We’re looking for anyone of any major, background and experience. At the end of day, we want to hear your creative ideas.

You can apply to any of our five departments: strategy, creative, public relations, media planning or design. You can read more about our departments here.

The general process starts from the application, then first round individual interviews, social meet-and-greet, and finally the group case interview.

As a Haas-sponsored organization, our application is hosted on the Haas Business Organization Application portal. To access the imagiCal portion of the application, you must first fill out the general application form. You can preview our application questions here.

Our recruitment only happens once a year in the fall.

For any questions, contact chris.herrera@calaaf.com and christian.seong@calaaf.com

imagiCal applications are closed. See you in Fall 2025!

Any benefits?

  • Become connected to an extensive alumni network from 1980, working in various industries.

  • Participate in professional development workshops (resume reviews, skill bootcamp, networking events, alumni speaker events etc.)

  • Compete in an advertising competition, gaining experience in crafting a marketing campaign from start to finish

  • Work on real consulting projects with real clients.

  • Develop hard skills in multiple areas (design, research, creative).

  • Practice and enhance creative thinking , applicable anywhere.

  • Exposure working cross-collaboratively, following industry practices.

  • Meeting new friends! We are a close-knit family and have become life-long friends.

  • Find partners to compete in case competitions together.

  • Space to figure out your career path! Our alumni, different departments, workshops and various majors give you multiple pathways to see what you want to do in the future.

Recruitment Timeline

Follow our Instagram for consistent updates!

If you are interested in having a Zoom or in-person Coffee Chat with us, you can schedule a short, 30 minute coffee with anyone of our members here. If you have any questions, feel free to message us on our socials or email us at hello@calaaf.com.

Alumni Testimonials

“I went into imagiCal wanting to solve real-world business problems, and emerged with knowledge, skills, and confidence to pursue marketing as a professional career.”

Adi Subbarao, Product Marketing Manager at Amazon

Hayley Yerkes, Director, Brand Strategy at Giant Spoon

“imagiCal was the best group of people I could work with. It gave me a creative outlet to solve business challenges in a unique way.”

Jonathan Yang, Product Manager at Figma

Lisa Inoue, Product Designer at Caffeine

“I learned I could do things I never imagined myself doing, and that working with a team you love is imperative.”

“imagiCal gave me the chance to work cross-functionally with people of multiple disciplines–analytics, strategy, and design–early in my college experience.”

FAQs

  • ImagiCal was founded 40 years agoas a community to foster and grow creative, cross-functional business leaders. We look for individuals who are:

    • Interdisciplinary: you are able to think cross-functionally, outside the box and across disciplines.

    • Creative-oriented: you have a creative mindset, able to use the best of your imagination to solve complex issues

    • Curious: you like to ask questions and challenge conventional values

    • People-passionate: you love to interact with others and thrive in team settings

  • imagiCal recruits on a yearly basis during the fall semester. During the fall, our members participate in consulting projects to build real-world experience to prepare for our National Student Advertising Competition in the spring semester, hence we do not recruit in the Spring as our members would not be as prepared to enter the competition.

  • Though imagiCal is a business community, we seek to develop leaders for all professions. The work and projects our club engages in helps you develop research, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Our cross-functional approach to complex business problems allows you to discover unique and creative methods. We don't urge any of our members to go into business professions, but rather help them become curious, open-minded and detail-oriented leaders in society. Aside from business analysts, we are lab scientists, mechanical engineers, lawyers, programmers, and so much more.

  • Unfortunately not :( . Although you may not be learning magic tricks, the professional experience, memories, and people bring the magic to imagiCal. <3