How to Get a Job at Samsung, Google, BMW? Senior Designers Answer

'Design Korea 2023' Job Fair Hall Opens
Group and One-on-One Mentoring... Employment Seminars Held

On the 1st, visitors are viewing design products at 'Design Korea 2023,' the largest domestic design expo held at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul. [Provided by Korea Institute of Design Promotion]

Every year, 20,000 design graduates enter the workforce. This accounts for 6% of the current design professionals in the market. Senior designers have stepped up to help break through employment barriers in the design industry. At 'Design Korea 2023,' attendees can learn employment know-how from designers actively working both domestically and internationally.

The Korea Institute of Design Promotion is hosting Design Korea 2023, the largest design expo in the country, at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, starting from the 1st. Within the event venue, a job fair hall is running programs aimed at enhancing the employment capabilities of domestic design talent. Aspiring designers from all fields including product and visual design, space and interior design, and UX/UI are eligible to participate.

Last month, group mentoring sessions were conducted online for 300 pre-registered participants, and currently, one-on-one mentoring is being provided at the venue to about 130 selected participants whose portfolios were reviewed from the group mentoring attendees. Thirteen domestic mentors and fifteen overseas mentors each coach five mentees for one hour.

Part of the presentation material by Samsung Electronics designer Pro Mu-jin Cho [Provided by Korea Institute of Design Promotion]

On the 4th, a seminar will be held to share career planning know-how and job preparation experiences. Moojin Cho, a professional in charge of product design at Samsung Electronics Design Management Center, will introduce methods of self-promotion to pass the employment gate. He graduated from the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST and earned a master's degree in product design from the same school before joining Samsung Electronics in 2021. In his seminar presentation, Cho will share secrets to successful employment including ▲how to write a self-introduction letter ▲portfolio creation tips ▲interview preparation know-how.

Additionally, seminar speakers include Songyi Kim from Naver (lecture title: "HOW to Stick to the Basics, WOW to Catch the Eye"), Jaehun Jung from Fuseproject (the first step to creating a good portfolio), Junghoon Lee from BMW (portfolio, myself, and the company), and Moonchul Kim from Google (self-awareness, decisiveness, mindset).

A representative from the Korea Institute of Design Promotion said, "Through lectures on preparation know-how and case studies for employment at major Korean and overseas companies, we hope attendees will learn about the status of design job markets in various regions and the work and life of designers."

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