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Arts, Media, and Entertainment

Take Your Creativity to Work

This is a career field rich in opportunity. From theaters to galleries, to museums and filmsets, leaders in arts, media, and entertainment are always on the lookout for smart, talented critical thinkers. Learn more about where Centre faculty and alumni can help you make connections and explore what might be next by joining the Arts, Media, & Entertainment Career Exploration Community.

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Explore a Career Creating

Today it's about the content. Arts, media and entertainment jobs are clamoring for it.  This is your chance to create in careers that span performing arts including fine art, music, dance and drama; arts administration and production; art and history museums; humanities; writing, editing, and journalism; advertising; communication; public relations; architecture; television, radio and film media including on-air and production; sports; distilleries; and entertainment venues.

Below are resources for exploring careers in arts media & entertainment. You can also use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to research all careers and employment projections. You may find that to do what you want you may have to extend your education. We've listed those resources as well.

View the Occupational Outlook Handbook

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The Art Career Project 
Information on a huge array of art and art-related careers.

Best Art Schools & Colleges 
Information on specific art focuses, a search tool to find art schools, and typical timelines for art degrees at various education levels.

American Historical Association  
Information on a wide array of careers with historical societies.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Jobs Board
The largest consolidated listing board for artist residency opportunities, internships, part-time work, freelance projects, full-time work, open calls for exhibitions, and other professional opportunities.

MuseWeekly Newsletter by the Museum Studies Department at the University of Delaware
Aggregated listing of internships, fellowships, conference calls for papers, part-time and full-time jobs, and a variety of other opportunities for students and professionals in the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums).

Music School Central  
Information on more than 70 careers related to music.
 

Journalism Careers  
Information on the types of journalism careers and how best to prepare for them.

BookJobs.com  
Information on the types of publishing and company profiles for each type.

Sports Degrees  
Discover sports management and sports administration degrees, education, and careers.

Experience the Business of Communicating

We have listed some internship opportunities that give a preview of what it's like to be in the field before settling on a job. 

Internships

Internship Resources

Be sure to also check Handshake and LinkedIn on the main Find an Internship page.

Internships with Advertising Agencies  
Internships listed by state. (Enter Centre for username and Colonels for password.)

MADE Internship Program
MADE (Marketing & Advertising Education) Program has placed over 18- students in paid summer internships at top companies and has connected hundreds more students to the advertising and marketing industry.

Arts and Business Council 
Offers a general internship program as well as a Diversity in Arts Leadership Program which places students into paid arts management summer internships. Huge listing of potential placements in the New York area. 

Print, Online, and Broadcast Media Internships 
Internships in newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasting, and more. (Enter Centre for username and Colonels for password.) 

History and Museum Internships  
Museum internships listed by state. (Enter Centre for username and Colonels for password.) 

Playbill 
Internships in theater, performance, administration/management, publicity, and more. 
 

Smithsonian Institution  
More than 50 internship opportunities (in research, art, history, public affairs, and much more).

History Internships
Over 300 internships in museums, state and national Parks, living history programs, and historical commissions and archives. (Enter Centre for username and Colonels for password.) 

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Jobs Board
The largest consolidated listing board for artist residency opportunities, internships, part-time work, freelance projects, full-time work, open calls for exhibitions, and other professional opportunities.

MuseWeekly Newsletter by the Museum Studies Department at the University of Delaware
Aggregated listing of internships, fellowships, conference calls for papers, part-time and full-time jobs, and a variety of other opportunities for students and professionals in the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums).

BookJobs 
Huge list of internships in a variety of areas in the publishing field.

Dow Jones 
Summer internships with Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, and more.

JournalismJobs.com
Search for journalism internships across the country. 

New York Times Company
Editing and reporting summer internships in New York and Washington, D.C.

Centre College Division I Research 
Research opportunities with Centre College Division I faculty members. 

Sports Internships 
Internships in the majors, minors, and universities; with conferences and associations; at sporting venues and events; and in sports marketing. (Enter Centre for username and Colonels for password.)

