Jake Rudin: Creative Career Progress

Design Disciplin

Jake is currently Senior Manager of Digital Technologies at adidas, where he’s leading teams in Computational Design, Digital Technologies, and Pattern Engineering. He is also the co-founder of Out of Architecture: a career consulting firm that helps architects and designers find work that fulfills them.
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EPISODE LINKS
- Out of Architecture by Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino: https://geni.us/outofarchitecture
- The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant: https://geni.us/goldenspruce
- Adidas Samba – Jake's sneakers: https://geni.us/adidas-samba
- Adidas Ultraboos – Baytaş' sneakers: https://geni.us/adidas-ultraboost-dd
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:52 The power of the breakup
06:10 Non-design jobs for designers
09:53 Jake's first book: writing and publishing
18:30 Leading innovation at Adidas
25:11 Getting hired: how to grab the manager's attention
31:23 How to collab with Adidas
39:00 Excelling at multi-disciplinary work
47:00 Advice from Jake: greatest hits
52:50 Book recommendations
53:54 Design object recommendations
55:13 Jake's design secrets
56:30: What's next & how to find Jake