Policies & Disclosures
Graduate Employment
ArtCenter’s Career and Professional Development office provides an array of programs that help students and alumni navigate their career paths, including services related to Job Placement, Professional development, and more!
Below are examples of positions held by our recent graduates, as well as who they are working for. Please click here for a full list of job titles and employers.
Employer
According to our most recent Knowledge Rate*, the following organizations and companies are among those that hired our 2021-2022 graduates.
- A24
- Activision
- Adidas
- Amazon
- Apple
- Armory Center for the Arts
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Brand New School
- Dell Technologies
- frog
- Fuseproject
- Gallery Nucleus
- Genesis
- Gensler
- Honda
- Hyundai
- IDEO
- Insomniac Games
- Marvel Studios
- Meaningful Works
- Mercedes-Benz Research & Design of North America, Inc.
- Meta
- Microsoft
- MillerKnoll
- Munchkin
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Naughty Dog
- NBCUniversal
- Netflix
- Nickelodeon Animation
- Nike
- Nissan
- Pentagram
- Playstation - Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Riot Games
- Rivian
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Subaru of America
- TBWA Chiat Day LA
- Tesla
- The Hammer Museum
- the LEGO Group
Position Title
Our most recent Knowledge Rate*, also indicates our 2021-2022 graduates hold a wide array of jobs, or may be starting their own businesses or building a freelance practice. Examples of positions include:
- 2D Artist
- 2D Designer
- 3D Artist
- Animator
- Art Assistant
- Art Director
- Art Teacher
- Assistant Designer
- Assistant Editor
- Associate Art Producer & Coordinator
- Associate Concept Artist
- Associate Game Designer
- Automotive Exterior Designer
- Automotive Interior Designer
- Background Artist
- Brand Designer
- Character Artist
- Character Technical Artist
- Color and Material Designer
- Concept Artist
- Copywriter
- Creative Producer
- Creative Sculptor
- Curator
- Design Assistant - Interior
- Design Assistant - Residential, Architecture
- Design Consultant
- Design Strategist
- Designer (Freelance, Jr., Associate)
- Digital Designer
- Director
- Exhibiting Artist
- Exhibition Designer
- Experience Designer
- Exterior Designer
- Fine Artist
- Fine Artist Painter
- Footwear Designer
- Freelance Illustrator
- Freelance Photographer
- Freelance Videographer
- Freelancer, Founder of LLC
- Gallery Assistant
- Game Designer
- Global Brand Experience Designer
- Graphic Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
- Graphic Illustrator
- Illustrator
- Industrial Designer (Jr.)
- Interaction Designer (Jr.)
- Interior Designer (Jr., Associate)
- Jr. Art Director
- Jr. Automotive Designer
- Jr. Brand & Communication Designer
- Lead Designer
- Materials Developer
- Motion Designer
- Packaging Designer
- Photographer + Cinematographer
- Producer
- Product Concept Designer
- Product Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
- Production Assistant
- Prop Designer
- UX Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
- Spatial Designer
- Storyboard Artist
- Storyboard Revisionist
- Studio Artist
- Technical artist
- Transportation Designer
- UI/UX Designer
- Video Editor
- Video Producer
- Visual Designer
- Visual Development Artist
- Web Designer
- Wildlife Photographer
- XR Designer
Footnote:
Data for Place of Employment and Job Title are sourced from the Knowledge Rate research on 1-Year Out graduates from the classes of Fall, Spring, and Summer 2021-2022. Data presented is based on responses of graduates indicating a primary status of “Working full-time”, “Working part-time”, or “Enrolled in Additional Education” one-year post-graduation who provided a Position Title (Job Title) and Employer Name for Employment-Single Positions and Employment-Multiple Positions. Knowledge Rate is a combination of the Graduate Employment Survey results and research on publicly available information (88% Bachelor’s degree recipient Knowledge Rate and 80% Master’s degree recipient Knowledge Rate).
Job placement rates are available on the ArtCenter at a Glance section of our website.