Miami Ad School PRO

Ron and Pippa Seichrist wanted to create the school they wish they had gone to. So, in 1993 they founded this advertising school. They wanted the school to be the bridge between young people wanting a job in advertising and having that job. For agencies they wanted the school to prepare students so well they would be instant profit centers for the agencies that hired them.

To accomplish this, Ron and Pippa partnered with the industry to co-create a very practical training program that is as real-world as possible. All instructors are working professionals teaching the same methods they practice at their agencies every day. Students collaborate in creative/strategy teams often working on live briefs given by agencies or brands like Starbucks, Wendy's, Ford and UNICEF.

The school is not just a single institute in a building in Miami. It's a global network with eleven additional locations in: New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Hamburg, Berlin, Istanbul and Mumbai. The classroom has even been extended into agencies with a program called Greenhouse where students spend their days taking classes, developing their portfolios and working on projects. 

Agencies all over the world have a Miami Ad School classroom inside them including: Digitas, Cutwater and Razorfish in San Francisco; 360i, Saatchi & Saatchi, Draftfcb, LBi, JWT and PIC in New York, Furia in Buenos Aires; AKQA in London; Alma and Sapient in Miami; G2 in Hamburg; McCann and El Laboratorio in Madrid; Campbell Mithun in Minneapolis; Digitas in Chicago; Ogilvy in Paris; Le Bureau in Stockholm; Bureau Pindakaas in Amsterdam and DMG in Beijing.

Students can study and intern in up to five different locations with each student creating their own educational journey. For example, a student could start in San Francisco then choose to spend their next four quarters in London, Sydney, Buenos Aires and New York. The options are endless. 

Students graduate with a portfolio, experience and a global perspective. They also have an extensive network of industry contacts which is very handy when they start to interview. You can find graduates of this school working at the most interesting places from start-ups to global networks and everything in between from R/GA to Twitter to Wieden + Kennedy to What If!