Communication, Music & Entertainment

This career circle is for any student who is interested in pursuing a career in the fields of Communication, Music, and/or Entertainment.

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Check out job and internship listings by major/career interests on the School of Communications Career Connections website and the Frost School of Music Careers page (students must log in to my.frost portal, navigate to “Frost Administration,” then click on “Career Resources”) to view currently open listings for UM students and alumni. For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake.

Do you have questions about internships, graduate school, or your future career? Or are you unsure what your first step should be? Speak with a coach via Zoom or stop by Toppel for in-person coaching, Monday – Friday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Feel free to email us at toppel@miami.edu if you need assistance outside of our drop-in coaching hours.

10 Common Project Manager Interview Questions

As you’re preparing for your project manager interview, you may wonder what kinds of questions you’ll encounter outside of the typical “What is your greatest strength?” question. While there’s no way to predict exactly which questions the interviewer …

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Creating a UX Portfolio to Land the Job: A Step-By-Step Guide

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This article is part of Exponent’s UX and product design interview prep course created by product designers at Google, Meta, and other startups.

Ann Grafelman, a UX designer and illustrator specializing in e-learning platforms, helped write this guide.

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What Are The Key Skills Required For A Digital Marketing Profession?

Digital Marketing as a program and profession has seen tremendous stride in recent years with the advancement and integration of technology in businesses. With the ever-growing internet paradigm and people filling in the virtual space, it has become imperative to …

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Creative Head: Find Jobs in Video Games, Visual FX, Programming, Designer, & for Artists

Creative Head: Find Jobs in Video Games, Visual FX, Programming, Designer, & for Artists

Search for hundreds of jobs in video games, animation, VFX, and software/technology industries at CreativeHeads.net.

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Freelance Writing Jobs in Journalism, Content, Copywriting, & Blogging Gigs

Freelance Writing Jobs in Journalism, Content, Copywriting, & Blogging Gigs

FreelanceWriting.com has delivered daily and real-time freelance writing jobs online for freelance beginners and experts.

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JournalismJobs.com

JournalismJobs.com

JournalismJobs.com is the largest and most-visited resource for journalism jobs.

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Animation World Network – Jobs

Animation World Network – Jobs

Animation World Network (AWN) offers the top jobs available in Animation.

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Mandy: Jobs For Cast, Crew, and Creative Professionals

Mandy: Jobs For Cast, Crew, and Creative Professionals

Get access to the latest auditions, film jobs, TV production and stage jobs, voiceover work, jobs in music, and casting …

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Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Featured Jobs & Internships

Thousands of internship and job opportunities are posted on Handshake by employers specifically looking to hire students. The following job and internship opportunities were pulled from Handshake for your career circle.

For thousands more opportunities, log in to Handshake. All UM students have a Handshake account that is automatically created for them when they enroll at the U. All you have to do is log in to Handshake to activate your account.

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Skill Building with LinkedIn Learning

Access and explore on-demand LinkedIn Learning content (courses and videos) that can help you identify and build skills needed to be successful in your future career. Here, you can find relevant LinkedIn Learning content featured for your career circle.

Designing for Virtual Reality

Taught by Elin Bjorling
Virtual reality has the potential to transform our learning, our entertainment, and the way we work, but only if designed…
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Basics of conflict resolution (Beta)

Taught by Lorena Díaz Quijano
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…
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Improving Technical Project Success with Change Management

Taught by Kevin Miller
A lot of planning goes into projects—scope, timeline, budget—but oftentimes there’s a knowledge gap around the changes because not enough…
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Python for Marketing

Taught by Madecraft
Take your marketing analytics to the next level with Python. The features that make Python so useful for data scientists…
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Basics of time management (Beta)

Taught by Francisco Rábano
Please note that this is an experiment using AI-generated audio for this course, which was originally produced in Spanish. This…
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Serving Customers Using Social Media

Taught by Leslie O'Flahavan
Using social media to serve customers is an artform. When you reply to one customer, thousands can read your response.…
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Practice Exam for Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

Taught by LinkedIn Learning Instructors
This practice exam is intended to help you prepare for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certification exam. After…
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Project Management Value Delivery: Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid

Taught by Joshua Barnes
The Project Manager job has evolved in recent years. Not only must project managers focus on budget, time, and scope,…
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Getting Started as a Technical Project Manager

Taught by Seyi Kukoyi
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation for anyone looking to begin a career as a technical project…
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Microsoft Mesh and New Meeting Features in Microsoft Teams

Taught by Nick Brazzi
Jump into the new version of Teams, also known as Teams 2.0, to use new and improved features for group…
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Project Management: Energy and Water Projects

Taught by Seyi Kukoyi
Discover the intricate world of project management within the energy and water sectors with this comprehensive course. Delve deep into…
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Nano Tips For Conscious Communication To Grow Your Career with Ravi Rajani

Taught by Ravi Rajani
Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. In this course, keynote…
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Nano Tips and Social Media Strategies for B2B Brands with Ross Simmonds

