Looking for your first design job after college or design school?
Trying to figure out how to turn your love of art into a career?
I work with recent college or design school grads to help them start their careers and with high school art students to help them figure out a career path and choose the right college or design school.
design school grads
As you start the process of finding a job in your chosen creative field, those uneasy feelings and questions you have become real: How do I identify opportunities? How do I find the right places to work and people I want to work with? And most importantly: Is my portfolio focused and strong enough to get me the job I want?
“Chris offers a unique blend of optimism and realism to both inspire students to achieve their career goals and give them the tools they need to make them happen.”
high school art students
You love art and design but don’t see a way to turn that passion into a career? I can help you figure it all out—from potential careers to the best and most appropriate colleges or design schools to get you there. (We are not talking about art school here, we are talking about design school.)
We’ll work together to help you discover all the different ways you can use your creativity to build a creative career, then find the right schools for you to make that happen. Once we’ve identified the right schools, we’ll make sure you have a solid portfolio to apply and get accepted.
“When our son was contemplating a visual arts college path, one of my first calls was to Chris Lyons. His program was instrumental in helping Ben consider possible pathways, prepare a solid portfolio, and navigate a sea of schools that were completely unfamiliar to me. What Chris brought was not only candor and perspective honed as a globally-renowned illustrator, agency and in-house creative executive, and university professor, but also genuine caring for Ben’s future. Chris was an essential part of our son having found the right program and “his people” at the Cleveland Institute of Art.”