Real Industry: Live Silicon Valley (hosted at Knowles/Audience)

April 14, 2016  |  In partnership with Audio Engineering Society, LANDR, Turtle Beach, Sennheiser, Pixvana, Universal Audio, Stashimi, and Red Giant. Generously hosted by Knowles/Audience. 

This event was two-events-in-one — a hands-on interactive workshop limited to 100 top University students and early career professionals in the music and video technology industry, followed by a professional networking meet-up with over 150 leaders in the media technology industry. Students were mentored by top executives and leaders from Apple, Dolby, Turtle Beach, Sennheiser, Universal Audio, and more!

A huge thank you to Knowles / Audience Inc for hosting us! 


Inside the Music and Video Technology Industry

In partnership with University of Michigan.

In this 8 week course, offered through University of Michigan's School of Music Theater & Dance, students were given a behind-the-scenes look into how the media technology industry really works. We provided a high-level overview of the media technology industry — focusing on the music technology space. We introduced the product development process from ideation through shipping, explored a variety of industry roles, explored the types of companies available for students' future careers, and presented the business fundamentals used by all companies, engineers, and product teams.

 

EXCELcast: Jay LeBoeuf & Careers in Media Technology

Founder and director of Real Industry, Jay LeBoeuf, visited University of Michigan's School of Music Theater and Dance EXCEL to share his own pathway from jazz drummer through start-up entrepreneur, offering advice to students who wish to combine their love of music with tech careers in audio and video.

Real Industry: Live San Francisco

October 15, 2015  |  In partnership with New Relic, LANDR, Universal Audio, Sennheiser, Red Giant, ABS Capital Partners, and iZotope.

Real Industry: Live was 2 events in 1 — a hands-on interactive workshop limited to 60 top University students and early career professionals in the music and video technology industry, followed by a professional networking meetup with the over 150 leaders in the media technology industry. Students were mentored by top executives and leaders from Apple, Adobe, Avid, Rdio, Universal Audio, LANDR, Sennheiser, Kensington, and more!

Course: Careers in Media Technology

September - December, 2014/5/6  |  In partnership with Stanford University.

Careers in Media Technology explores how leading audio, music, and video technology companies, such as Pandora, Adobe, Sonos, Dolby, Gracenote, iZotope, and Avid bring products from idea to market. Students examine best practices, roles, day-to-day responsibilities, desired skillsets, and department/team function.

Online Course: Careers in Media Technology

September 2014  |  In partnership with Stanford University and Kadenze (Course Link).

In this course, students explored how leading audio, music, and video technology companies bring products from idea to market, and discovered their career options in the industry! In five 30- to 60-minute sessions, students gained insight into daily life at companies such as Adobe, Universal Audio, iZotope, and more, learning from professionals who design, engineer, manage, and market leading creative technologies. Students examined best practices and responsibilities of various industry roles and learned secrets in navigating the hiring process from hiring managers Students had their questions answered by our mentor network of creative tech experts and entrepreneurs, who were online to offer advice in AMA’s and one-on-one office hours.