Ringling College of Art and Design

Recruiters visit Ringling College throughout the Academic Year to connect with students through workshops and critiques, company presentations, portfolio reviews, and student interviews.

On- Campus RECRUITERS 2012-2013

On-Campus RECRUITERS 2011- 2012



 22 Squared  - Tampa, FL
 Abercrombie + Fitch – New Albany, OH
 Digital Domain Holdings  -  Port St. Lucie, FL 
 American Greetings – Cleveland, OH 
 American Greetings Properties  -  Cleveland, OH
 BioLucid  -  Sarasota, FL
 Blizzard Entertainment – Irvine, CA
 Blue Sky – Greenwich, CT
 Carters  -  Atlanta, GA
 Catalyst Studios   -  Minneapolis, MN
 Chico’s Inc.  – Ft. Myers, FL  -  Media Room
 Creative Arts Unlimited – Pinellas Park, FL
 Disney Design Group  -  Orlando, FL
 Disney Feature Animation – Burbank, CA
 Disney Imagineering  -  Orlando
 DreamWorks  -  Glendale & Redwood City, CA
 EA  - Orlando, Calif. +   
 Envisual  -  Westerville, OH   
 Falcon’s Treehouse – Orlando, FL
 Framestore – New York, NY
 Games That Work  -  Atlanta, GA
 Greenhaus GFX  -  Culver City, CA
 Hallmark  - Kansas City, MO
 Harmonix – Cambridge, MA
 Hasbro  - Sculpting Dept.  -  Pawtucket, RI
 Hasbro –Future Now Group -  Pawtucket, RI
 Imaginary Forces – Los Angeles, CA
 Industrial Light + Magic-San Francisco, CA 
 JET  - Japan Teaching Program – Japan
 JibJab    -  Santa Monica, CA
 Junction Point/Disney Interactive Studios –  Austin, TX
 JWT  -  New York, NY
 Laika Entertainment – Portland, OR
 Leo Burnett  - Advertising  - Chicago, IL
 Lilly Pulitzer – King of Prussia, PA
 Longboat Key Art Center  - Longboat Key, FL
 Lucas Animation – San Francisco, CA      
 Lucas Arts Entertainment – San Francisco, CA
 LucasFilm – San Francisco, CA 
 Moonbot Studios  - Shreveport, LA
 MRM Worldwide  - New York, NY
 New York Academy of Art  - NYC
 Pixar Animation – Emeryville, CA
 Premise Entertainment  -  Orlando, FL
 PrivateSky Aviation Services  - Fort Myers, FL
 Psyop – New York City & LA
 PUSH Design  -  Orlando, FL
 ReelFX – Dallas, Los Angeles
 Riot Games  -  Santa Monica, CA
 Row Sham Bow  - Orlando, FL
 Sony Pictures Animation - Culver City, CA
 Sony Pictures Imageworks – Culver City, CA
 Spectore Corp.  _  Deerfield Beach, FL
 St. Pete Times – Advertising – St. Pete, FL
 St. Pete Times – News Dept. – St. Pete, FL
 Superfad  -  Culver City, CA 
 The Mill   -  New York, NY
 The Peace Corps – all over the world
 Trek Bicycle Corp.  -  Waterloo, WI
 UCF – MFA program  - Orlando, FL  
 Webster University (grad school) – St. Louis, MO, Sarasota 
 Western & Southern Financial Group – Sarasota, FL
 Wieden + Kennedy – NYC, Portland, OR
 Yellow Llama -  Atlanta, GA 
 Zynga  -  San Francisco, CA

On-Campus RECRUITERS 2010 - 2011

22 Squared  - Tampa, FL
Abercrombie & Fitch – New Albany, OH   
American Greetings- Cleveland, OH   
Apple  - Cupertino, CA
Bisk Education – Tampa, FL
Blue Sky Studios – Greenwich, CT
Carter’s – Atlanta, GA 
Creative Arts Unlimited- Tampa, FL   
David Houle & Associates – Chicago, IL
Digital Domain Holdings – Port St. Lucie, FL   
Disney Animation – Burbank, CA 
Disney Design Group – Orlando, FL 
Disney Interactive – West Hollywood, CA 
Disney Television Animation – Burbank, CA
DreamWorks – Glendale, CA 
EA – Florida, California +
Epic Games – Raleigh, NC
Exodus Films – Venice, CA
Firaxis Games - Sparks, MD
GM Creative Sculpting Dept. -  Detroit, MI
GM Design Center – Detroit, MI   
Hallmark Cards, Inc. – Kansas City, MO
Harmonix – Cambridge, MA
Hasbro – New Future -  Pawtucket, RI
Hasbro – Sculpting Dept. – Pawtucket, RI
Home Shopping Network – St. Petersburg, FL
Imaginism – Toronto, Canada 
Industrial Light + Magic-San Francisco, CA 
JET (Japan Exchange/Teach) - Japan  
JibJab – Santa Monica, CA 
Johnson Smith Co. – Bradenton, FL
JWT – New York, NY
Laika Entertainment – Portland, OR
Leo Burnett – Chicago, IL
Lilly Pulitzer – King of Prussia, PA
Lucas Animation – San Francisco, CA     
Lucas Arts Entertainment – San Francisco, CA
LucasFilm – San Francisco, CA 
Martha Stewart Co. – New York, NY
Moonbot Studio – Shreveport, LA
MRM Worldwide – New York, NY
Myachi – Glenwood Landing, NY 
NY Academy of Art – NYC, NY
Pamela Thompson Recruit – CA & various locations
Pixar Animation – Emeryville, CA
Psyop TV – LA & NYC            
Sanborn Entertainment – Sarasota, FL
Sony Pictures Imageworks – Culver City, CA  
Sony Animation – Culver City, CA
Spark Advertising – Tampa, FL
St. Pete Times – Advertising – St. Pete, FL
St. Pete Times – News Dept. – St. Pete, FL
The CIA – Langley, VA
The Studio – NYC 
UCF FIEA grad program – Orlando, FL
US Army – Washington, DC & various locations
Vector Genius – Bradenton, FL
Webster University (grad school) - St. Louis, MO, Sarasota +
Western & Southern Financial Group – Sarasota, FL
Wieden + Kennedy  -  Portland, OR
Yellow Llama – Atlanta, GA
Zynga – San Francisco, CA

