Advertising, Marketing, and PR

Explore careers in advertising, marketing and public relations by exploring the links below. Found a career you're interested in? Stop by our office or make an appointment via Handshake with a career advisor and begin networking to learn more.

A career involving advertising or marketing may require you to have a creative resume. Check out our resume help on Handshake in the resource library.

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Quicklinks: Job and Internship Resources | Student Organizations and Departmental Resources | Alumni to Know 

Job and Internship Resources

Advertising

• Advertising Crossing
• AdWeek - news source covering brand marketing, agencies, digital advertising, tv/video advertising, and creativity
• AdWeek Jobs - advertising job board that searches employment by job category or career sector
• AgencySpy - website apart of the AdWeek network dedicated to covering executive turnover, ad campaigns, and ad agencies
• American Advertising Federation of DC 
• The ANA Educational Foundation - Information about advertising, tips, getting started, industry conversations, and industry roles
• The Creative Ham
• The Buzz Bubble - Short interviews with the leaders in the Advertising industry
• AAAA Career Center - Organization providing Learning and Development opportunities and a job board
• Magnet Global - Network of independent ad agencies in the United States and abroad

Marketing

• American Marketing Association
• Cox Media Group - internships and mostly job postings
• CreativeTime
• Mediabistro
• Marketing Hire
• Marketing EDGE - Organization striving to Educate, Develop, Grow, Employ college students interested in Marketing

PR & Communications

• MWWPR - global PR firm
• New York Women in Communications
• PR Week Jobs
• Ragan's PR Daily
• PRSSA - Public Relations Student Society of America

Student Organizations & Departmental Resources

• AdLib - The AdLib Conference was founded in 2011 and has grown into a daylong conference that brings alumni who work in the industry back to campus to network with each other and to share trends, best practices and lessons learned with current students.
• AdClass - Nature and contributions of the elements of marketing communications (e.g., advertising, sales promotions, the Web) in creating brand equity and stimulating demand. A project-oriented course with an emphasis on the strategic application of concepts resulting in an integrated communication plan for products and/or services. Course has a complementary lab component to teach technical skills and reinforce concepts via practicum.