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Stay Connected After Graduation

Graduating from Sydney Design School is the start of a lifelong connection. As an Alumni, you keep access to Gradspace and a range of career and industry events, along with opportunities to inspire our community as a guest speaker, Educator or mentor.

A professional network

that grows with you

We are here for you beyond graduation. We love to see our Alumni thrive in the real world of interiors on a global scale. We love it even more when they connect and support each other to achieve their best.

We love to host webinars and gatherings that connect and inspire. Throughout the year we host events in design showrooms, speakers online and on campus and get-togethers in our favourite hospitality spaces.

This community provides connection, shares knowledge and creates opportunities.

How do I stay part of the Sydney Design School Community?

Connect

  • Attend events
  • Join our LinkedIn Alumni network
  • Build relationships that lead to referrals, collaborations and opportunities
  • Stay visible in the SDS community as your career grows

Give back

  • Teach
  • Become a guest speaker
  • Mentor an Advanced Diploma student
  • Join an Industry Advisory Panel
  • Offer an internship
  • Host a studio visit

Grow

  • Upskill with professional short courses
  • Check new opportunities on Gradspace
  • Access ongoing career support

Connect with over 1,200 Alumni

Connect with more than a thousand SDS Alumni working across interior design, decoration, styling and the broader design industry. It’s a growing professional network you can stay connected to long after graduation.

Have you identified as a Sydney Design School Alumni on LinkedIn? Update your education details in your LinkedIn profile to automatically join this international directory of Interior Designers.

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“I started coming back into the school to share my stories with students and loved it. Before long I was mentoring Advanced Diploma students and finding the process so enriching – I now teach classes!”

Kylie Hickman / Education Manager

Upskill with a professional short course

If you’re working in interiors, future-proof your career with an industry-focused short course from Australia’s award-winning interior design school. Learn face to face on campus, in a virtual studio or self-paced with our online school Interior Design Online.

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Looking for work

or talent?

Our exclusive job board Gradspace hosts opportunities in interior design, decoration and styling for Sydney Design School and Interior Design Online students and graduates.

If you’re looking to find a new member for your team you can post a role for free, simply click ‘Post a Job’ to enter your requirements. If you’d like to offer an internship email our Careers Coach here.

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Inspiring Alumni stories

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Find out more about this Novacastrian’s incredible commercial spaces including Vogue featured restaurants.

Ryan McGregor

From jet-setting flight attendant to rising Interior Designer, read how Ryan McGregor turned a world of travel inspiration into a design career with Sydney Design School.

Anna McMillan

After a 20-year career in the corporate sector Anna McMillan redesigned her life by studying our Diploma and starting her own boutique studio.
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