Preview Event

Thursday, Sept. 19 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Cost

$300 per firm

Portfolio Reviews

Friday, Sept. 20
9:00am – 1:00pm

SAID Works! 2024

As part of the AIA Cincinnati community and the UC Alumni network, we invite you to participate in the 28th installment of SAID Works!. This event fosters important connections between our up-and-coming architects and the greater Cincinnati architecture community. 

In addition to supporting the Cincinnati Architectural Mentoring Program (C.A.M.P.), the program fee includes the Thursday reception, Friday box lunches, and parking for two vehicles in the DAAP Clifton Court Garage, 321 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45219.

Firms are expected to send at least one person for the Thursday Preview Event and two people for the Friday portfolio reviews. On Friday, each person will review eight (8) student portfolios so that each firm will meet with sixteen (16) students. If your firm is unable to provide two reviewers, please contact Alex Christoforidis.

The deadline for registration and submission of three slides for the Preview Event is 5pm on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Due to limited presentation space, registration is first-come first-served and could potentially be closed by this date.

Preview Event
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 // 5:00pm – 6:30pm // DAAP Room 4400

Each participating firm will have at least one representative present a live, three-minute, three-slide introduction about the firm and its co-op experiences. Firms must submit their three slides to Alex Christoforidis via email before 5pm on Thursday, September 12, 2024. The audience will consist of over 120 SAID (School of Architecture and Interior Design) students who are seeking a co-op job opportunity. Many will be seeking their first UC co-op, so in your firm introduction, please include a word of advice for someone seeking their first UC co-op. There will be time for questions from the students at the end of the program.

Immediately following the presentations, students will sign up for their Friday portfolio review time slots. Firm representatives are encouraged to stay and network with the students over a casual dinner.

Portfolio Reviews
Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 // 9:00am –1:00pm // DAAP Grand Staircase
*Doors open for firms at 8:00 am; firms should be set up by 8:30am

During portfolio reviews, you will be reviewing students’ work and offering advice on how they can improve their portfolios.

Friday is divided into eight (8), 30-minute time slots to meet students for Portfolio Reviews. Each firm will have two (2) representatives who will each review eight (8) student portfolios, seeing sixteen (16) students total. During each time slot two (2) students will have their portfolio reviewed simultaneously by a firm. Students would like your advice on how they can improve their portfolios as they prepare to begin their job search for their first UC co-op or their first co-op in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Bachelor of Interior Design, or Master of Architecture program.

DAAP will provide:

• an 8′ x 8′ (+/-) area for portfolio reviews

• one (1) 6′ x 2’ rectangular table

• four (4) chairs for each station; two (2) of the chairs are for students, two (2) for the portfolio reviewers.  

• Electricity for laptops

 Firms will:

• Submit their three slides for preview night by 5pm on September 12, 2024 to Alex Christoforidis

• Arrive by 5pm on September 19 for preview night (please allow time for parking)

• On September 20, arrive at 8:00am to set up their space with the expectation that set up will be completed by 8:30am

• Bring two (2) reviewers to conduct consecutive 25-minute portfolio reviews for each registered student, meeting with two students in each time slot with a five-minute break between each session. If your firm is only able to provide one (1) reviewer, please contact Alex Christoforidis.   

• Offer students advice on how they can improve their portfolios as they prepare to begin their job search for their first UC co-op or their first co-op in the Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Bachelor of Interior Design, or Master of Architecture program.

Firms may bring backdrop displays, pull-up panels, easels & boards, etc. and may display or hand out brochures, cards, and other marketing material.