Explore diverse career paths in media, communications, and entertainment through this page. Discover specific resources and job boards, view articles and videos showcasing different opportunities, connect with Dartmouth alumni, and observe real-time job market trends.
Learn about a diverse array of opportunities in the media industry, including average salaries and primary duties, ranging from news anchor to journalist to video editor!
By: Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
For students interested in pursuing careers in the arts and cultural sectors, the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) report on “Arts and Design Alumni: Employment and Perspectives on Their Work …
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Search by keyword OR by filtering for industry and occupation. Explore potential jobs and industries in depth using data that reflects real-time labor market trends.
Using this tool, a quick keyword and location search can tell you:
• General information about a job
• Average annual earnings in different locations
• Top employers currently hiring for this role
• Employment trends and projections for the next ten years
• Job titles for popular positions within the industry
• “Hard skills” by occupation, e.g., Adobe InDesign, Pivot Tables
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Top Employers
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Occupation Description
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.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
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
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.