This Career Community is intended for students interested in careers in the creative arts (including writing, publishing, graphic design), performing arts, and media arts (including broadcasting and entertainment). Explore the Creative Arts, Design + Media Career Community.
This Career Community helps you connect your major to an industry, attend industry events and access targeted internships and job postings, allowing our employer partners to easily recruit students who have the skills their company is seeking.
Below are resources by major. Also make sure to scroll further to view jobs/internship highlights, events, resources, career videos, news and more.
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- Glassdoor
- HireSaints
- Handshake
- Indeed
- Idealist – Non-profit organization’s internship, job, and volunteer postings.
- Art Therapy Career Center
- Coroflot
- Krop
- Angel List
- Creative Mornings
- Hire Culture
Sample Job Titles: Art Therapist, Music Therapist, Creative Director, Program Manager, Expressive Therapist, Creative Arts Therapist, Activity Therapist, Visual Arts Teacher, Illustrator, Art Director, Elementary Art Teacher, Art/Music Coordinator
Sample Job Sites: Mountain Mist Day Camp, Community Arts Center, Heather Rooney, St. Theresa of Avila School, St. ROse School
- ARTrelief™
- Astor Home for Children
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Brookline Arts Center
- Common Art
- Community Art Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) – The Jimmy Fund
- Gateway Arts
- House of Colors
- Mission Grammar School
- Raytheon Intelligence and Space
- Sherrill House, Inc.
- St. Francis House
- United South End Settlements’ Children’s Art Centre
- Walden Behavioral Care
Additional Organizations to Consider:
- Artistic Noise
- ArtsBoston
- Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
- Arbour Counseling Services
- Bloomberg Arts
- Boston Center for the Arts
- Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts, Culture, and Special Events
- Boston Public Schools
- Cambridge Arts Council
- Clark Art Institute
- Canvas Fine Arts
- Copley Society of Art
- CREST Collaborative
- DeCordova Museum & Sculpture Park
- Dedham Art Association
- Eliot Community Human Services
- Express Yourself
- Guild of Boston Artists
- Harrison Ave. Headstart
- Harvard Art Museums
- Italian Home for Children
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Mass MoCA
- MATCH Charter Public School
- McLean Hospital
- MIT Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- New Art Center
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Rogerson Communities
- Springhouse Senior Living
- Tufts University Art Galleries
- U.S Department of Veterans Affairs
- Worcester Art Museum
- 3LPlace
- Boston Magazine
- Hasbro
- Penrose Realty
- Museum of Science
- 617 Media Group
- Yellow House Consulting
- Romeo Hunte
- World’s Intel
- Boston Red Sox
- IBM
- Ai3 Architects
- The Fantastical
- Next Fans
- 52Launch
- ISlide Inc.
- Gold Sparrow Marketing
- Seri Roth
- Popular Property Realties
- MA Dept of Elementary & Secondary Ed
- Metter Media
- Lamplighter Brewery
- Neon Bandits
- Fit Factory
- ARCK
- Blount Fine Foods
- Copper & Print
- Food Truck Festivals of America
- 3:5 Creative
- Indeed Hiring Events
- Her Campus Magazine
- PUMA North America Inc.
- GenZ Publishing
- Red Light Management
Sample Job Titles: Graphic Designer, Digital Content Associate, Digital Outreach Manager, Arts, Media + Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Specialist, Advertising Sales Executive, Marketing Assistant, Brand Strategist, SEO Strategist, UI/UX Designer, Social Media Manager, AI Conversation Designer, Junior Graphic Designer, Freelance Designer, Web Designer
Sample Job Sites: 143 Studios, ActBlue, Adroadia, Americorps, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Boston Herald, Brown Rudnick, Caribbean Media Group, Charles River Interactive, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, Cogo Labs, Drift, Free People, ISM Connect, IVY, J.P. Licks, Frontier Communications, Kel and Partners, M.S. Walker, PMC Media Group, Sjal Skincare, SC Digital Marketing, ValidaTek Inc., Vistaprint
- GBH Educational Foundation
- WCVB-TV 5 (ABC Boston)
- Elevate Communications
- Katch Media Group
- The Idea Boutique
- Play Too Much Magazine
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) – Department of Communications
- Colleges of the Fenway (COF)
- Grassroots International
- Haeley Education Foundation
- Boston Collegiate Charter School
- Building U
- Yale Athletics
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- First Congregational Church of West Tisbury
- Partners for Youth with Disabilities
- Elevate Communications
- United Planet
- Marlo Marketing/Communications
- Emmanuel College – Office of Communications and Marketing
- You Care We Care Community Programs, Inc.
