Arts, Multimedia, and Entertainment Career Community
Arts, Multimedia and Entertainment professionals are creative, innovative professionals who work across various art, media, and performance industries. These careers are full of opportunities to apply and integrate creativity. Artists can produce quality content such as digital arts, movies, and TV programs. With the combined art and new media technologies, they redefine the meaning of art throughout the years.
Creative industries are all around us. They can be seen in the clothes we wear, the buildings we live and work in, the music we listen to, the books we read, the adverts on our screens, the apps we use and in countless other places. When you take a good look, the creative industries show up everywhere in our daily lives and the world would be quite a different place without them.
Multimedia is a growing field with a range of opportunities for creative professionals. Jobs in this field allow you to use your technical skills and artistic passion to work on exciting projects. In this article, we discuss what jobs in multimedia are, the career outlook, salary and workplace environment for careers and multimedia and diverse types of jobs in multimedia.
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Careers in creative fields usually involve imagination and original thinking, particularly through the creation of original work in the arts and media. Often, creative jobs require both dedication and time that extends beyond traditional business hours. Understanding some of the options for a creative career can help you find the right job for you.
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Creativity is far from just a skill; it is an essential part of an identity. Why settle for a career that does not allow creative individuals to shine? Creative people deserve equally creative careers!
Certifications and supplemental classes can round out your education and help you explore new areas of interest. Below are a few ways you can customize your education while at UMass.
Take your first step into the 3D animation pipeline. Animator and educator George Maestri reviews the software and processes involved in bringing 3D characters and scenes to life, including modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, and rendering with lights and cameras
Get the skills you need to edit videos using professional tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro. The courses in this learning path will help you develop a solid foundation in everything from story structure and editing techniques to dialog editing and color correction.
Get an overview of the types of contracts that you can expect to see, the situations in which a particular type is used, and the specific red flags inherent in each. Seth discusses NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement), work-for-hire and contractor agreements, and proposals, quotes, and SOWs.
Explore creative video editing techniques with a comprehensive study that includes both artistic analysis and technical instruction.
Explore the basic elements of screenwriting, production, and directing. This comprehensive beginner’s course is for anyone who has good ideas that they want to share with the world. Writer, director, and producer Avi Glijansky teaches the theory, skills, and core craft of visual storytelling for the big screen. Learn how to write your scripts; manage cameras, lighting, and sound; and work with actors. Plus, find out how to plan your production and keep your set running smoothly.
This course helps beginners unlock the potential of the latest edition, Premiere Pro 2022. Instructor and filmmaker Ashley Kennedy teaches all the essentials while building a short promo video from start to finish.
In this Creative Inspirations documentary, Kit shares highlights of recent projects, his renowned collection of American flags and American flag memorabilia, as well as the irrefutable wisdom of one who has stayed at the top of his game for five decades.
This series is designed to reveal productivity tips you can use to optimize the time and energy spent on the overhead involved in video post-production.
Fashion
Top recruiting platform for professionals in fashion, luxury, and beauty
Search New Jobs from 300 Top Fashion Companies
Fashion specific jobs and industry advice. Also hosts hiring events and fairs.
Media
Job opportunities for game artists.
Find the world’s best freelance and full-time artists for hire in games, film, media, and entertainment. ArtStation Jobs is the industry’s largest job board for media & entertainment art positions.
Cinesite is an award-winning digital entertainment studio with 30 years of experience and has worked on hundreds of films, TV and streaming productions.
Leading job board for careers in animation, video game, VFX development.
Creativehotlist is now a dedicated career resource for creative professionals in visual communications: Individuals can post resumes, job-wanted listings, and online portfolios.
Jobs in entertainment, crossing multiple industries
LA 411 and NY 411 are production directories of high-end film and television studios, production companies, professionals and more. Every listing on their sites are verified.
The world’s largest creative community of actors, film and TV crews, theatre professionals, child actors, voiceover artists, dancers, singers, musicians, models, and extras.
Motionographer Jobs is the industry's leading job board for opportunities in Motion design, Broadcast design, 3D, Interactive design, Live action, Graphic design, Visual effects, Producing.
ShowbizJobs was built to solve the frustrations of finding jobs and internships in the entertainment industry. Rather than search generic career sites with mostly non-entertainment listings or hunt through dozens of entertainment company jobsites, find them all in one place.
In addition to joining the Connect UMass Career Community for Arts, Multimedia, and Entertainment, there are many other ways you can meet and collaborate with people in these industries.
UMass Registered Student Organizations of Interest
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3D Printing Club
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Altitude
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Animation Club
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Arts and Media Council
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Association for Musical Performance
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Cosmetics Club
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Design Club
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DIY Umass
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Film Production Club
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Students for Sustainable Fashion and Art
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UDesign