This career path is focused on designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, marketing communication and entertainment services.
While many majors and minors can prepare you for this career path, we find that students studying certain subjects have a natural connection. Common majors and minors related to career in this area include:
English, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Marketing, History, Psychology, Sociology, Digital Media, Philosophy
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While you take some time to rest and recharge for the final stretch, remember that this is also an opportunity to take important steps toward a successful career.
Our office is dedicated to helping you feel confident and ready for whatever lies ahead, so let’s take a moment to review three key actions you can take during this break to set yourself up for success.
By Victoria Barbeisch
Victoria BarbeischCommunications and Program Specialist, Career Services
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Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
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Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
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