Cadelon exists to close the gap between architecture education and professional practice — with structured mentoring, real industry projects, and direct placement support.
Guide every Cadelon graduate from skill-building through portfolio to a paid role in industry.
Make 1-on-1 industry mentoring the default starting point for every architecture and design career.
Quiet, editorial standards. Honest feedback. We stay with you until you're hired.
After years inside studios watching brilliant graduates struggle to land first roles, Jay started Cadelon in 2024 — convinced that the missing step wasn't another course, but real mentorship from working architects.
What started as informal portfolio reviews grew into a structured five-phase program with a roster of 2 active mentors — and a placement approach built for graduates entering professional practice.
Today, Cadelon is building its graduate pipeline one mentee at a time — and Jay still personally meets with every new mentee in their first week.
Meet Jay →Every mentor is currently practising — you learn what studios hire for today, not last decade.
We're measured by placements, not lessons watched. The five-phase program ends only when you're hired.
Mentors refer top mentees directly into their own teams and networks — bypassing the job-board lottery.
We don't just review work — we redesign how it reads. Type, layout, narrative, sequencing.
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