VisCom RELATED CAREERS
College graduates use their education in a wide variety of fields. Your future career may relate more to your personal career interests, work values and transferable skills than any specific academic major.
The following list contains a variety of job titles of former graduates with an Art major. Use this as an idea list, and remember that it represents some, but certainly not all, of the careers you might consider:
Advertising Artist Bookplate Artist Fashion Artist/Designer
Motion Picture Artist Advertising Designer CAD Designer
Filmmaker Graphic Novel Character Designer
Airbrush Artist Card/Bus Card Artist Freelance Letter/Designer
Mural Artist Animator Caricaturist
Medical Illustrator Layout Modeler
Cartoonist Matte Painter Newspaper Artist
Model Builder Catalog Illustrator Editorial Illustrator
Newspaper Illustrator Architectural Renderer CD/Record Cover Designer
Visual Effects Artist Newspaper Layout Artist Art Administrator
Prop Designer Graphic Arts Technician Photographer
Art Buyer Cinematographer Graphic Designer
Photojournalist Art Conservator Color Expert
Graphic Print Designer Game Tester Consultant
Copyist Greeting Card Artist Printing Layout Artist
Courtroom Sketcher Makeup Artist Product Designer
Set Designer Quick Sketch Artist Art Director
Corporate Design Web Designer Sculptor
Textile Designer Internet Designer Producer
Storyboard Artist Concept Artist Tattoo Artist
CG Artist Instructor Sustainable Design
JOB, INTERNSHIP AND OTHER INDUSTRY RELATED SITES
Ability Magazine ABILITYmagazine.com : job board and resumé bank for individuals with disabilities
Action Sports Industry Malakye.com
After College aftercollege.com
All Graphic Designs allgraphicdesign.com
A List Apart ; design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices archaia.com
American Ad Agencies americanadagencies.com
American Institute of Graphic Art aiga.org
Animation Networking gimmeart.wixsite.com/animationarmy
Art Directors Club adcawards.org
ArtSource ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html
Art Job artsforla.org
Art Career Info collegegrad.com/careers/arts-and-design
Arts USA Job Bank jobbank.artsusa.org
Artist Community, blogspot thewhole9.com
Artist Resources & Job Listings artistresource.org
Arts Employment wwar.com
Art on the Net art.net
Artists and Related Workers khake.com
Association of Medical Illustrators ami.org
American Society of Media Photographers asmp.org
Business Software and Workshops-Gyst-ink.com– LCAD discount code: CPNLCAD0904
Business Etiquette emilypost.com/advice/download-10-tips-on-business-etiquette/
Broadcast Design Association promaxbda.org
Creative Hot List creativehotlist.com
California cac.ca.gov
Camp Jobs campjobs.com
Children’s Book illustrators childrensillustrators.com
Craigs List craigslist.com
College Grad Career Templates collegegrad.com
College Job Bank collegejobbank.com
College Student Jobs Barefootstudent.com
College Art Association collegeart.org
Creative Heads creativeheads.net
Creative Crash – Highend 3D creativecrash.com
Creative Competitions Marketplace graphicartistguild.org
Career and Lifestyle Advice for Women nicolewilliams.com
college.monster.com/benefits-entry-level-resume/articles
Designers, Illustrators theinternationalillustrated.com
D and Ad dandad.org/talent/new-blood
Fashion Tech fashiontech.wordpress.com
Fellowships chroniclebooks.com/
Global Art Jobs globalartjobs.com
Game Careers GameCareerGuide.com
Game Development Jobs orcahq.com
Game Jobs GameJobs.com
Game Jobs Gamasutra.com
Game Jobs treyarch.com/jobs
Game Jobs gameguzzler.com
Game Jobs gamesindustry.biz/jobs
Game Storming gamestorming.com
Glass door glassdoor.com/index.htm
Graphic Design allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog
Greenlight Jobs greenlightjobs.com
Ideal Jobs idealist.org
Indeed indeed.com Freelance Jobs angel.co
IE3 Global Internships ie3global.org
Image Think imagethink.net/resources/
Indeed indeed.com/ (search using the word internship)
Industrial Designers Society of America idsa.org
Internship and entry-level jobs YouTern.com
Juxtapoz Magazine juxtapoz.com
LA Workbook, Illustration, Photo workbook.com
Linkedin Jobs linkedin.com (search using the words internship)
Make Your Mark, Graphic Communications gaerf.org
New York Foundation for the Arts Nyfa.org
Magazine Work editorialphoto.com
New Grad Life Tips newgradlife.blogspot.com
New Grad Interview Tips & More newgradlife.blogspot.com
National Art Education Association arteducators.org
Neuvoo neuvoo.com
Orange County Arts artsoc.org
Online scholarship database for Financial Aid, Loan Tips – fastweb.com
Penguin Random House careers.penguinrandomhouse.com/#job04
Books Design rillart.com
Scholarship List salliemae.com
Summer Camp Jobs summercamps.com
Set Decorator setdecorators.org
Small Business Assistance score.org
Storyboard Art StoryboardArt.org
StoryCode storycode.org
Shows, internships, jobs for all media artscuttlebutt.com
Society of Illustrators societyillustrators.org
SQUARESPACE Portfolio Site squarespace.com
The Balance thebalance.com/top-internship-sites-1986878
The Muse themuse.com
Undercover Recruiter twitter.com/UndercoverRec
US Dept of Labor bls.gov
VFX Pro Boards forums.creativeplanetnetwork.com/forum/-2-pop-archives-read-only/full-archive
Wiki Job wikijob.co.uk
Women In Animation WIA womeninanimation.org
World Wide Film Festivals withoutabox.com
Worship the Brand worshipthebrand.com
You Tern, The Savvy Intern youtern.com/thesavvyintern/
Competitions onlinejuriedshows.
