The Career Services Department is proud to present a special Pizza with the Pros event featuring Josh Higgins, Creative Director at Departure Advertising. Josh is the founder of the Haiti Poster Project which is currently uniting artists around the globe to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. He also founded the So Cal Fire Poster Project which raised over $30,000 for victims of the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties in 2007.

Please join us at 5:00 on Wednesday, September 1st in room 146 as Josh presents “Make: Design for the Greater Good”

ABOUT THE ARTIST Josh is a senior designer / art director who works across all disciplines including print, web, environment, identity and television. For over twelve years, he's been refining the art of connecting brands to people with a concept-driven visual style that has earned him national honors. A native San Diegan, with roots in both advertising and graphic design, Josh has done extensive work for brands including Fender Guitars, The Tony Hawk Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, Qualcomm, Asics Footwear, Museum of Contemporary Art SD, CBS Radio, Perry Ellis International, RedBrick Pizza, IHOP, New Castle Beer, PF Changs, Yamaha, Life Technologies, and firms, Miriello Grafico, Mires/Ball, Hollis BC, and Vitrorobertson.

With his involvement in the San Diego design community, Josh served on the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), San Diego Board of Directors, where he curated successful exhibits and lecture series with visiting photographers, designers and film makers. His continual work with AIGA and the larger creative community allows him to advance the cause of San Diego arts and culture, and mentor students in the creative industry.