruiting event held in November and February. RecruitID is a forum for design and business professionals to meet students and recent alumni from ID and discuss methods, offerings, innovation planning and employment opportunities. For more information, please email .

On-site interviews
Many organizations find it useful to give a presentation about their work prior to interviewing candidates. ID space is available to you to make informational presentations and host a lunch or reception for candidates. Additionally, ID space is available for you to conduct on-site interviews any time of year. It is important to reserve space in advance as there are peak periods when space is limited. There is no charge to conduct on-site interviews and events related to your recruiting effort. Contact us to set up an interview.

Placement services

Convenient Job Posting


On-site interviewing