Center for Career Services
Career Services for Life.
No matter where you are in your career, we have resources to help. For Ringling students and alumni, we offer training and career preparation services, such as job search strategies, resume reviewing, interview training, and portfolio building. We bring recruiters from the top creative companies around the world to deliver presentations and interview students. Attend career events, ask questions, and get the information you need to make thoughtful choices about your future.
Want to take a look at part-time or freelance jobs that are currently posted in your field? Ringling College uses College Central Network®, the nation’s leading network for art and design college job seekers, with over 10,000 registered employers posting opportunities for students just like you! So you can see what recruiters and companies are looking for right now.
Contact
Career Services
2700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234
941-359-7502
talent@ringling.edu
Turning passion into profession
Make yourself at home
Access Ringling branded documents and outstanding resources available on your College Central account. Create and upload your resume for online review and assistance. Add your best work to the free portfolio section. Search My Schools Jobs where clients who are looking for students and/or alumni from Ringling College post their opportunities!
Log into College Central Network® (CCN).
Get a sneak peek into what it’s like to work at Disney, Hasbro, Sony, DreamWorks, Hallmark, and nearly 100 other top creative companies through our ongoing series of on-campus recruiter presentations (spoiler alert: it’s pretty cool).
All Career events are included on your College Central account. Join the Center for Career Services group on RINGLINK or your Corq App to find out who, what, when and where they are.
This just so happens to be our specialty. Our experienced staff members are always available to help you on your path to success. That may be an early step, such as navigating the job search and resume prep, or big decisions later down the road, like evaluating job offers and graduate schools. Let’s make a date to discuss your future.
In addition to Scheduled appointments, we also have daily “Pop-In” times available on Zoom Monday through Thursday from 1:30-4:00 pm. Sign into the Ringling Portal or your College Central Network® account for appointment scheduler and pop-in Zoom links.
Join us for Food for Thought sessions during the lunch hour designed to help you in your job search, enhance your professional skill set, and build a plan for your future. Just bring your lunch, and we’ll provide the rest.
Plan your professional day for the exciting Career Insight events. From school to careers, Ringling College alumni and other professionals provide inspirational talks, networking opportunities, and feedback on your portfolio.
Employers love Ringling College
“I was extremely impressed by the level of professionalism at Ringling College. The high standards the staff hold for themselves are best represented through the exceptional quality of work being done by their talented students.”
Derek Esparza
Senior Animator, Sony Pictures Imageworks
“It was an absolute pleasure coming to Ringling College. The students were great and their portfolios/reels are awesome—some of the best I’ve seen coming out of universities nationwide!”
Matthew Schulz
Senior Account Manager, Virtuos Games
We host around 100 recruiters from the top creative businesses and brands in the world every year to deliver presentations, meet emerging talented artists and designers, and review portfolios.
So, what can you do with an art and design degree?
A better question is, what can’t you do? Explore a few career options for each major below or read about what our faculty and staff have to say about what you can do with an art degree.
Account Manager
Art Center Director
Business Owner
Communications Director
Consumer Insights Manager
Creative Assets Manager
Creative Coordinator
Creative Marketing Strategist
Creative Advertising Coordinator
Design Manager
Design Studio Owner
Digital Campaign Strategist
Film Production Manager
Film Production Assistant
Gallery Owner / Director
Marketing Consultant
Marketing Manager
Media Services Manager
Online Strategy Specialist
Production Manager
Production Coordinator
Project Manager
Social Media Manager
Advertising Designer
App Designer
Art Director
Art Educator
Automotive Graphic Artist
Book Designer / Interactive
Brand Consultant
Brand Development Designer
Campaign Project Strategist
Catalog Designer
Computer Production Artist
Conceptual Designer
Corporate Marketing Designer
Creative Director
Creative Imaging Coordinator
