Careers
Fibers professionals combine historic textile processes and traditions with emerging technologies and ideas from many disciplines. They engage in interdisciplinary, experimental and sustainable approaches to design, craft and art-making.
- Stationery and gift wrap designer
- Colorist
- Display designer
- Embroiderer
- Fine artist
- Wallpaper designer
- Knitwear designer
- Rug designer
- Studio production artist
- Textile designer for home furnishings
- Surface designer
- Textile designer for apparel
- Textile designer for commercial furnishings
- Textile museum curator
- Textile stylist
- Upholstery designer
SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
Some potential employers of SCAD fibers alumni
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- American Rug Craftsmen
- Anthropologie
- Cascade Fibers Company
- Cone Jacquards
- Dillard’s Inc.
- Elite Textiles
- Guilford Mills
- Hamrick’s Inc.
- IKEA
- Lilly Pulitzer
- Liz Claiborne Inc.
- Lowe’s
- Mohawk Home
- Scalamandré
- Shaw Industries Inc.
- Springs Industries Inc.
- Target
- Valdese Weavers Inc.
Contact Fibers
- fibers@scad.edu
- admission@scad.edu
- Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
- Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700
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Events
- Winter Quarter Begins
Jan. 04, 2010
News
- May. 05, 2009
Northwest Carpet "Nspired" fibers students - Mar. 05, 2009
SCAD artwork in Bloomingdale's showcase - Feb. 05, 2009
Gallery hop features embroidery, installation - Jan. 29, 2009
Think tank founder visits SCAD
Recognition
- Students win Cotton Inc. scholarships
- Allison Adderton interns at Barkha
- Aubin-Barrett interns with Jonathan Adler
- Nazario interns with Oscar de la Renta
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