Taught by Ross Simmonds
Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. In this course, Ross…
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Nano Tips for Creating an AI Prompt Library for Marketing Professionals with Ross Simmonds

Taught by Ross Simmonds
Welcome to our Nano Tips series, where LinkedIn Learning creators deliver impactful lessons in literally seconds. Here, Ross Simmonds, the…
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UX Writing Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to UX Writing

Taught by EverCourse
Taught by educator and UX writer Brooke Rahn, this course is designed to introduce you to the exciting world of…
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Compassionate Candor: A Radical Approach to Management with Kim Scott

Taught by Kim Scott
In this course, Kim Scott, author of the book Radical Candor and cofounder of the executive education company Radical Candor,…
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3ds Max 2025 Essential Training

Taught by Aaron F. Ross
3ds Max is best known for its modeling and rendering tools. These strengths come into play in architecture, manufacturing, game…
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Writing Like the Greatest Masters of Persuasion

Taught by Pete Mockaitis | How to Be Awesome at Your Job
Strong writing is foundational to your career–regardless of your position. If you have a great idea, but can’t communicate it…
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A Marketer’s Guide to Writing Catchy Headlines

Taught by EverCourse
For many writers, even professionals, writing a headline is a long and difficult process. You want a headline that entices…
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Marketing on Instagram

Taught by Anson Alexander
If you’re interested in marketing your product or service on Instagram, join Anson Alexander in this course as he acquaints…
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LinkedIn Learning is free for currently enrolled University of Miami students. You must have a CaneID to access LinkedIn Learning. Click on “View All LinkedIn Learning Courses” to browse through all the content featured for your career circle.

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Skill Building Through Virtual Company Projects

Build valuable career skills and get a taste of industry experience via short virtual projects created by top companies across the globe on the Forage platform. Click on "View All Projects" to view all experiences for this career community. To check out projects across all the career communities and relevant practice interview questions, here.

Getting Ready to Join the Workforce Experience with Standard Bank

Career Insights: Accounting for the Music Industry Experience with ACCA

Marketing & Communication Experience with NSW Government

Mergers & Acquisitions Experience with Mayer Brown

Client Service Experience with BNY Mellon

Ready, Set, Law Experience with Clifford Chance

Wondering how to list a completed project on your resume/CV or LinkedIn profile? Review the Forage referencing policy.

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Featured Industry & Career Guides

Vault offers comprehensive industry and career guides that provide insights into industry work life and advice for students and alumni on kickstarting their careers. You can access 170+ guides on our Custom Career Content site to help you explore career paths and gain valuable information that will help you make informed career decisions.

Vault Guide to Media and Entertainment Jobs, Third Edition

Vault Guide to Media and Entertainment Jobs, Third Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Vault Guide to Music Jobs, Second Edition

Vault Guide to Music Jobs, Second Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Vault Guide to Public Relations Jobs, Third Edition

Vault Guide to Public Relations Jobs, Third Edition

The Vault Guides to Jobs series provides essential information about key careers and industries, with an emphasis on preparing for …

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Cane2Cane Mentors

Explore careers, prepare for your future, and connect with industry professionals. Exclusive to our University of Miami community, Cane2Cane is a social network where 'Canes receive help navigating from college to career. No matter who you know, or don't know, connect and learn from professionals across 60+ industries who are eager to help you prepare for your career journey.

Eleanora M DiLorenzo

Alumni Mentor
  • Tax Expert Intuit
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Lauren Behar

Alumni Mentor
  • Content and Acquisitions Manager NBCUniversal Media, LLC
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Deen Brooksher, MBA/MSF

Alumni Mentor
  • Augusta, GA
  • Human Resources Business Partner / Manager Amazon
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Robert Earl

Community Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Pastor Shekinah Glory Worship Center
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Eric Golnick

Alumni Mentor
  • Washington, DC
  • CEO Forge VFR at Forge Health Forge Health
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Remi Petit

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Marketing Assistant Compass
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Abdelazim ElToukhy

Alumni Mentor
  • Dubai - United Arab Emirates
  • Programmatic Consultant, International Expansion Amazon
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Christine Burnett, M.A.

Alumni Mentor
  • Nashville, TN
  • Fan Support Specialist Tixr
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Edna Cohen

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
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Zhen Chan

Alumni Mentor
  • New York, NY
  • Pediatrician NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Danielle Vangruber

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Associate, Investor Relations Universa Investments L.P.
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Claudia M. Selgas

Alumni Mentor
  • Miami, FL
  • Senior Communications Coordinator ViacomCBS Networks International
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Join your peers on Cane2Cane to connect with a 'Cane who can help you achieve your career goals! You can search for connections in the Cane2Cane community by applying various filters, such as industry, location, degree, and more!  

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JOBSCAN

The more effectively you can tailor your resume for a specific job, the better your chances are. Easily optimize your resume by completing a scan below. By scanning and comparing your resume versus any job description Jobscan will give you an instant analysis of how well your resume is tailored for a particular job and how it can be even better optimized for an applicant tracking system (ATS). To start, paste in the text of your resume then paste the text of the job posting you’re interested in, and press Scan.