Pani Fooladvand is a Senior Experience Design Manager at T-Mobile. She’s one of our favorite grads (Class of 2016). Originally from Iran, she took a chance on Seattle when her fiancé got a job opportunity here. We talked to Pani about her current role at T-Mobile, how her path led her to (literally) stumble upon Seattle Central Creative Academy, her passion for creating useful design, her perseverance, and the community she’s built along the way.
Learn about Form°, a design company founded by SCCA alumni Alice Wicks and Gabriel López. Discover their creative process, what inspires them, and how their time at the Seattle Central Creative Academy shaped their careers.
Discover the story of SCCA alumni Megan K. Harris, an artist and Senior UX Designer. Learn how she balances her professional career with her passion for creating stunning watercolor and India ink artwork.
Discover Salthouse Studio, a design duo founded by SCCA alumni Holly Robins and Holly Torneby. They offer a lean and experienced approach to design, from branding to web development, creating elegant solutions that put the client first.
Nathan Lincoln, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is now a visual designer at Hewlett-Packard. Discover how his love for music led him to a career in design, his work on the HP User Experience team, and his vibrant, abstract personal style.
Joyce Hwang, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is a graphic designer at Sasquatch Books. This profile highlights how the design program helped her find confidence, and details her freelance work and projects for a local independent publisher.
Margaret Darcher, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is a UX designer at Amazon. This profile highlights her journey from retail management to design and details her work on projects like the Amazon Dash Button and Kindle Voyage.
Galyn Bunnell, a recent alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is now a UX designer on the Echo team at Amazon. Discover her journey from student to professional, her favorite projects, and her key advice on networking and the job search.
An alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, Emily Irelan uses her blog to visually document her life and track her growth as a designer. Discover her bold design style, her creative process, and how she presents her work to the broader design community.
Julia McNamara, an SCCA alumni and now teacher, discusses her career in design, her internationally recognized poster work, and her side project, Pixel & Post. Discover her creative process, what she learned at the academy, and her advice for aspiring designers.
Brit Zerbo, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is a graphic designer on Nordstrom's "Creative Special Projects" team. This profile highlights her work on the company's "Pop-in shops," her background in technology, and her belief in maintaining her "weirdness" in her creative work.
Courtney Comfort, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is a product designer in Seattle. This profile highlights how the SCCA program provided him with a broad skill set that has enabled him to work on exciting projects like the REI iPad app.
Neil Palmer, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, is a web developer and designer at the firm Tether. This profile details his journey from a hesitant student to a successful professional, highlighting how the academy provided him with the skills and confidence to begin a new career.
Caroline Maxwell, an alumni of the Seattle Central Creative Academy, discusses her career and how her education prepared her for her job. Discover how a connection through a professor led to an internship at Starbucks and helped her develop a strong work ethic.
