SVA Career Development Counseling

Spencer Robelen counsels freshmen and sophomores, focusing on resume reviews, preparing for internships and how to best utilize Career Development’s online resources. He is a composer, lyricist and playwright with a BM from the University of Miami and an MFA from New York University. He has experience teaching and promoting emerging artists through organizations such as the Society of Composers Incorporated, Tisch School of the Arts, the Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts and the University School Art Institute.

Seung Il Choi is a graphic designer, educator and entrepreneur. He first came to New York City as an international student from South Korea to attend Parsons School of Design, and he started his design career at Pentagram. His career path includes working as an art director at MTV Networks Nickelodeon, as a freelance designer and animator at Curious Pictures and in a variety of roles at branding design studios in New York City and Seoul, South Korea.

As an educator, he has taught branding, digital design and motion graphics at New York University, Pratt Institute, Hankyong National University and Ewha Womans University. Seung founded the EIC English Institute for Children, an education startup in South Korea, and he also launched several online retail businesses.

He holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from New York University Stern Business School, an MFA in Design & Technology and a BFA in Communication Design, both from Parsons.

Tricia Ross is a career coach, event producer, and higher education and arts management professional with experience working at The Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Museum as well as arts organizations in Cincinnati. She also has served on the boards of Inwood Arts Works and the New Harmony Project. Tricia’s areas of expertise include internship and job search planning; career exploration; networking skills and strategies; artist statement, resume, and cover letter writing; goal setting; and general career guidance. A former volunteer conversation partner with the International Center of NY, she holds an advanced diploma in coaching from New York University, and a BS in theatre management from the University of Evansville.

Patty Romeu is a career counselor, film producer, and creative consultant with experience working in higher education, media production, art museums, nonprofit organizations and foundations. She has been a producer on productions for HBO and PBS, worked on special projects for MoMA, Dia Art Foundation, and The Global Film Initiative and is the recipient of an Emmy award for the documentary film The Loving Story.

Patty’s areas of expertise include writing effectively for a job/internship search and for all levels of career growth, negotiating job offers and terms of employment, creating a sustainable freelance career, building a small business, applying for college-level teaching positions, as well as the basics of job and internship searches, resume and cover letter writing and general career guidance.

She has held faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level at Emerson College and Drexel University, and as an adjunct at Barnard College and University of the Arts. Patty has an MFA in Film and Media Arts and a BA in Communications, both from Temple University.