Creative Marketing Director
Creative Services Manager
Communications Director
Design Director – Print Media
Designer Manager
Digital Image Artist
Digital Production Artist
Direct Marketing Designer
Editorial Designer
Electronic Production Artist
Environmental Designer
Executive Web Producer
Exhibit Planner / Designer
Experience Design Strategist
Freelance Event Designer
Global Brand Manager
Graph Generation Specialist
Graphic Designer
Graphics Marketing Director
Image Design Director
Information Designer
Interactive Production Artist
Interactive Creative Director
Interactive Media Designer
Lead Web Designer
Licensing Production Artist
Logo Designer
Map Designer (Cartographer)
Marketing Artist
Marketing Presentation Artist
Marketing Graphics Director
Marketing Specialist
Media Production Specialist
Mobile Application Designer
Mobile Web Designer
Motion Graphics Designer
Multimedia Art Director
Multimedia Services Manager
Online Experience Designer
Online Media Designer
Packaging Designer
Photo Art Director / Editor
Point of Purchase Designer
Pre-Press Graphic Designer
Print Media Design Director
Product Art Director
Product Designer / Illustrator
Production Manager
Production Specialist
Project Manager
Promotional Designer
Publications Director
Quality Control Artist
Signage Developer / Designer
Social Media Design Director
Sports Graphic Designer
Streaming Media Artist
Studio Production Manager
Studio Coordinator
Trade Show Booth Designer
Typeface / Font Designer
UI (User Interface) Designer
Video / Film Graphic Designer
Virtual Graphics Designer
Virtual Presentation Artist
Visual Identity Art Director
Wayfinding Designer
Website Art Director
Website Designer / Developer
3D Animator
3D Generalist
3D Modeler
Art Director
Character Animator
Character Designer
Character Rigging Artist
Character Technical Director
Creature Animator/Technical Director
Compositor
Effects Animator
Lighting Artist
Lighting Technical Director
Pre-visualization Artist
Storyboard Artist
Technical Animator
Technical Director
Texture Artist
Visual Development Artist
2D Cartoon Illustrator
Advertising Comp Artist
Advertising Layout Artist
Animation / Illustration Artist
Architectural Illustrator
Art Director
Art Educator
Biomedical Illustrator
Book Cover Illustrator
Botanical Illustrator
Broadcast Illustrator
Character Artist
Character Sketcher
Children’s Book Illustrator
Comic Book Illustrator
Conceptual Artist
Costume Designer
Costume Supervisor
Creative / Fashion Director
Digital Illustrator
E-Learning Designer
E-Greeting Card Illustrator
Editorial Cartoonist
Fabric Print Artist
Fashion Illustrator
Graphic Novel Artist / Writer
Greeting Card Illustrator
Home Textiles Designer
Iconographer (Symbols)
Imaging Specialist
Live Caricature Artist
Logo Designer
Magazine Illustrator
Map Illustrator
Marketing Artist
Marketing Communications
Medical Illustrator
Medical Products Illustrator
Muralist
Music Video Set Painter
Packaging Illustrator
Pattern Creation Designer
Point-of-Purchase Designer
Pop-Up Card / Book Designer
Portrait Artist
Pre visualization Artist
Product Illustrator
Textbook Illustrator
Scientific Illustrator
Set Designer – Film & TV
Set Painter – Theater
Signage Developer / Designer
Surface Designer
Storyboard Sketch Artist
Tattoo Designer
Textile Painter
Author
Acquisitions Editor
Advertising
Assistant Copywriter
Biographer
Blogger
Book Critic
Book Publisher
Columnist
Comic Book Writer
Communications Professor
Copy Editor
Copywriter
Creative Writing Professor
Creativity Coach
Critic
Editor
Fact Checker
Fiction Writer
Freelance writer
Ghostwriter
Grant writer
Graphic Novelist
Greeting Card Writer
Humorist
Journalist
Legacy Writer
Lyricist
Marketing Associate
Medical Writer
Playwright
Poet
Proof Reader
Public Relations Executive
Publicist
Reporter
Researcher
Screenplay Writer
Script Supervisor
Short Story Writer
Songwriter
Speechwriter
Staff Writer
Story Editor
Teacher
Technical Writer
Travel Writer
TV Writer
Video Game Writer
Writing Coach
2D Animator
3D Animator
Art Director – Broadcast
Art Educator
Audio Visual Specialist
Broadcast Graphic Designer
Commercial Producer
Compositor
Communications Strategist
Creative Director
Design Director, Broadcast
E-Learning Media Developer
Experience Designer Experience Strategist
Film Titles Animator
Film Titles Designer
Film Sequence Specialist
Graphic Coordinator
Graphic Designer
Graphics Editor
Image Design Director
Interface Designer
Interaction Designer
Interactive Art Director
Interactive Media Designer
Interactive Artist
Mobile Web Designer
Mobile Graphics Animator
Motion Artist
Motion Graphics Designer
Multimedia Designer
On-Air Art Director
On-Air Motion Designer
Online Media Designer
Phone Screen Designer
Production Editor
