Do you see yourself as expressive, original, creative, and independent? Does a structured environment sound boring to you? Then, this is the page you are looking for! Careers in Arts, Media, Communications, and Entertainment offer opportunities to use written and verbal communication, creative expression, and diverse mediums to convey meaning and information to audiences. We invite you to explore this cluster to determine if it is a good fit for you and leverage our resources to launch your job, internship, or graduate school search.
Make an Appointment with a Career Coach
Step One: Log into your Handshake account Step Two: Click on Career Center in the top right, Appointments, and then Schedule a New Appointment Step Three: Choose one of the following Appointment Categories: Resume/CV Review, Industry Research/Finding Experience, Graduation Professional School, Job Search Step Four: Choose one of the following industries: Arts, Architecture, Media, and Communication Industries Step Five: Choose the appointment time and date that work for you!
Example Career Paths and Job Titles
Career Resources
Arts & Design
- Get involved with the Central Programming Council Cultural Attractions Committee to help plan campus events surrounding the arts
- Get connected to the local artist community through The Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville
- Volunteer at the Knoxville Museum of Art to gain gallery experience
- Attend workshops and meet fellow artists at Knox Makers
- Learn more from the Creative Generation
- Discover Art Residencies
Media & Public Relations
- Gain valuable production and broadcasting experience at The Volunteer Channel
- Write for the School of Journalism and Electronic Media’s online news website, The Tennessee Journalist
- Gain radio experience at UT’s own radio station, WUTK Radio
- Write and take photos for stories or create digital media
- PRSSA
Freelance
- Attend workshops and meet fellow artists at Knox Makers
- Show work, attend workshops, and support other local artists at Rala and Smart and Becker
- Knoxville Entrepreneur Center– Network with local entrepreneurs, participate in workshops and events in the Knoxville community
- TN Entertainment Commission
- Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation– Take academic courses in entrepreneurship, join a student organization like the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, or participate in competitions and workshops
Film & Performing Arts
- Volunteer at the Clarence Brown Theatre or Theatre Knoxville Downtown
- Join the student organization All Campus Theatre
- Join student organizations– MTNA, Student Composer, VolOpera, LUGC
- Volunteer at the Joy of Music School, Knoxville, TN
- Participate in Concerto competition
- Work at the George DeVine Music Library
Arts & Design
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- Americans for the Arts
- College Art Association
- Advertising Photographers of America
- Graphic Artists Guild
- South Arts
Media
- IRTS Foundation (International Radio & Television Society)
- Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
- Tennessee Press Association
- Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TABTN)
- National Sports Media Association
- The Association for Women in Communications
- National Association of Black Journalists
- American Copy Editors Society
Public Relations
Writing
- Society for Technical Communication
- Education Writer’s Association (EWA)
- East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication
- Knoxville Writers Guild
Film & Performing Arts
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP)
- New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
- Tennessee Theatre Association (TTA)
- Actors Fund
- American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
- Tennessee Music Education Association (TNMEA)
- Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA)
- American Orchestras
- Musical Artists
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- American Society of Cinematographers
- Association of Talent Agents
- Independent Film and Television Alliance
- National Society of Film Critics
Fashion & Freelance
Arts & Design
- Creatively
- Behance Jobs
- Animatedjobs.com
- Behance.net
- Jobs.disneycareers.com
- Flexjobs.com
- Nickanimation.com
- Pixar.com/internships
- Workingnotworking.com
- Internships.com (Art and design internships)
- ArtJobs
- Incredible Art
Media
- Creative Jobs Central
- JournalismJobs
- MediaBistro
- CCI JEM Internship Listings
- Entertainment Careers
- Production Hub
- Journalism Next
- Public Media Jobs
- Radio Online
- Staff Me Up
- TVJobs
- Work in Sports
- Creative Pool
- Digital Media
- Sports Jobs
Public Relations
- Opajobs.com (Opportunities in Public Affairs)
- PR Crossing
- PR News Job Center
- krop.com
- Commarts.com
- Creativecircle.com
- Mediapost.com
- Prweekjobs.com
- UT Advertising/PR Internship Listings
Writing
- Writers Write- Technical Writing Links
- Investigative Reporters & Editors
- Editor & Publisher
- Freelance Writing
- Writerlance
- How to Start a Blog
- Ed 2010
- Book Jobs
- New York Times Summer Internship Program
- Boston Globe Co-op Program
Film & Performing Arts
- American Theatre Wing
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Clarence Brown Theatre
- Showbiz
- Staff Me Up
- Music Jobs-USA
- Musical America
- Entertainment Careers
- NBC
- Disney
- Musical Chairs
- Americandancefestival.org
- Danceusa.org
- Schooltheatre.org
- Offstagejobs.com
Fashion & Freelance
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree program. Schools provide a wide variety of MFA programs including creative writing, photography, illustration, interior, industrial design, and graphic design.
- Master of Arts in Communications is designed to analyze the ways in which people create, use and interpret the different forms of media. Depending on the school, students can pursue a specialization in advertising, journalism, public relations, film, and television, in addition to several other media-related options.
- Master of Arts in Film Studies mainly for those interested in the history and theory of filmmaking.
- Master of Fine Arts in Producing for Cinema-Television. Those interested in Broadcasting can pursue this. In a track of this nature, courses will cover the pre-and post-production aspects of this field, such as video making, cinematography, production, screenwriting, directing, editing and sound.
Jobs on Handshake: Arts, Media, Communications and Entertainment