An end of the year Episode with the students on their last day of School at Mohawk College: Christina Pisano, Cristina Palmer, Lin Alrejleh, Logan Ashworth and John-David Mccann chat about their 3 years in the program, and leave valuable tips o

Raf's Cast - Meg Button - Co-Founder, Nuscreen Inc.

Nov 22nd, 2023 1h 6m

Meg Button, Co-Founder, Nuscreen Inc. and Mohawk Class of 06, chat with 3rd Year Student Christina Pisano on her carrer, Entrepreneurship in the industry and the future of Advertising nowadays. And course, tips for Ad Students on interviewing a

Raf's Cast - Jonathon Ciordas - Associate Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Canada.

Nov 2nd, 2023 59m 30s

It was great to chat with Jonathon Ciordas, Associate Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi Canada and Mohawk College Advertising Graduate (Class of 2012) as he describes his adventures in the Ad World and the working with clients like Toyota,

Raf's Cast - Season 3 - Episode 4 - Chenice Piercy - Associate Creative Director at Angry Butterfly.

Mar 19th, 2023 1h 8m

Mohawk Ad Grad Chenice Piercy describe her carreer on some of the Big Agencies and clients in Canada, before landing at Angry Butterfly, where she's now ACD. Also on this chat, a conversations about important facts on a student Portfolio. Guest

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 3 - Episode 3 - Eric Cicero - Art Director at ScotiaBank

Nov 16th, 2022 58m 45s

Eric Cicero, Mohawk Ad Class of 2011, will describe in details the workflow to clients like Canadian Olympic Committee, NFL, New York Fries and Nissan, and his transition to Client side. We also have current student Estevan Ferrari, asking ques

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 3 - Episode 2 - Amanda Kitchen - ECD at TANK

Nov 2nd, 2022 53m 59s

Amanda Kitchen describe how is the path from intern to ECD since graduation from Mohawk College Advertising Program in 2009. Also in this episode, we have the launch of our new format: One current student will participate in the recording askin

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 3 - Episode 1 - Devin Bruun, Copywriter at FCB Canada

Oct 12th, 2022 48m 27s

Welcome to season 3, this time we're bringing some changes in our format (coming soon) For the start of#3, Devin Bruun, class of 2017 will put his career path on the record, giving all the goodies to get into the industry, during good and bad t

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 9 - Steve St. Jean, Creative Director at Collective Arts

Apr 15th, 2022 1h 43m

Steve St. Jean (Class of 2008) is not someone who likes the status quo, he's always searching for a new way to do and promote things in the Industry, with lots of flair. We also chatted on his career as Creative Director, Photographer and Creat

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 8 - Ryan Chiasson Associate Creative Director at Ogilvy Toronto

Mar 15th, 2022 1h 19m

Ryan Chiasson Associate Creative Director at Ogilvy Toronto and Mohawk Class of 2011 is here. One of the most passionate grad from our program and the work shows it, I'd the pleasure to have this chat on how to navigate the Creative landscape.

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 8 - John Kokoski - Senior Art Director at Klick

Mar 1st, 2022 1h 20m

John Kokoski, Senior Art Director at Klick and MohawkAd Class of 2015 talks on working at TBWA, Publicis and Down Under in Australia and how it transformed the way he thinks creatively.

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 7 - Cory Hansen Creative Director at Payd

Feb 19th, 2022 1h 22m

From Saatchi & Saatchi to Grey Canada and being an Entrepreneur, based on how an idea leads to another, sometimes by accident, another times by hard work. Class of 2015 Cory Hansen tells his story.

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 6 - Marie Rupolo - UI Designer/Art Director

Feb 10th, 2022 1h 10m

Product Designer, Typographer, Graphic Designer. Photographer, Illustrator, Art Director and UI/UX Specialist, there are not enough qualities to describe the talent of Mohawk AD Program Class of 2009 Marie Rupolo. Working with clients like Budw

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAd - Season 2 - Episode 5 - Lucyed Hernandez, Art Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo.

