Royal College of Art

“I’m now a Service Designer with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a role that began as an internship during my time at the RCA. I’m really honoured, and grateful to the team at UNDP; I’m the first Service Designer in the organisation and have been given the freedom to develop my own role in this context.”
Aditi Soni (Service Design MA, 2021), Service Designer, UNDP

“Being a part of the community of tutors and students on the Visual Communication course has truly been an incredibly invaluable and meaningful experience for myself, my practice and for the formation of Studio Hyte. I am truly grateful to have had the time, support, advice, challenges and collaborations that took place during my time there.”
Arjun Harrison Mann (Visual Communication MA, 2017)

“In my role at D-Ford, I’m fully immersed in the design process from the get-go. I start with research, bring my expertise in digital and technology to the ideation phase, and dive headfirst into prototyping. It’s a lot like the approach we take at Innovation Design Engineering MA/MSc, and it’s making a real impact in the automotive industry.”
Bahareh Saboktakin (Innovation Design Engineering MA/MSc, 2021), Senior Software Designer, Ford Human Centred Design Lab

“I had been working in documentary film distribution for a few years. It was very focused on the market and sales aspect of filmmaking, which left me wanting to experiment and make things without thinking of the commercial implications. I wanted to spend time making for the sake of making. I knew my film would suffer if I didn't do that.”
Chloe Abrahams (Contemporary Art Practice MA , 2022)

“I reached a point in my career where I wanted creative freedom, where I could write my own briefs and explore things I wanted to explore without the commercial aspect of projects having to make money and follow budgets. It was very much a case of needing creative space in order to do that – and the RCA was somewhere I had always wanted to study.”
Domhnall Nolan (MA Interior Design, 2021), Senior Interior & Furniture Designer, Soho House

“[At the RCA] spending time solidly concentrating on my sculptures, with the luxury of time purely dedicated to building up or picking that apart, meant that I could really focus my research and thinking.”
Holly Hendry (Sculpture MA, 2016)

“It gave me the tools I needed to better advertise, organise and structure my business. The Creative Brands Accelerator also better prepared me for accounting and hiring as my business requires the services of many skilled model makers and animators for each production.”
Jennifer Kidd (Animation MA, 2018)

“A couple of years ago I felt I’d achieved everything professionally that I could up to that point and needed the next step or the equivalent of a promotion. [The programme staff] made me realise that I could be more ambitious, more sure of myself and to grab the next dream project (in my case, a book) and make it happen. The RCA has most definitely opened doors for me – and showed me where the doors are.”
Laura Robertson (Writing MA, 2020), writer and critic, co-founder and editor The Double Negative

“Every day is different. I teach undergraduate architecture. I co-run a design studio. I do a lot of architectural writing, and I run my own design practice. I’ve got lots of different roles. I do think my work is part of who I am. Everyone who knows me knows that architecture is my passion, and I feel lucky to be paid to do something I love.”
Shawn Adams (Architecture MA, 2020), architect, writer, lecturer, co-founder of POoR Collective.

“My post-RCA career has been a dynamic fusion of art and advocacy. With a deep-seated passion to give back, sustainability stands at the core of my artistic endeavours. I work to raise awareness about climate and social change through the powerful medium of art. I’m passionate about safeguarding artists in vulnerable situations. My RCA degree equipped me with the skills to contribute to international social change projects.”
Tere Chad (Sculpture MA, 2020), artist