Are you a student at another ad school who’s worried about not just your future… but also your present? Feeling like you’re not getting what you signed up for? Maybe it’s time you get to higher ground with Denver Ad School and our new transfer program and get your portfolio back on track.
We’re the Denver Ad School, or DAD for short. We’re an advertising portfolio school that offers in-person and online programs in art direction and copywriting. We pack a lot into our intensive 16-month programs to mold you into the most prepared, knowledgeable, and skilled junior creative an ad agency has ever seen. Which is to say, we’ll help you stand out and be a hell of a lot more hireable than you are right now.
Don’t wanna move to Denver? Enjoy the come-as-you-are freedom of attending online classes and meetings in your underwear? Do you love talking to people on the computer all damn day long? Online might be the way to go. Or do you prefer face-to-face interactions? Hanging out with your classmates before class, during class, after class, and while holding mock classes on the weekends because you all miss class so much? No matter how you choose to attend, you’ll get the same results — smart feedback from agency pros, a killer portfolio, and the connections to start your ad career at the best agencies in the country.
Wanna see a magic trick? We’ll turn your $27,000 tuition into a $65,000 average starting salary at a big ad agency. How can you justify spending more time and money on school? That’s how. Try finding a job with that kinda salary right out of college with zero industry experience and a below-average creative portfolio. Scrounge up the cash for ad school now and set yourself up for success the rest of your agency career.
Why does Miami Ad School get downvoted to hell on Reddit? What’s the big hangup with VCU Brandcenter’s big tuition price? Are quicker, cheaper programs a shortcut to nowhere? Find out below why more and more industry insiders are turning to DAD as the choice of a new generation of advertising creatives compared to the other portfolio school options.
If you can’t decide which ad school to attend, let the work speak for itself! After all, what better way to judge a portfolio school than by the quality of the portfolios they put out? We’re so confident in ours that we wanted to make it super easy for you to compare, so smash the links below and decide for yourself what kind of standard you want your own portfolio to live up to.
If you’re anything like us, you’re sick of everyone telling you that advertising is competitive. Uhhhhhh yeah, no shit, thanks for the tip. But what if we told you it’s not as hard as you think to get ahead of the pack? That with some more rigorous training you could push yourself to create a portfolio that’s stronger and smarter than anything you’ve ever done before? Our students get to the incredible ad agencies below because they know they can be better and they’re ready to prove it to themselves. Losers settle. Winners go to DAD.
Quarter begins September 29
Apps due September 26
Quarter begins April 6
Apps due March 6
What do you think we do all day, sit around and review applications? Actually… kinda? Because we do rolling admission, we review all apps as they come in. So for you, that means the instant you apply your app goes straight to the people who actually run this joint, which then also means you don’t spend months waiting around to hear back if you got accepted or not. And because we offer the same fully-comprehensive 5 quarter programs both online and in-person, you can stop delaying your creative journey and start whenever it’s most convenient for you.
We offer two programs that cover the spectrum of advertising creativity. Maybe you firmly belong in one group, maybe your interests and talents overlap across both, that’s perfectly normal. Explore each below and the way forward will soon be clear…
Craft the look and feel of a campaign. Make decisions about visuals, photography, type, colors, and the overall design. Learn everything you need to know to become an advertising art director.
Craft the idea or story behind a campaign. Write headlines, scripts, taglines, social posts, etc. Learn everything you need to know to become an advertising copywriter.
