Career Center

Job Sites by Career Field: Communication, Arts, and Humanities

Career and employment resources available for students majoring in various disciplines related to communication, arts, or humanities.

Comprehensive Sites for Jobs and Internships

  • International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) - Professional association site assisting job seekers in all industries and communication functions including public relations and marketing
  • Journalism Job Bank - Directory of jobs and internships in TV, photo journalism, newspapers, freelance, etc. compiled by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - An independent federal agency that provides support to advance and disseminate knowledge in all of the disciplines of the humanities: history, literature, linguistics, archaeology, jurisprudence and the history, criticism and theory of the arts
  • NationJob - Listing of career opportunities in variety of industries and employment categories
  • The Write Jobs - Specialty job board and career resource for journalism, media, publishing and writing professionals
  • Walt Disney World - Internship opportunities include a combination of education and work experience related to a wide variety of majors

Advertising/Public Relations

  • Advertising Age - Industry publication and includes online Job Bank with postings and articles related to creative marketing and advertising careers
  • American Advertising Federation - National advertising trade associations representing 200 ad clubs. Click on Job Bank to view job listings
  • Chicago Advertising Federation - Site includes opportunities for students including job board and information about young professional networking
  • Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) - Jobcenter offers most targeted community of public relations and communications jobs
  • Public Relations Directory - List compiled by Yahoo.com of various public relations companies, related industries including advertising, graphic design, and marketing

History and Museums

Journalism/Technical Writing

  • American Society of Newspaper Editors - Professional organization focusing on journalism-related issues. Search internships under Resources menu
  • Atlantic Media Company - Career and internships working with publications such as The Atlantic, National Journal, and Government Executive covering topics related to business, politics, government, media, and academia
  • Hearst Careers - Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses
  • JournalismJobs - One of the largest and most-visited online resource for journalism jobs.
  • Magazine Publishers of America - Industry association for consumer magazines and includes online job bank listing of internships with various publications
  • Society for Technical Communication (STC) - Access to ob postings specific to technical communicators plus articles, podcasts, and salary information

Performing Arts

Publishing

  • Publishers Weekly - Trade publication reviewing all genres of recently published books and online job postings listed under Careers, then "job zone"
  • W.W. Norton & Company - Publisher of about 400 books annually posts numerous internships and full-time job opportunities online

TV, Radio, and Film

  • Backstage - Since 1960, Backstage has served as the #1 resource for actors and performers to find high-quality roles to match their interests and career goals
  • Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) - Resources under Careers include Job Bank and Career Fair. Opportunities also available for student broadcasters
  • Show Biz Jobs - Opportunities for various job disciplines that drive the Entertainment business including operations, accounting/finance, marketing, sales, graphic arts, production, post-production, internships, etc.
  • TV jobs - Comprehensive media directory for Broadcast Television including agents, awards, channels, colleges, film festivals, internships, job lines, scholarships, etc.

Visual Arts