The inside story: MacLaren McCann

John Alabaszowski – V.P. Group Creative Director, Maclaren McCann

MacLaren McCann Canada Inc. is a multi-disciplined integrated advertising agency located on Bay Street in Toronto. John, the V.P. Group Creative Director was able to come in and speak with the class here at Sheridan. It was interesting to learn about how a large company like this operates on a daily basis. I was able to get the inside story from John about MacLaren and let me tell you, it was fascinating!

John’s inspiration “Do or do not. There is no try” – YODA

Getting Linkedin with Shernaz

Shernaz Pavri – Senior User Experience Designer at LinkedIn

This week kicks off the first presentation for my Professional Topics class. Our first guest was Shernaz Pavri. She was incredibly fun to listen to and her story was both inspiring and fascinating. She is a grad from Sheridan’s New Media/Web Design program and worked her way up from there to be a Senior Designer for Apple and now she currently works for LinkedIn as a Senior User Experience Designer. After she graduated she worked as a designer for a few years at both Juggernaut Group Inc and Blast Radius, she then got a job with Ogilvy One in Toronto as an Art Director. These were amazing stepping stones as they gave her the opportunity to expand her portfolio and to further her connections in the industry.