Job search site Barefootstudent.com
Job search site myjobhelper.com
Job site, career info, salaries sokanu.com
Free Portfolio: sell or Display work vitamintalent.com/blog/top-free-portfolio-sites
FULLBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES,
exchanges.state.gov
INDUSTRY CONVENTIONS:
CAA College Art Association (teachers) collegeart.org
COMICON Comic Convention comic-con.org
GDC Game Designers Conference gdconf.com
INDIECADIE International Festival of Independent Games indiecade.com
SIGGRAPH Digital Entertainment siggraph.org
WONDERCON Comics and Pop Culture Convention comic-con.org
BUSINESS QUESTIONS?
irs.gov
newgradlife.blogspot.com
law-arts.org
FREELANCE & BUSINESS BLOGS:
A list apart. design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices. alistapart.com/
Artsy Shark artsyshark.com
Business of Design Online howdesignuniversity.com
Creative Freelancer Blog creativefreelancerblog.com
Copyright Alliance copyrightalliance.org
From Copyright to Coloring Comics! community.wacom.com
Creative Circle creativecircle.com
Pintrest pinterest.com/
The Purple Canyon underdown.org
Red Lemon Club redlemonclub.com
SCORE score.org
Local Art Projects thumbtack.com
Residency Programs for Visual Art and Design artistcommunities.
PLACES TO SELL YOUR WORK ONLINE:
20×200 20×200.com
1000 Markets 1000markets.com
Art Two50 arttwo50.com/sell-art
ArtFire artfire.com
Café Press cafepress.com
deviantART deviantart.com
Etsy etsy.com
Greeting Card Universe greetingcarduniverse.com
Imagekind imagekind.com
InPrnt! inprnt.com
OrangePiel orangepiel.com
RedBubble redbubble.com
Society 6 society6.com
Spreadshirt spreadshirt.net
Threadless threadless.com
Zatista zatista.com
Zazzle zazzle.com
FREE ONLINE PORTFOLIO SITES:
ArtistPortfolio artistportfolio.net
Behance Network behance.net
Coroflot coroflot.com
deviantART deviantart.com
FigDig figdig.com
Flickr flickr.com
Gag gag.org
The I spot theispot.com
Illustrator’s Partnership illustratorspartnership.org
Krop krop.com
Portfolios portfolios.com
Virb virb.com
Work Book workbook.com
AFFILIATIONS:
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences interactive.org
Animation World Network awn.com
AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts aiga.org
ASIFA-Hollywood! asifa-hollywood.org
CG Society cgsociety.org
Computer Graphics Society cgsociety.org
Career Community https://fairygodboss.com/
Freelancers Union freelancersunion.org
Game Art Developers gdmag.com
Graphic Artist Guild graphicartistsguild.org
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators GNSI gnsi.org
lcograda ico-d.org
Illustrators’ Partnership illustratorspartnership.org
National Association of Women Artists thenawa.org
NASAGA North American Simulation and Gaming Assoc. nasaga.org
RGD Association of Registered Graphic Designers rgd.ca
Society for Animation Studies animationstudies.org/v3/
Society of Illustrators societyillustrators.org
Society of Children’s Book scbwi.org
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators illustratorspartnership.org
SND Society for News Design snd.org
The Animation Guild animationguild.org
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) theaoi.com
The Graphic Artists Guild graphicartistsguild.org
The Illustrators’ Partnership of America (IPA) illustratorspartnership.org
Women In Animation WIA womeninanimation.org
Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) cartoonistfoundation.org
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