The Departments of the Agency
Our agency runs on seven departments, coordinated from Mission Control. Every campaign we build for a client moves through them. Your job this year: explore all seven, learn what each one really does — then choose the one you'll specialize in.
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The Path to the Patch — Agency Certifications
Every squad has a patch you earn by mastering its craft: learn it, pass its exam, and your patch lights up on the wall. Gray means not yet, never no. Open the badge wall and walk any squad's certification path.
Open the Patch Wall →
🧭 Mission Control — Command Post
Dr. Matthew D. Lewis, PsyD — Executive Director · Chief Mentor · Agency Commander. Mission Control unites all seven squadrons: sets priorities, assigns missions, removes obstacles, and keeps the board moving. Not a student specialty — it's the command post the seven report into. One Mission. One Team. Total Commitment.
Enter Mission Control →
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Explore
Open every department below. See the work, the tools, the careers.
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Learn
Read your department's shelf. Find what you'd "steal" for a real campaign.
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Specialize
Pick where you fit. You'll join that department's team.
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Compete
Turn your department's work into a DECA event and a real client win.
How a campaign moves through the agency
1 · Research→2 · Brand→3 · Advertising→4 · Creative Build→5 · PR & Comms→6 · Events→7 · Analytics→8 · Improve↺
The Seven Departments — open each to explore
One shared measure of success — Community Impact
Community Impact isn't a single squadron — it's the lens over all seven: we measure success by the lives we touch and the community we strengthen. "Students build brands that strengthen communities." Whatever squadron you specialize in, the work exists to serve a real client — right now that's Slippers for Stories ("Warm Feet. Bright Futures.").
Choosing your department
Once you've explored all seven and read your shelf, you'll declare your specialty and join that department's team. A "Choose my department" sign-up is coming to the portal — for now, explore, take notes in your Reader Project, and start forming your top choice. Mission Control makes the final roster call.
Sign-up coming soon
← Staff Portal · Seven departments + Mission Control · Motto: Leadership Through Stewardship · Lead · Serve · Inspire · Impact