Meet Top Employers

Top arts and humanities employers partner with UChicago to recruit talent. View some of our top partners and get advice on how you can stand out in the job market!

Architecture & Design

Most firms hire on a rolling basis, with summer internship recruiting beginning in late winter.

Architecture for Public Benefit

Civic Projects

JFAK Architects

Urban Design Forum

Curation, Museums, & Visual Arts

Hiring is grant- or project-driven with no unified recruiting season; opportunities typically post 2–3 months before the start date.

Art Institute of Chicago

Field Museum

Baltimore Museum of Art

Greene Naftali Gallery

Chicago History Museum

Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago

DuSable Museum of African American History

Sotheby's

Journalism & Media

Large media outlets recruit 3–4 months out; smaller newsrooms hire on a rolling, often last-minute basis.

ABC News

The New York Times

Chicago Public Media/NPR

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Dow Jones News Fund

The Wall Street Journal

Performing Arts & Entertainment

Opportunities open year-round and are tied to production cycles; larger organizations recruit 2–3 months in advance.

A24

New York Philharmonic

ARRAY NOW

Red Wagon Entertainment

Department of Motion Pictures

United Talent Agency

Film Independent

Warner Bros Discovery

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Warner Music Group

Publishing & Creative Writing

Larger publishing houses follow a structured semester cycle, while smaller presses hire on a rolling basis.

Hachette Book Group

The Point

Harper Collins

Simon & Schuster

Penguin Random House

Smithsonian Magazine