Spark | Tech and Design

Spark Blue (our no-experience branch) only recruits in the fall. However, Red, our branch for more experienced devs and designers, recruits in both semesters.

Hi! The first thing to consider is your level of experience in web development or design. For those with little-to-no experience, we suggest applying to our Blue branch (which accepts new members early each Fall). For those with more experience, our Red branch accepts new members early every semester. You can find our applications on pennspark.org/join! They'll be open in the first few weeks of each semester.

Hi! We take a limited number of graduate students who live near campus, only in our Red branch.

Spark actually has two branches - a Spark Blue branch focused on education for less experienced members, and a Spark Red branch focused on developing creative/client projects for members who are already experienced. For Spark Blue, anyone is welcome to apply! All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to learn and an interest in technology/design/development. For Spark Red, if you're a developer, we'd prefer you have some experience working with web development and using tech stacks like React/Node.js; if you're a designer, we'd prefer you have experience working with Figma and making mock-ups/designing websites and programs.