This Career Community is focused on the many different areas students can pursue in fields of creative and arts. Browse blogs for career advice, look at resources for job and internship leads and watch videos profiling unique roles and occupations.

  • + CONSIDER CAREER PATHS
    View a sample of professional titles related to this major

    Visit My Next Move to browse for arts-related occupations by keyword or industry.

    • Actors, musicians and singers
    • Architects
    • Art directors
    • Camera Operators, Television, Video, & Film
    • Curators
    • Fashion designers
    • Graphic designers
    • Interior designers
    • Multimedia artists and animators
    • Music directors
    • Photographers
    • Poets, lyricists, and creative writers
    • Producers & Directors
    • Set and exhibit designers

    Need help exploring your career options? Take the Focus 2 assessment to search for occupations that fit with your interests, values, skills, and personality. Then speak with a Career Specialist about the results.

  • + EXPLORE MU MAJORS
    Check out arts-related MU majors, minors and certificates

    Please visit Majors@Mizzou and browse this site by career interests, occupation and by School or College. Remember, these are just a few examples of degree programs. A wide variety of MU majors can lead to a successful and satisfying career in creative and arts.

    • Architectural Studies
    • Art
    • Art (Graphic Design)
    • Art (Photography)
    • Art History
    • Communication
    • Digital Storytelling
    • English
    • Film Studies
    • History
    • Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Journalism
    • Linguistics
    • Music
    • Romance languages (French, Spanish)
    • Textile and Apparel Management
    • Theatre

    Another helpful tool is the What Can I Do With This Major site where you can connect academic majors to common career paths and see typical employers that hire those majors.

  • + MAKE CAREER CONNECTIONS
    Learn how to have career conversations to find possible career paths 
    • Arrange an informational interview, learning about the real-life experience of someone working in a field or company that interests you.
    • Seek out mentors by making meaningful connections with upperclassmen, faculty, staff and alumni. 
  • + RESEARCH ALUMNI CAREER PATHS
    Discover the unique career paths of fellow Tigers
    • Use LinkedIn to see what thousands of Mizzou alumni are doing with their degrees.
    • Explore the Career Outcomes web page to see what recent MU graduates are doing and where they are living.

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How to Become a Trend Forecaster

Few things have had as big of an impact on business in recent years as the concept of trend forecasting. With its ability to analyze fashion, technology and cultural trends, this key area of the media and marketing industries is …

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Artist Anicka Yi Talks Joining Pace and the Future of AI and the Art World

New York–based artist Anicka Yi has joined the roster of Pace, which will represent her in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper.

Born in 1971 in Seoul, Yi entered the art world in 2008 after years working …

By Harrison Jacobs
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Resources

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