- Ash and Rose
- Common Cause
- Jumpstart
- Building Impact
- Boston Center for the Arts
- American Public Television (APT)
- Big Apple Restaurant Supply
- NEXT Therapy Solutions
- Cambridge Family & Children’s Services
- Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. (MARE)
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Make-A-Wish Foundation
- New Venture Media Group
- Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
- Staples Inc.
- Starting Small Media
Sample Job Titles: Copywriter, Digital Content Creator, Media Planner/Researcher, Public Relations Officer, Social Media Manager, Television Producer, Production Coordinator/Designer, Web Content Manager, Event Planner, Book Publisher/Author, Communications Specialist, Development Coordinator, Entertainment/Sports, Professor, Journalist, Speech Therapist, Health Communication Coordinator, Human Resources Specialist, Market Researcher, Global Medical Communications, International Communications, Project Management, Product Manager, Art Director, Magazine/Newspaper Editor, Photographer/Videographer, Consulting, Language Pathologist, Radio Show Host, Brand Strategist, UI/UX Designer, Writer
Sample Job Sites: Boston Globe Media, 1059 Creative, ’47 Brand, Allstate, Boston Blades, Boston.com, Boston Ballet, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Dirty Water Media, ESPN, Eataly, Facebook, Gatehouse Media New England, GBH, Gatekeep Press, Girl Scouts, InkHouse Media + Marketing, Louis Vuitton, PMC Media Group, Provenance Hotels, State Street, SmartBear, TGN.TV, The Enterprise, The Improper Bostonian, The Kraft Group, The Martha’s Vineyard Times, TripAdvisor, Title Boxing, Vistaprint, Walt Disney World, WDHD 7 News, YMCA of Greater Boston
- AEJMC: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- American Communication Association
- CIOS: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
- International Communication Association
- National Communication Association
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- ONET
- Career One Stop – Occupational information that will increase your understanding of the job market
- Careers Out There – Career videos with professionals from all types of jobs talking about what they do
- CityTownInfo.com – Read real life career stories from professionals in various fields
- Boston Magazine – Editing
- Play Too Much Magazine – Music Journalism
- Public Schools – Student Teaching
- WDHD 7 News – Writer
- Tutoring Company – Teacher
- Starting Small Media
- Harvard Business Review
Amherst
- Small Batch Books
Ashfield
- Paris Press
Beverly
Boston
- 826 Boston
- Little, Brown & Company
- Beacon Press
- House MVP Publishing
- Addison-Wesley
- Cheng & Tsui Company
- Hachette Book Group
- Branden Books
- University of MA Press
- Houghton Mifflin Hartcourt
- Harvard Business Publishing
Brighton
Cambridge
Concord
Easthampton
Holliston
Northampton
North Adams
Somerville
Other
- Rudder Haven (Remote)
- Emmanuel Theater Arts Department
Sample Job Titles: Director, Producer, Production Manager, Technical Director, Scenic Director, Event manager, Costume Designer, Lighting Designer, Projection Designer, Sound Designer, Choreographer, Drama Teacher/Professor
- American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
- Americans for the Arts
- American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
- Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)
- Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild (METG)
- National Guild for Community Arts Education
- New England Theatre Conference (NETC)
- Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
- Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (TYA/USA)
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
Local Theaters
- Chevalier Theatre/Wilbur
- Boch Center
- The Theatre Offensive
- Citizens Bank Opera House
- Lyric Stage Company of Boston
- Emerson Colonial Theatre
- Orpheum Theatre: Hires through Live Nation
- Center of Performing Arts Colleges of the Fenway
- Arts Emerson