Looking for Jobs/Internships in Arts, Design, Communication?

We (Career and Professional Development) link to sites that provide free information. Some of these sites might also offer fee-based services. We do not endorse or recommend any fee-based services or products on any websites we list and link.

Arts

• American Art Therapy Association – This is a nonprofit organization for professionals and students in art therapy. This site contains an overview of the profession, FAQs, and information about educational requirements.
• American Dance Therapy Association – The professional association related to dance therapy has an entire section of its website dedicated to information related to how to become a dance therapist. Information on training programs, jobs, and continuing education is provided.
• American Music Therapy Association – This is the professional web site for music therapists. Visit the Education & Careers page for information about a career in music therapy, educational requirements, licensure, schools, personal qualifications, and employment opportunities.
• Animation Career Review – A site dedicated to helping individuals learn information and find opportunities in animation. The “Careers in Animation” tab has information on types of job titles, employer information, industry trends, salary information and more.
• Animation World Network: Jobs
• Art Career Project.com – Detailed Guides on a variety careers in arts and design
• ArtJobs.artsearch.us – Jobs, full-time, internships, contract, in arts & culture; education; library; museum and gallery; music; theatre; other.
• Association of Medical Illustrators – The Association of Medical Illustrators promotes the power of visual media to advance scientific understanding, communication, education, and research. This site also contains information about the field of medical illustration, how to enter the field, and board certification.
• Backstage– Backstage is an online job and professional development hub for actors (film, TV, voiceover, and theatre). While users have to join to view full job listings and casting calls, helpful free resources, articles, and career-related information is housed on the site as well.
• Band Pioneer – We are thrilled about this new website specifically developed for independent musicians to learn how to find success working full-time or part-time in the music industry. This includes information about performing live, creating music for distribution and resell, marketing, and anything that can musicians succeed financially and socially.
• Broadway World – This website contains information about current events and education in theatre. The “student” section has information on education, degrees, and schools that offer training in a variety of theatre-related occupations.
• Careers in Music – Created by the Berklee College of Music, this site provides information about a wide array of careers in music in composition, business, education, production, therapy, performance, and song writing.
• Casting Society of America.com– Career information about theatre, film, television, reality, new media and commercials
• Creative Skill Set – This is a UK website, but it contains transferable information related to types of creative industries and informative descriptions of job titles (“roles”) in film, tv, visual effects, radio, and more.
• Dance NYC– jobs and internships in dance
• Disney Internships and College Programs
• Entertainment Careers.net– Entertainment jobs including Personal Assistants, Production Assistants, Casting, Music, Internships, etc.
• Game Career Guide – This website has information on how to pursue a career in the virtual gaming industry (design, production, and other related careers). Users will find a “digital counselor” feature that helps them locate information that matches their interests as well as news articles, school information, a job board, and forums.
• Get In Media – Film & TV – This site contains articles with career information specific to occupations in film and television.
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts– Careers including internships and fellowships
• Mandy.com– Film and TV production resources
• Mill Mountain Theatre- Located in Roanoke, VA. Apprenticeships, careers
• Music Jobs.com
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.org
• National Endowment for the Arts – Largest funder of U.S. arts and arts education
• National Gallery of Art – Employment includes internships and fellowships
• New York Foundation for the Arts– Opportunities for the arts
• Playbill.com– jobs in theatre
• Production Hub– careers in arts and design
• RWS Global – Entertainment positions
• Showbiz Jobs.com– Entertainment jobs and internships in over 40 categories, Including operations, accounting, finance, marketing, sales, legal, graphic arts, production, post-production, production management, administration.
• Smithsonian Institution– opportunities for internships and jobs
• Taubman Museum of Art– Located in Roanoke, VA.  Offering opportunities for internships, jobs and volunteering
• TVJobs.com: includes radio; salary data; advice. Alert: Some job-seeker services are fee-based. Career and Professional Development does not endorse or recommend any fee-based services for students.
• Virginia Commission on Arts– grants
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts– Located in Richmond, VA- careers, internships and volunteering
• Virginia Tech Center for the Arts – career and students opportunities
• Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts– Employment, internships, internships

