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OCAD U’s annual Design Career Fair is one of Toronto’s largest events for talent recruitment and careers in design. Each year we invite top design firms from a variety of disciplines including Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising, Industrial Design, Material Art & Design, Environmental Design, Expanded Animation, Digital Futures, Inclusive Design, Design for Health, and Strategic Foresight & Innovation. OCAD U students and alums bring their portfolios to meet with the top firms and learn about their hiring strategies.
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Registration for employers
Whether you're hiring immediately, reviewing candidates for future opportunities, building a freelance roster or boosting awareness of your company on campus, reserve your booth today. Space is limited.
Registration for Students / Alumni
2025 Design Career Fair: January 23, 2025
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at 100 McCaul Street, 2nd Floor
RSVP link: https://bit.ly/DCF2025-Student-RSVP
DCF Speaker Series: January 22, 2025
CEAD, 115 McCaul St., 3rd Floor
Application Advice Panel – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM | Click HERE to RSVP
Getting Hired – 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Click HERE to RSVP
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2025 exhibitors & speakers
Canada School of Public Service
- Under the Canada School of Public Service Act, the School, as a departmental corporation, is mandated to:
- encourage pride and excellence in the public service
- foster a common sense of the purposes, values and traditions of the public service
- support the growth and development of public servants
- help ensure that public servants have the knowledge, skills and competencies they need to do their jobs effectively
- assist deputy heads in meeting the learning needs of their organization
- pursue excellence in public management
Davis Pier
Davis Pier is a consulting and social impact agency that tackles complex government and social challenges. The firm works exclusively in the areas with the greatest potential for impact-government, housing, healthcare, and community services sectors. Our projects span from large-scale government transformations to community-based collaborations-all with a focus on delivering better results for those most in need.
We take a human-centred approach to service design by engaging the people we are designing for in every step of the process. We believe working with clients and client-facing staff to co-design services and programs creates stronger solutions.
Juniper Creates
Juniper is a premium, custom merchandise solution for the world's largest creators. Our mission is to transform commerce by putting world-class product capabilities in the hands of creators. We design, manufacture, market, and ship imaginative products to fans around the world.
Klick Health
Klick Health is the world's largest independent health marketing and commercialization agency, where creativity, technology, and strategy come together to revolutionize healthcare communications. At Klick, we empower people to create meaningful impact by designing innovative solutions that make a real difference in patients' lives.
Our unique culture, built on a people-first approach, fosters collaboration, growth, and a commitment to excellence. Whether you're passionate about digital design, creative storytelling, or leveraging AI for innovation, Klick offers exciting opportunities for creative minds to thrive.
Discover how you can turn your ideas into action and your talent into a rewarding career. Visit our booth to learn more about how we're shaping the future of health design!
Loblaw Agency
We are the official in-house creative agency for one of Canada's food and pharmacy leaders and largest retailer. Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada's largest private sector employer, with over 200,000 amazing people from coast to coast. We build brands like President's Choice, Shoppers Drug Mart, No Name, No Frills, Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, PC Financial, PC Optimum and many more. Loblaw Agency is where the magic happens for all these brands Canadians know and love.
Sid Lee
Sid Lee is a global creative agency born in Montréal, with offices in Toronto and other major cities worldwide. We specialize in creating transformative experiences for brands by blending strategy, design, storytelling, and technology. Our multidisciplinary teams work together to produce work that drives cultural relevance and sparks meaningful connections.
From large-scale campaigns to innovative design solutions, Sid Lee is passionate about challenging conventions and pushing the boundaries of creativity. We collaborate with ambitious brands across industries to craft ideas that inspire action and leave a lasting impact.
At our core, we celebrate creativity as a force for change.
Public Service Commission of Canada
Promoting and safeguarding a merit-based, representative and non-partisan public service that serves all Canadians, in collaboration with stakeholders. We also manage GC Jobs, providing applicants and managers with a single portal to access all public service job opportunities.
Salt XC
A full-service marketing and commerce agency combined with proprietary tech products that allow us to move faster, enhance value, and increase performance.
StoryBee Inc.
StoryBee focuses on providing innovative learning solutions and holistic learning environment to promote learning immersion in English, STEM, and cognitive development for young students. We offering an open access digital library of original picture books in order to bring educational equity to the children worldwide. We make knowledge beautiful!
Umbra
Curiosity, creativity and a passion for design are common characteristics of Umbra people around the world. We work out of more than 15 different countries, collaborating and pulling the best out of each other and ourselves. We are a private company with more than 45 years of experience in our industry-still led by our original founders.
Rakuten Kobo
Rakuten Kobo is a technology, publishing, and e-commerce company based out of Toronto, Canada. We are a global company, with offices in Toronto, Canada and Darmstadt, Germany, from which we serve 30+ million customers in almost 190 countries. Furthermore, we currently offer 30+ co-op and internship opportunities in technology, business, publishing, and more. Our roles can be worked remotely or in a hybrid manner.
The focus of our organization is to be a company built by booklovers for booklovers. We believe people should be able to read anywhere in the world, on any device, and in any language. We offer our own e-reader devices, a collection of millions of eBooks and audiobooks, and offer a self-publishing platform for thousands of authors.
Useful School
Wieden+Kennedy alum & former director at two Shark Tank companies, Ritesh Gupta is the Founder of Useful School in NYC. Ritesh has helped rebrand one of the world's largest nonprofits, redesign an app to become one of Apple's favorite apps of the year, triple a website's conversions, and launch new business models. Ritesh has worked with companies like Sagmeister & Walsh, Mother Design, R/GA, Hyperakt, the New York Times, Sylvain, Duolingo, DesignStudio, startups, nonprofits, and more.
Career Launchers
Unique, high-profile opportunities to help senior students and new graduates start their professional practice. Meet with Special Projects Coordinator - Farah Yusuf - to discuss available Career Launchers.
Creative Professionals-in-Residence
Special guests who meet with students for portfolio reviews, on-campus studio visits and mentorship. Meet with multidisciplinary designer and CEO at A77, Ahmad El Sarraff!
CIBC
At CIBC, we aim to help our clients, employees, communities and shareholders achieve their ambitions. Our purpose drives our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders.
We bring innovative digital experiences to millions of people. We're a diverse team of creators and trendsetters who build faster, easier digital banking for our clients. Bring your skills and passion, and grow your career in Technology and Innovation at CIBC. Talented people like you help us create seamless user experiences. Bring your expertise as a ux designer, visual designer or graphic designer to create engaging experiences with a clear hierarchy and consistent brand representation.
Eventscape
Eventscape is an award-winning architectural fabrication company with facilities in Toronto and New York. Our focus is
For over 25 years, Eventscape has been the preferred partner for design and architectural professionals around the
Eventscape collaborates on the design vision from start to finish, using any material at any scale or complexity
The team at Eventscape is diverse and multidisciplinary and includes architects, engineers, industrial designers and