Grad lands job where his professor helped design Mustang logo

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Jason Mosery has wanted to design cars since he was 5 years old.

Today, the 2015 老司机福利网 grad is working for Ford in the same place his former professor, Jerome Malinowski, helped design the Mustang鈥檚 red, white and blue logo 50 years ago.

Mosery鈥檚 journey to Dearborn, Mich., is featured on the website.

鈥淢osery had a bit of luck, some help, a mentor and good timing. But it was more a combination of hard work, determination and social media savvy that landed him his job at Ford fresh out of school earlier this year,鈥 writes Richard Truett, technology and engineering reporter for Automotive News.

The 29-year-old Mosery had dropped out of school and was working at a bank in Monroe, La., when he told a customer about his dream of designing cars.

The customer encouraged him to contact Malinowski at UL 老司机福利网. Mosery enrolled in its industrial design program and caught the professor鈥檚 eye.

鈥淚 saw a passion in Jason that I probably have never seen in any student,鈥 Malinowski told Truett.

Before graduating in May, Mosery used social media to network with folks in the auto industry about getting a job in Detroit.

He managed to get an internship, which ultimately led to his becoming 鈥渙ne of about 140 clay modelers working at Ford鈥檚 Product Development Center in Dearborn, in the same building Malinowski worked 50 years ago,鈥 Truett writes.

Caption: Jason Mosery works in Ford鈥檚 Product Development Center in Deaborn, Mich.

Photo credit: Ford