TeamWork Online 
Search for internships and sign up for email alerts in every major sport (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, ATP Tours, NASCAR, and more!).

Embark on Building the Narrative

There is a lot of opportunity beyond being in the spotlight. Your Liberal Arts and Sciences education can make you very marketable if you find the right position. Below are resources for graduate school and jobs in arts, media, and entertainment.

Graduate School and Job Searches

Graduate School Resources

Be sure to also check out Peterson's Graduate Schools and Programs on our Apply to Grad School page.

All Art Schools  
Explore art schools and career guides.

The Art Career Project  
The 20 best art schools in the U.S. for 2023.

Association of Independent Colleges of Arts and Design  
A consortium of 42 top non-profit independent colleges of art & design in the US and Canada.

Best Art Schools & Colleges  
Information on specific art focuses, a search tool to find art schools, and typical timelines for art degrees at various education levels.

Majoring in Music  
Provides easy access to key information about music schools, music careers, and summer music programs.

Niche  
Master’s in Liberal Arts and Humanities Programs in America.

Employment Resources

Be sure to also check Handshake and LinkedIn on the main Find a Job page. 

Advertising Age  
Search for jobs in a variety of specialties in the advertising field.

AdWeek Media Job Market
Locate positions in the advertising industry.

Americans for the Arts
Search for arts-related jobs in a variety of career fields and throughout the country.

Creative Hotlist
Huge array of arts, communications, and media/entertainment jobs.

New York Foundation for the Arts 
Locate arts positions in New York and across the nation.

American Community Theatre Association  
Positions in administration, directing, education, fundraising, marketing/development and technical staff.

Playbill  
Locate on-stage and off-stage positions throughout the U.S.

CreativeHeads.net
Jobs for the right brain. Find careers in video games, animation, design, software, multimedia and more.

EntertainmentCareers.net  
Job listings, internships and career information in the entertainment industry.

Music-Jobs.com
Variety of positions in the music industry (you must register to search but registration is free).

OffStageJobs.com  
Behind-the-scenes jobs in the live entertainment industry.

Show Crew Network  
An online resource for production professionals in the live event, film/television, theater, touring and entertainment industries. (You must sign up but registration is free.)

Women In Film and Video New England  
Lists jobs and casting calls for both film and video in the New England area.

American Institute of Graphic Arts  
Locate jobs in design.

National Council on Public History  
Numerous history positions listed by state (including a few overseas).

Smithsonian Institute
Job opportunities at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

Society of American Archivists
Locate positions in the archival profession.

iHeart Media  
Jobs local, regional, and national for television stations.

Fox Careers
Find a job with one of FOX’s many subsidiaries (including 21st Century FOX, FOX Sports, FX, National Geographic Channel, and more).

KET (Kentucky Educational Television)  
Find positions at Kentucky’s public educational television network.

MediaBistro.com 
Search for media positions nationwide.

MediaRecruiter.com  
Locate media sales positions in all 50 states.

TVandRadioJobs.com  
Find jobs in radio, television, film, and music.

American Association of Museums  
Search for museum jobs and information on museum careers.

Public Relations Student Society of America 
Information on careers in PR and skills needed for success in the field.

O’Dwyer’s Public Relations  
Find public relations jobs and research public relations companies (by state or by specialty).

PR News 
Locate positions in PR, marketing, and communications.

Public Relations Society of America
Search for public relations positions by state.

ESPN  
Search thousands of positions in the sports industry.

NBA.com 
Career opportunities with the National Basketball Association.

NCAA Online 
Search for jobs with universities, colleges, high schools, and athletic conferences.

SportsMedicineJobs.com  
Jobs listings and information for careers in sports medicine.

TeamWork Online  
Search jobs and sign up for email alerts in just about every different sport (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, Soccer, ATP Tours, and more)!

Work in Sports 
"Make your passion your career." Must register (free) to search jobs.

BookJobs  
Careers in a variety of areas in the book publishing field.

Newspaper Association of America CareerBank  
Find editing, journalism, and publishing positions in the newspaper industry.

The Write Job  
Search for positions in journalism, editing, technical writing, business communications, medical writing and more. 

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