Schools Look Ahead to Joe’s Blackbook Scholarship 2017

After 14 years working in the Human Resources departments of various corporations, Joe Medved had filled a little black book of connections, and setting up a recruitment and consultancy firm was his next logical step. But what separates Joe from other recruiters who may have followed this path is his willingness to promote talented designers who have not yet any significant industry experience on their resumes: the designers who need a leg up to get started; who may be facing a cycle of unpaid internships upon graduation; who are racking up considerable debt in order to create a final collection that will get them noticed. In other words, the students.