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Jake Rudin
HELP! Get Me Out of Architecture, feat. Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino
Jake Rudin, co-founder of Out of Architecture and a designer at Adidas, on careers beyond traditional architecture practice. Profile on Architecture Social.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Out of Architecture
- Location
- Oregon
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0145 · Architecture Social
HELP! Get Me Out of Architecture, feat. Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to work in a different profession? Is it possible? Are the skills learnt while studying Architecture useful in other industries? Where do you even begin moving to another profession?

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- 05:00 · Can architecture skills transfer to other industries? · Audio only
- 10:00 · Out of Architecture and career consulting · Audio only
- 15:00 · Jake Rudin, computational design and digital technology · Audio only
- 20:00 · Erin Pellegrino and using architecture education differently · Audio only
- 25:00 · What people underestimate about their training · Audio only
- 30:00 · Where to begin when changing profession · Audio only
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Jake Rudin is the co-founder of Out of Architecture, a career consulting firm he started with Erin Pellegrino to help people from design and architecture backgrounds find roles that make full use of their training. What began as a passion project has grown into a business that has supported more than 700 clients and several thousand conversations.
In his day job, Jake works at Adidas, leading work across computational design, digital technologies and pattern engineering, where he applies a designer's approach to footwear innovation, 3D modelling, visualisation and manufacturing. He is a strategic thinker and designer with a decade of experience building things from the ground up, and a strong advocate for using LinkedIn and an open network to find opportunities beyond traditional practice.
Through Out of Architecture, Jake helps designers recognise the transferable value of an architectural education, from managing complexity and uncertainty to making something from nothing and leading people and process, and apply it across fields from technology and product to strategy and beyond.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Get Me Out of Architecture: Careers Beyond Traditional Practice.
The practice
Out of Architecture
HELLO, WE’RE OUT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Architecture practice · New York
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Out of Architecture
- Location
- Oregon
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2022
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