Dec 5th, 2021 59m 35s

Lucyed Hernandez, Art Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo, Mohawk Advertising Class of 2012, describe the great logistics on starting a family and be a Creative talent at the same time.

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawk AD - Season 2 - Episode 4 - Jordan Dunlop, Creative Director at Anomaly in London U.K.

Nov 25th, 2021 1h 11m

Jordan Dunlop provides more advertising magic than Harry Potter in England, but the path wasn't easy, lots of work, sweat and pain to develop the craft of his creativity spells. This class of 2011 Grad from our Ad Program is now the Creative Di

Raf's Cast - Tales from MohawkAD - Season 2 - Episode 3 - Brianne Collins - Copywriter at Anomaly

Nov 16th, 2021 54m 15s

Brianne Collins (Class of 2016) and Copywriter at Anomaly - Show and tell her tales at Mohawk, working with the Toronto Raptors, doing penguins for CIBC and working with Canadian Tire among other magical powers in copywriting.

Raf's Cast - Season 2 Episode 2 - Natalie Mathers - Associate Creative Director at John Street

Oct 12th, 2021 57m 4s

Natalie Mathers has so much wisdom and inspiration on her creative work and career path. From the Mohawk College Advertising Program days, work on Agencies like Anomaly, Leo Burnett, Public and Cossete until being an ACD at John Street today. Y

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawkad - Season 2 - Episode 1 - Justin Turco, ACD from Union Creative Toronto.

Sep 28th, 2021 1h 1m

In this first episode of Season 2, we had a nice conversation with Justin Turco, MohawkAD Graduate from 2013, who is now the ACD for Union Creative Toronto. I also want to thank Abner Cestari for the now ending music for the podcast, and the n

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawkad - Episode 17 - Copywriter and Advertising Professor Jef Petrossi

May 11th, 2021 1h 19m

We conclude the Season 1 of Raf's Cast with the one and only Copywriter Wizard, Coffee Barista (Expresso King) and Portfolio Faculty at Mohawk College: Jef Petrossi.

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawk Ad - Episode 16 - Hussein Rumaithi, Art Director at FCB Canada

Apr 23rd, 2021 1h 22m

MohawkAd Alumni Hussein tells his story: from high-school, Mohawk College, Young Ones Pitch Competition top 3 (twice) and the culmination at FCB Canada as an Art Director.

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawk Ad - Episode 15 - Emmanuel Torres, Art Director at UNION Advertising Canada LP

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 12m

MohawkAd Alumni Emmanuel Torres was an Art Director Wizard since the first day he walked into our program. Excellence as a student was always his motto, without losing grace and being humble. His career from Leo Burnett to Union Advertising has

Raf's Cast - Tales from Mohawk Ad - Episode 15 - Emmanuel Torres, Art Director at UNION Advertising Canada LP

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 13m

Raf's Cast - Tale from MohawkAd - Episode 14 - Matt Camara, Associate Creative Director at Doug&Partners.

Mar 19th, 2021 1h 26m

Alumni (Class of 2011) Matt Camara talks Film Photography, Art Direction and Creative Insights during his Professional life, besides mementos from the Mohawk College's Ad Program.

Raf's Cast - Episode 13 - Bill Schaefer, Associate Creative Director at Mccann Canada

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 1m

Bill Schaefer, MohawkAd Alumni (Class of 2007) on his mindset, client work, student advice and career path until becoming ACD at Mccann Canada.

Raf's Cast - Episode 12 - Copywriter Adam McDade

Feb 10th, 2021 1h 11m

Alumni and Copywriter Adam McDade on how to keep your creative writing fresh working in abroad in Scotland and in different size Agencies in Canada.

Rafs Cast - Episode 11 - Darren Marranca, Senior Copywriter at Fuse Creative

Jan 26th, 2021 1h 9m

For the second half of our Premiere Season, we are starting with an extensive conversation about creative writing with Senior Copywriter from Fuse Creative and MohawkAd Alumni (Class of 2012) Darren Marranca.