Design

• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the professional association for design includes career resources; advice for getting started; job listings; salary info; student groups, more.
• Archinect- Landscape architecture jobs
• Coroflot.com– design career jobs
• Creative Heads.net– jobs in video game, animation, VFX and software/technology
• Creativehotlist– arts and design jobs
• The Creative Loft- PAID SUBSCRIPTION- jobs in fashion, interior design, photography, graphic design
• Dribble Jobs– graphic design jobs
• Guru.com– Freelance work for Design, Writing, Web Development, Data Entry, Graphic Design, sales and marketing
• Industrial Design Jobs:
• International Interior Design Association – This website contains current events information, interior design-related publications, and a career center with tips, resources and a job board for opportunities in interior design.
• Land8- Landscape Architects Network
• Nation Job Network– Design jobs
• National Retail Federation Career Center – Users will find videos and articles about retail occupations, employability tips, education/training information, and a job board in the Career Center. The main site has additional resources for current events and professional standards information.
• Staff me up-arts and design jobs
• Style Careers.com– jobs and internships in fashion

Communication

• American Journalism Review.org
  Career information / advice.
• American Society of Newspaper Editors.org | ASNE
• Association for Women in Communications.org | AWC job board
• Association of Writers and Writing Programs – A career and industry information resource for writers. There is a career section with a job board (create a free account to access), career advice articles, and videos.
• BookJobs.com: About the publishing industry; jobs, internships; recruitment events.
• Copy Editing.com
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting.org > Jobline
  Radio; television; corporate; internships; NPR, PBS, PRI, APM.
• Eloquenti.com: Apply for freelance, remote, paid professional work in proofreading, editing, and scientific writing. Platform to connect individuals needing services with vetted freelancers to provide these services.
• ESPN Careers -writing, production, social, creative ops.
• Freelance Writing.com: Freelance writing jobs, writer’s guidelines, articles.
• Freelancer.com: Writing projects in many categories from academic writing to ….
• Geek Freelancers.com: Projects in writing, social networking, sales and marketing.
• InfoComm International– A site with information on careers in audio/visual technology. Users will find articles, event information, a career center with special features for students, podcasts, videos and more.
• Jobs in Sports.com – Jobs in Sports
• JournalismJobs.com wide variety of jobs; career advice.
• MPA = Magazine.org = Assocation of Magazine Media: careers and internships.
• National Communication Association – This web site provides resources, news and support for communications professionals. It also contains a career center, and career information including a definition of communications, the history of communications, and a list of specializations within the discipline of communications.
• National Systems Contractors Association – NSCA is a not-for-profit organization serving as a resource and advocate for communications industry technicians. Occupation and industry information, a career center, blogs, and other resources are accessible via this site.
• Online Writing Jobs.com: Freelance advice & jobs in all categories of writing.
• Radio Television Digital News Association – Career, training, scholarship and current events information in digital news is available at this site. There is also a free job board for news-related careers.
• PBS | Public Broadcasting Service.org: Career opportunities include jobs and internships. Positions in PBS headquarters in Washington DC area unless otherwise noted. Check with your local PBS station for jobs at their locations.
• Printmag.com– design jobs
• PRSA | Public Relations Society of America.org: Jobs & career: advice, starting out, entry-level.
• Publishing Institute at the University of Denver
  a.k.a. Denver Publishing Institute
  Please note this is not an internship or job site. Established in 1976; intensive 4-week [July-Aug] career development program for recent college graduates, career changers, and those working in the publishing industry.
  Includes career guidance [professional and alumni networking, job search skills, career day, job postings, etc.] Tuition; may receive graduate credit. Selective admission; application deadline in March.
• Publishing Institute at NYU
  Please note this is not an internship or job site. Established c. 1979; intensive 6-week [June-July] study of book, magazine, and digital publishing; for recent college graduates and young professionals. Includes career counseling, resume reviews and interviewing techniques, industry advice and mentoring from program alumni. Concludes with career fair with interviews with leading publishing companies. Tuition; students receive six graduate credits. Selective admission; application deadline in March.
• Publish Press – careers in creative careers
• Society of Professional Journalists – The Society of Professional Journalists is the professional organization for journalists. This web site provides resources and information about ethics, freedom of press, diversity, and education. It also offers career advice, employment opportunities, and resources for students and young professionals.
• Sports Jobs Online – Sports Analytics
• Sports Video Group– Broadcast, production, editing, live-event media roles.
• TeamWorkOnline– Jobs in Sports and Entertainment
• Virginia Press Association.net | VPA: jobs, professional development.
• WriterFind.com > Freelance jobs: Freelance and telecommuting jobs.
• WritersMarket.com: Where and how to sell what you write.” Articles, advice. Some services for paying subscribers. READ all the fine print if you consider purchasing a subscription. Career and Professional Development does not endorse or recommend any fee-based services for students.
• WritersWeekly.com: Freelance writing ezine. Advice, articles, warnings, etc.
  Published continuously since 1997.
• WritersWrite.com: Jobs and resources for writers.
• Writing Center at Virginia Tech
  See employment opportunities for undergraduates for writing center coaches and work study positions.