School of Advertising - Academy of Art University

02/24/2026

The new AI tools are uh… unreal.

02/24/2026

If you know, you know

07/16/2025

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT SUMMER 2025

Lena, a fashion marketing student from Germany, shares how Academy of Art University opened her eyes to the power of AI. Watch how she integrates AI tools in...

12/29/2024

AI is changing the game for branding and design! From products to ads to retail spaces, we can pre-visualize it all, faster and bolder than ever. It’s like having a creative superpower to bring ideas to life and make them unforgettable. 🚀

12/29/2024

08/31/2024

It is an honor to witness the level of creativity on display from the students who dominated the Addy Awards 2024. Thanks AAF SF Bay Area congrats to the students and faculty!

08/31/2024

AAF SF Bay Area “Addy Awards” were dominated by students from the Academy of Art University School of Advertising Academy of Art University

05/24/2024

As we wrap up the Spring 2024 semester at the Academy of Art University, we’re celebrating a wild ride of hacking AI to make it our ultimate creative tool. AI isn’t naturally creative; it’s polite, precise, and way too perfect. But we’re not here to be boring or normal—we’re here to be radical and disruptive. So, we mess with it. We break its thought process. We totally hack it. And that’s where the magic happens.

Our students have taken AI tools like Midjourney, Firefly, ChatGPT, Pika, Runway, and Haiper and turned them upside down. From digital ads and OOH campaigns to mind-blowing TV spots, they’ve created work that’s not just innovative and engaging, but revolutionary. This semester, we’ve proven that when you push AI to its limits, it can become an unstoppable force in advertising.

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04/29/2024

Define photo art direction in 2024. Photo art direction is a crucial aspect of visual content creation, involving the strategic planning and ex*****on of photography shoots to ensure that the final images effectively convey the intended message or theme. Utilizing tools like MidJourney and Adobe Firefly can significantly enhance the process, allowing for more creative and efficient setups.

04/22/2024

The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 30,000 entries every year in local competitions such the Greater San Francisco competition. Gold Winners in this competition move up to one of 15 District competitions for the chance to advance to the National Finals. In addition to a professional competition, there is a concurrent student competition. Did we mention we won a big truck load of GOLD this year? Including BEST IN SHOW.

04/14/2024

It starts here. At the Academy of Art University School of Advertising. Learn how to create ad campaigns with the latest AI tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT.