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Andy Hilts, a junior in the Graphic Design program at NC State\u2019s College of Design (CoD), didn\u2019t always consider a career as a creative. Now, his work is featured in a global campaign by one of the Triangle\u2019s most prolific tech companies.<\/span><\/p>\n Like many professionals in creative services, Andy\u2019s dive into the design world was a non-traditional one. Before pursuing graphic design, Andy had dreams to find his success in the medical field as a Biology major.<\/span><\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t until an acquaintance invited him to the College of Design\u2019s annual Art2Wear<\/a> fashion show when the decision to switch educational paths became clear.<\/span><\/p>\n By junior year, he was directing Art2Wear.<\/span><\/p>\n While adding two years to his education seemed intimidating at first, Hilts has been making the most of his time as a college ambassador and by contributing to other CoD events.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019s this big stigma about spending more than four years in college,\u201d says Andy, reflecting on the transition. \u201cTalking to [Department Head Liu] was really helpful in understanding the power of design itself, the power of the school and how interested and passionate the people are \u2013 I started to realize I fit in with that group of people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Upon entering the Graphic Design program, Andy quickly jumped into an internship opportunity with SAS. There, he developed the core visual concept for a global \u201cDid You Know?\u201d<\/a> campaign, highlighting the tech giant\u2019s innovation, foundational capabilities and business approach.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt’s wild being an intern and having the chance to work on something that has such a vast reach. It’s been everywhere \u2013 <\/span>Wired Magazine<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/i> and the back cover of other magazines. I never thought that would happen. It’s been a really exciting experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to seizing professional opportunities, Hilts has been taking advantage of larger academic projects to address nuanced and often overlooked aspects of human behavior. Currently, he is working on a print publication discussing the crossroads of queer communities and expressing intimacy through digital platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis publication talks about intimacy in terms of how we interact with intimacy digitally, how that exists in our world as we continue to become more and more screen-based and how that affects intimacy \u2013 especially within the queer community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Looking to the future, Hilts finds excitement in the possibilities available to him without being locked into a specific career path. \u201cI\u2019ve always been so focused on planning and being future oriented, but recently I\u2019ve realized there\u2019s no need for me stress out,\u201d says Andy, having a year left until graduation. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe great thing about being in college is the fact that you have everything ahead of you. [Success] will come, and I\u2019ll enjoy what I\u2019m doing because I\u2019ll be doing what I want to share.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This post was originally published<\/a> in College of Design Blog.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":" From Biology to Graphic Design: Andy Hilts Brings Modern Design to SAS Andy Hilts, a junior in the Graphic Design program at NC State\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"ncstate_wire","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-23205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-271"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24149,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23205\/revisions\/24149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/graphic-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Finding Inspiration<\/h2>\n
<\/a>SAS, Success and Academic Passion<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Driven by the Unknown<\/h2>\n
From Biology to Graphic Design: Andy Hilts Brings Modern Design to SAS<\/b><\/h1>\r\n
<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAndy Hilts, a junior in the Graphic Design program at NC State\u2019s College of Design (CoD), didn\u2019t always consider a career as a creative. Now, his work is featured in a global campaign by one of the Triangle\u2019s most prolific tech companies.<\/span>\r\n\r\nLike many professionals in creative services, Andy\u2019s dive into the design world was a non-traditional one. Before pursuing graphic design, Andy had dreams to find his success in the medical field as a Biology major.<\/span>\r\nFinding Inspiration<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_19809\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]
<\/a> Andy Hilts contributed to SAS designs such as this one featured in the Wall Street Journal<\/em>.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIt wasn\u2019t until an acquaintance invited him to the College of Design\u2019s annual Art2Wear<\/a> fashion show when the decision to switch educational paths became clear.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBy junior year, he was directing Art2Wear.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhile adding two years to his education seemed intimidating at first, Hilts has been making the most of his time as a college ambassador and by contributing to other CoD events.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cI think there\u2019s this big stigma about spending more than four years in college,\u201d says Andy, reflecting on the transition. \u201cTalking to [Department Head Liu] was really helpful in understanding the power of design itself, the power of the school and how interested and passionate the people are \u2013 I started to realize I fit in with that group of people.\u201d<\/span>\r\nSAS, Success and Academic Passion<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_19805\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]
<\/a> A snapshot from Hilts' publication design, titled Points of Entry.<\/em>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nUpon entering the Graphic Design program, Andy quickly jumped into an internship opportunity with SAS. There, he developed the core visual concept for a global \u201cDid You Know?\u201d<\/a> campaign, highlighting the tech giant\u2019s innovation, foundational capabilities and business approach.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cIt's wild being an intern and having the chance to work on something that has such a vast reach. It's been everywhere \u2013 <\/span>Wired Magazine<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Harvard Business Review<\/span><\/i> and the back cover of other magazines. I never thought that would happen. It's been a really exciting experience.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn addition to seizing professional opportunities, Hilts has been taking advantage of larger academic projects to address nuanced and often overlooked aspects of human behavior. Currently, he is working on a print publication discussing the crossroads of queer communities and expressing intimacy through digital platforms.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThis publication talks about intimacy in terms of how we interact with intimacy digitally, how that exists in our world as we continue to become more and more screen-based and how that affects intimacy \u2013 especially within the queer community.\u201d<\/span>\r\nDriven by the Unknown<\/h2>\r\nLooking to the future, Hilts finds excitement in the possibilities available to him without being locked into a specific career path. \u201cI\u2019ve always been so focused on planning and being future oriented, but recently I\u2019ve realized there\u2019s no need for me stress out,\u201d says Andy, having a year left until graduation. <\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThe great thing about being in college is the fact that you have everything ahead of you. [Success] will come, and I\u2019ll enjoy what I\u2019m doing because I\u2019ll be doing what I want to share.\u201d<\/span>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"