We’re proud to announce the first young creative to earn a Surface Pro 3 from our partners at Microsoft is All State Jazz saxophonist and composer Blaigne Ayuma. Blaigne is a senior at Austin high school which is known for its legacy of musical performers including Shakey Graves and the blues guitar prodigy Gary Clark […]
Congratulations to Damian Flores for earning a full scholarship to the Austin Creative Department, a portfolio school headed by Will Chau, a creative director at E4 Youth’s partner agency GSD&M. I’m very excited and proud to have an e4Youth student as my next scholarship recipient. You guys are molding mature, smart kids who are ready to […]
Event Info: E4 Youth Lounge @ RAS Day Buy Tickets 3 – 5pm August 29, 2015 at Victory Grill (1104 E. 11th St.) Special Presentation, Performance and Community Discussion Due to growth, Austin is America’s #1 city for spending on things like food and drinks but many African American businesses lack a digital presence that […]
For my last job shadowing experience, I was paired with a Digital copywriter named Steve Willis. Although we didn’t share the same interest in art, I learned that he loved music and did quite a bit of journalism in his earlier days. He dove deep into his past as a crime writer for a local […]
As I was given the opportunity to shadow Gabriel this past wednesday at McGarrah Jesse. One thing in particular stood out to me. And that was the attention to detail given to such vigorous work within the editing portion of a commercial. Thankfully I was able to understand at least some since I’ve used the […]
My mentor Jennifer gave me and my fellow e4 youth friends a tour of McGarrah Jesse. We were able to visit different parts of the agency, each one completely dedicated to their particular client, such as Frost Bank and Whataburger. I then had the opportunity to meet Brian, who taught us about “deep and wide” […]
I was extremely elated this week when I opened an email from my shadow coach and saw that this week I would be shadowing KVUE reporter Shelton Green. Anyone that knows me knows that I aspire to one day be a broadcast journalist, and eventually produce award winning documentaries. So, when I found out I’d […]
On my first shadow experience I met with Mikey. She’s a web designer at a company called build a sign. My experience with her was nothing like I expected. When I first walked in the doors of the company I really didn’t think it would look the way that it did. The area is so […]
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My shadow experience at GSD&M was with Morgan McDonald, Junior Art Director, and I don’t think I could have been paired up with a better match! I had a great time; we share a lot of common interests and I learned from her in the short time I was there. I felt the energy […]