Digital + Media Career Resources
The Career Center has built this page to provide you with valuable advice and resources relevant to your major. Explore and take advantage of what you find here to maximize your career readiness!
Common Career Paths for Digital + Media Majors
If you are still trying to explore and evaluate your career path, you can check out this selected list of common job titles that alumni often pursue. Please keep in mind, this is not meant to be exhaustive. Rather, you can consider it a starting point to explore options in the field.
Product Designer - Conceptualize and create a variety of products. This role often involves sketching, prototyping, and collaborating with engineers and manufacturers. Often done as part of a team at a company or design consultancy.
UI/UX Designer - Specialize in user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design for digital products such as websites and apps, ensuring that they are functional, easy to use, and visually engaging. Might be done while working for a company, consulting firm, or via freelancing.
Interaction Designer - Design interactive experiences, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications, focusing on engaging and immersive user experiences.
Digital Content Creator - Produce content for various digital platforms, including social media, video channels, and websites. This can involve writing, photography, animation, videography, and graphic design.
Experience Designer - Focus on creating engaging, meaningful, and effective experiences for users across various digital and physical touchpoints. May utilize skills in user experience (UX) design, interaction design, and spatial design.
Design / Creative Director - Lead the creative vision and direction for entire products, tech platforms, or studios by managing teams of designers, and overseeing the development of creative strategies. Requires extensive experience.
Video Producer- Create and edit video content for various purposes, including promotional materials, documentaries, or entertainment. This involves working with video editing software and possibly managing production teams.
Creative Technologist- Blend technology and creativity to create innovative digital experiences and solutions. This role often involves working at the intersection of design, technology, and user experience. Skills in both design and coding are usually needed.
Multimedia Artist - Combine different forms of media—such as text, audio, video, and graphics—into cohesive digital projects. One might sell work via galleries/museums or be commissioned on a project basis.
Entrepreneur / Founder - Start one's own design-related business or product line, leveraging their design skills to create and market innovative products or services.
Fine Artist - Produce original artwork that express a unique vision, concept, or idea. Work may be exhibited and sold via galleries, museums, art fairs, and private collections.
Art/Design Educator - Teach art and design concepts and skills at various levels, often through work in educational settings such as schools, colleges, universities, community art centers, and museums.
Places Where Students Have Recently Interned - A Selected List
This is a curated list of places where students have done internships in the last few years.
Internships, Jobs, & Opportunities
Find jobs, internships, and other opportunities related to your major.
Interaction Design Association
Museum Curator Fellowships and Internships
Organizations, Directories, & Communities
This is a curated selection of communities and organizations that are relevant to the field.
Top 100 Experiential Marketing Agencies
Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies
Explore this selection of internal grant and fellowship opportunities available to RISD students.
RISD Managed Grants and Awards
Student & Alumni Stories
Read these stories of students and alumni expressing their creativity in the professional world.
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CreativeStudy
This free online video learning platform is presented by creatives who have dedicated their lives to sharing knowledge on financial and business topics. Use your RISD Single Sign On credentials to access it!