Jason Letkiewicz

Meet graduates from our thirteen creative majors.

Film ’11

What’s your job like?

Really busy. We do short content marketing for ABC and Hulu. This is mostly video promos, which can range from editing footage from already filmed shows to creating something totally from scratch, like the Oscars’ Top Gun promo. We might make 70 unique commercials for a series, and then each of those is converted to different lengths for all of the platforms. Last year during the fall launch we had about 224 different projects, with a range of people involved, but I am working with all of them.

How did Ringling prepare you for this?

The collaborative aspect of the Film program was hard as a young person trying to figure it all out and working with a lot of people feeling the same — it makes it really hard. Once you’ve figured this all out and you see how everything comes together, it’s amazing.

The larger art education has been totally invaluable. When I’m having a meeting with an art director about typography or a sound director about the score, I can speak their language.

Fine Artist

New Jersey

Originally from Orlando, Florida

Kris Chatterson

Fine Arts ’02

How did Ringling prepare you for a career as a fine artist? Ringling gave me the space, resources, and faculty engagement to be challenged as a student and grow as an artist. I benefited from the intense focus on painting. Since graduating, I’ve participated in a number of group exhibitions and mounted my own solo shows in spaces ranging from California to New York City, Mexico, Miami, and Montreal. I still keep in close touch with Ringling peers, who remain some of my closest friends and valuable connections in the art world.