Production Specialist
Special Effects Designer
Title Sequence Designer
Touch Screen UX Designer
User Experience Lead
User Interface Designer
UX Motion Designer
Video Compressionist
Videographer
Web Graphics Designer
Web Developer
Web Design / Mobile Apps
Attractions Designer
Branded Entertainment
Designer
Customer Experience Designer
Engagement Content Creator
Exhibit Fabricator
Exhibit Designer
Exhibit Content Developer
Experience Design Manager
In-show Graphics Designer
Interactive/digital Project
Manager
Museum Exhibit Designer
Production Show Set Designer
Sets & Scenic Designer
Signage Designer
Themed Entertainment
Creator
Aerial Photographer
Architectural Photographer
Art Educator
Automotive Photographer
Broadcast Photojournalist
Catalog Photographer
Cinematographer
Color Corrector
Combat Photographer
Continuity Photographer
Cosmetic Retoucher
Creative Coordinator
Digital Asset Manager
Digital Image Archivist
Digital Image Retoucher
Digital Applications Designer
Digital Photo Press Operator
Digital Photo Retoucher
Digital Press Operator
Digital Photo Lab Director
Director of Photography
Documentary Producer
Environmental Photographer
Event Photographer
Fashion Photographer
Food Photographer
Gallery Curator - Photo
Home Design Photographer
Image Archives Coordinator
Image Specialist
Imaging Technician
Interior Photographer
Landscape Digital Imager
Location Photographer
Magazine Photographer
Media Production Specialist
Medical Photographer
Multimedia Technician
Museum Photo Curator
Museum Image Archivist
News Photographer
Online Fashion Photographer
Online Blog Photographer
Online Catalog Photographer
Online Magazine Photographer
Online Photo Manager
Photo Sales Manager
Photo/Video Editor
Photo Researcher
Photo Restorer
Photo Studio Manager
Photo Stylist
Photography Archivist
Photography Historian
Photography Scout
Photojournalist
Portrait Photographer
Print Quality Analyst
Promotional Photographer
Real Estate Photographer
Sports Photographer
Stock Photo Provider
Studio Lighting Expert
Surveillance Photographer
Travel Photographer
Visual Stylist
Website Art Director
Website Photographer
Art Director – Feature Films
Assistant Editor
Assistant Producer
Audio Engineer
Best Boy
Boom Operator
Camera Operator
Casting Director
Chief Lighting Technician
Cinematographer
Concept Artist
Costume Designer
Costume Illustrator
Colorist
Construction Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Digital Color Specialist
Digital Compositor
Digital Recording Director
Digital Scanning Director
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Field Supervisor
Film Editor
Film Educator
Film Promoter
Foley Artist
Foreign Film Promoter
Global Film Strategist
Gaffer
Graphic Designer - Films
Grip
Illustrator - Films
Interactive Art Director
Lighting Designer
Lighting Technician
Location Manager
Location Scout
Makeup Artist
Makeup Department Head
Media Director
Media Planner / Buyer
Motion Graphics Designer
Music Editor
Producer
Production Assistant
Production Manager
Props Production Designer
Scoring Crew
Screenwriter
Script Supervisor
Set Designer
Set Lighting Technician
Sound Effects Editor
Sound Effects Recordist
Sound Re-recording Mixer
Special Effects Director
Steadicam Operator
Storyboard Artist
Title Designer
Visual Effects Artist / Designer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Potential Employers:
Baobab Studios
D3 Creative Studios
Disney Vr
Epic Games
Facebook/oculus Vr
Flight School
Framestore
Google Vr
Hoyt Architects
Insomniac Games
Kite & Lightning
Magic Leap
Ready At Dawn
Rewind Studios
Sharecare
Trick3d
Art Appraiser
Art Collection Administrator
Art Critic
Art Dealer
Art Educator / Professor
Art Historian
Art Investment Advisor
Art Conservationist
Art Therapist
Art Writer
Artist Representative
Artistic Programs Administrator
Arts & Culture Program Director
Arts Grant Writer
Ceramist
Computer Artist
Costume Designer
Cultural Journalist
Director of Public Art
Exhibition Designer
Gallery Owner / Director / Manager
Muralist
Museum Curator / Director / Manager
Fine Artist
Portrait Artist
Printmaker
Sculptor
Set Designer
Textile Artist
Video Artist / Designer
Visual Culture Writer/Critic
Archivist
Art Critic
Art Director
Art Historian
Art History Professor
Arts Journalist
Arts Manager
Communications Executive
Copywriter
Curator
Designer
Filmmaker
Marketing Manager
Researcher
Screenwriter
Social Activist
Studio Artist
Writer
3D Artist – Mobile Games
3D Generalist
3D Modeler
Art Director
Character Modeler
Cinematic Artist
Concept Artist
Environment Artist
Game Designer
Effects Artist
Level Designer
Lighting Artist
Lighting Technical Director
Motion Capture Artist
Technical Director
Texture Artist
Visual Development Artist
Visual Effects Artist
Zbrush Sculptor
