This career interest area focuses on expressing ideas through written and verbal communication, creative expression and diverse mediums. Opportunities may include artistic performance, arts management, digital and graphic arts, publishing, journalism, production, advertising, marketing and public relations.
Resources
Explore the list of resources below to learn more about career paths in Arts & Culture. These resources will help you discover opportunities, grow your network and more!
Join the Arts & Culture career interest area in Handshake:
- Log in to Handshake
- Click on your name in the top right corner of the screen
- Select 'Career Interests'
- Navigate to the question 'In what career interest areas are you most interested?'
- Select the 'Arts & Culture: Arts, Communication, Entertainment, Media' career interest area
- Click the 'Save My Career Interests Button'
Explore offerings in departments, programs and centers such as these:
- Art History and Art
- Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
- Business Management
- Center for Popular Music Studies
- Center for the Study of Writing
- Collaborative programs with Cleveland Institute of Art and Cleveland Institute of Music
- English
- Film Studies
- French and Francophone Studies
- German Studies
- History
- Japanese Studies
- Judaic Studies
- Marketing
- Modern Languages and Literatures
- Music
- Pre-architecture
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
- Theater
- Women's and Gender Studies
- World Literature
General exploration
- Career assessments
- Career videos, CareerOneStop
- My Career Story
- My Next Move: Careers with Videos
- "What Can I Do with this Major?"
Industry-based exploration
- Communication Careers
- The Art Career Project
- Student Art Guide
- Firsthand Vault Guides (sign in to Firsthand through My Career before accessing the guides below)
Job-based exploration
Find jobs and internships
- ACES Job Bank
- Art Museum Internships
- Artrepreneur
- CAS Experiential Learning Fellowships
- CCEL Scholars
- Department of English Scholarships and Prizes
- Entertainers Worldwide Jobs
- Entertainment Careers
- Freelancer
- Journalism Jobs
- mandy.com | The #1 jobs platform for cast, crew and creative professionals
- Media Bistro
- Media Match
- Museum Jobs
- Music Jobs
- Upwork
Funding
Networking the best way to tap into the hidden job market—an immense underground marketplace where jobs open up and then are filled through word of mouth and personal referrals.
There are many ways to network at CWRU:
Here is a selection of organizations that might interest you:
For a full list of student clubs and organizations that match your interests, visit CampusGroups.
Outcomes and data
- Data USA: facts about employment, salary and more by major/industry category
- U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics by Industry
- Read about outcomes and data for CWRU students