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 2023-2024 graduates.

Apple
Apple Beats By Dre
Aston Martin
Calty Design Research, Inc. (a Toyota company)
Christie's
CJ OLIVE YOUNG
COBRA PUMA GOLF
Converse
DreamWorks Animation
FIGS
Ford Motor Company
Geico
Genesis Motor America
Gensler
Hammer Creative
HOKA
IKEA
iQIYI
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
La La Land Production and design
Lucid Motors
Mattel, Inc.
MGA Entertainment
Microsoft - vis Aquent
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Netflix Animation Studios
New Balance
Nissan Motor Corporation
Norton Simon Museum
Panda Restaurant Group
Paramount Animation
Respawn Entertainment
Samsung Research America (SRA)
SharkNinja
Skechers
Stellantis
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Tencent Games
Tesla
The North Face
TikTok
Titmouse
Walt Disney Imagineering
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Discovery
Capital One
Hyundai America Technical Center Inc.
Meta
Pacific Life
Rivian
Verkada

Position Title

Our most recent Knowledge Rate*, also indicates our 2023-2024 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 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
Design Consultant
Design Strategist
Designer (Freelance, Jr., Associate)
Digital Designer
Director
Exhibiting Artist
Exhibition Assistant
Exterior Designer I & II
Footwear Designer
Freelance Illustrator
Freelance Photographer
Freelance Videographer
Freelancer, Founder
Gallery Assistant
Game Designer
Global Brand Experience Designer
Graphic Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
Graphic Illustrator
Illustrator
Industrial Designer (I)
Interaction Designer (Jr.)
Interior Designer (Jr., Associate)
Jr. Art Director
Jr. Automotive Designer
Lead Designer
Materials Developer
Motion Designer
Packaging Designer
Photographer + Cinematographer
Producer
Product Concept Designer
Product Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
Production Assistant
Prop Designer
Spatial Designer
Storyboard Artist
Storyboard Revisionist
Studio Artist
Technical Artist
Transportation Designer
Textile Product Designer
UX Designer (Jr. and Sr.)
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 2023-2024. 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 (78% Bachelor’s degree recipient Knowledge Rate and 83% Master’s degree recipient Knowledge Rate).

Job placement rates are available on the ArtCenter at a Glance section of our website.