Careers + Internships
Land an internship, work client-based productions, join a club, launch a career.
Careers
A New Media Studies degree opens a wide variety of career paths. Recent grads have worked in the following positions:
- Design Manager
- Social Media Manager
- Applications Systems Analyst
- Solutions Engineer
- 1st Assistant Director
- Video producer
- Photographer
- Camera Operator
- Digital Marketing Manager
- 3D Graphic Artist
- Web Editor
- UX-UI Designer
- Crypto currency exchange coordinator
- Advertising Lead
- Event Manager
- Project Manager
- Senior Digital Project Manager
Companies and organizations employing our graduates include:
- Leo Burnett
- Consumers Energy
- IBM
- Soccer.com
- 9&10 News
- Great Lakes Loons
- Aon
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- West Michigan Whitecaps
- eVideon Healthcare
- Allied Global
- Moosejaw
- Adsync Technologies Inc
Internships
The New Media Studies program is built to give you real-life experience in your field with an internship. It can be on or off-campus and tailored to your specific interests and career goals. Some past and present internships have been fulfilled at:
- The Chicago Center
- The Philadelphia Center
- Washington Media Institute
- Schell Games
- Post Factory Production House, New York
- Cartoon Network
- Smithsonian
- Geek Group
Remember to check Handshake regularly for new postings.
Apply for a Venture Grant to support your applied experience!
BITWORKS: Student Production Company
Bitworks is a student-run media production company that produces videos, designs web-sites, shoots photos and designs graphics for real-world clients. The gigs pay students directly and the valuable experience goes straight into their portfolios.