On-Campus RECRUITERS 2009-2010 

 38 Studios LLC – Maynard, MA

 Abercrombie and Fitch, Columbus, OH

 Activision – Santa Monica, CA  

 American Greetings –  Cleveland, OH 
 
BioLucid – Sarasota, FL

 Blizzard Entertainment – Irvine, CA

 Blue Sky Studios – Greenwich, CT
 
Carter’s – Atlanta, GA

 Contact Singapore – Redwood City, CA

 Creative Arts – Pinellas Park, FL

 Cyberwize – Sarasota, FL
 
Disney Animation – Burbank, CA
 
Disney Imagineering – CA & FL

 DK Art – Dallas, TX

 DraftFCG – New York, NY

 DreamWorks – Glendale, CA
 
Electronic Arts – CA, FL
 
Exodus Film Group - Venice, CA
 
Feld Entertainment – Palmetto, FL
 
GM Design Center – Detroit, MI
 
Hallmark Cards, Inc. – Kansas City, MO

 Harmonix – Cambridge, MA
 
Hartford Design – Chicago, IL
 
Hasbro Digital Sculpting – Pawtucket, RI  

 Hasbro Future Now Group – Pawtucket, RI

 Horizon Marketing – St. Petersburg, FL
 
Japan Exchange Teach (JET) – Japan
 
JibJab – Santa Monica, CA

 JWT – New York, NY
 
Laika Entertainment – Portland, OR
 
Lucas Animation – San Francisco, CA
 
Lucas Arts Entertainment – San Francisco, CA

 Lucas Film – San Francisco,CA

 Microsoft – Redmond, WA
 
Moonbot Studios – Shreveport, LA 
 
MRM Worldwide – New York, NY

 Nickelodeon – Burbank, CA

 Nickelodeon Recreation – Orlando, FL
 
Pixar Animation – Emeryville, CA
 
PUSH Design – Orlando, FL
 
Radium Entertainment – Los Angeles
 
ReelFX – Dallas, TX

 Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, CA

 SMU Game Art grad program – Dallas, TX

 Sony Pictures Animation – Culver City, CA

 Sony Pictures Imageworks – Culver City, CA

 St. Petersburg Times – St. Petersburg, FL
 
t-3 – Atlanta, GL
Telltale Games – San Rafael, CA
 
The CIA – Langley, VA

 The Studio – New York, NY
UCF FIEA grad program – Orlando, FL   
 
Wyndcrest Digital Domain – Port St. Lucie, FL

 Yellow Llama – Atlanta, GA
 Young & Rubicam – Miami, FL

The following are quotes by on-campus recruiters from Cartoon Network, Sony Pictures Animation, Target Corporation, Beall's Department Stores, American Greetings and DreamWorks:

" Exceptional crop of candidates Best Yet! Makes hiring decisions extremely hard."  

"Ringling continues to be the bar that other schools must aspire to obtain."

"Ringling students are always sought after by our company and are fortunate to have a Career Service Center second to none."

"Outstanding! Many clever student films and beautiful illustration work."

"Ringling students are professional, passionate, prepared and have good questions."

"Ringling College continues to evolve and respond to employers' ever changing needs for top end creative talent. From the instruction, course content and program development, Ringling continues to set the gold standard for quality and relevance for today's design market."

"Ringling does an outstanding job preparing students for the work world and has a very strong program to bring in recruiters from major companies that hire artists and designers."

"Right now, 43% of our design studio are Ringling graduates. We know we can always count on Ringling to produce highly creative individuals who will keep our company at the cutting edge of fashion and design."

"The quality of Ringling students is light years a head of other art programs. The level of sophistication is far and away superior."