Post-Grad Apprenticeships

Many arts, media, and communications organizations offer year- or season-long paid apprenticeships/internships, which can be great ways to gain in-depth, field-specific training. Here are some sample programs. For summer or semester-long internships, check out the Internships page.

Advertising + Marketing

  • For a huge list of opportunities in advertising and marketing, check out CEI Internships. Click on Student Login, and use the following credentials: Username: Grinnell Password: GoPioneers
  • Havas Health & You has a fellowship program in health advertising and communications as well as a junior creative program.
  • RF Binder has an associate program for recent graduates interested in a career in marketing and communications in their New York City and Boston offices.

Animation + Game Design

Art

Broadcasting

  • IRTS (New York, NY) has a broadcast sales associate program intended to increase diversity in the media and entertainment industry.
  • NPR offers a fellowship designed to identify and develop the next generation of extraordinary public media journalists.
  • WarnerMedia Access is a talent development program that provides mentorship, placement opportunities, and industry exposure for underrepresented talent.

Dance

  • American Dance Festival (Durham, NC) offers summer and year-round internships in arts administration and production.
  • The Jadin Wong Fellowship recognizes an emerging Asian American dance artist in New York City.
  • The Juilliard School ​(New York, NY) offers professional apprenticeships in various areas of dance, drama, music, and arts administration.

Design – Toys

  • Lego (multiple locations worldwide) periodically offers internships.

Film + TV

  • Arts2Work has an apprenticeship program for culturally diverse artists, mediamakers with disabilities, and low-income college grads.
  • Disney Professional Internships are available in many film/TV areas. This link will lead you to all Disney internships, as well as internships for ABC, ESPN, Lucasfilm, and Marvel.
  • NBCUniversal offers a range of internships.
  • Nickelodeon (Burbank, CA) has an Artist Program, Writing Program, and an Intern Program. ​​​​​​​
  • OTV​ ​(Chicago, IL) has a fellowship program for emerging writers and directors identifying with multiple communities that have been historically marginalized in the film + TV business.
  • Turner (multiple locations) offers summer and semester-long internships in TV, news, and entertainment, as well as post-graduate apprenticeships.
  • United Talent Agency (multiple locations) has an agent training program.
  • Warner Media Group has internships spread across its divisions – HBO, Turner, and Warner Bros.
  • WarnerMedia Access is a talent development program that provides mentorship, placement opportunities, and industry exposure for underrepresented talent.

Journalism

  • For a huge list of opportunities in broadcast, print, and online media, check out CEI Internships. Click on Student Login, and use the following credentials: Username: Grinnell Password: GoPioneers
  • Atlantic Media (Washington, D.C.) offers year-long fellowships for recent college graduates committed to editorial-side or business-side careers in media.
  • Chicago Magazine (Chicago, IL) accepts internship applications on a rolling basis.
  • INSIDER (New York, NY) offers 6-month fellowships.
  • Mother Jones offers 6-month and 12-month fellowships in its New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. offices. 
  • NBCUniversal (multiple locations) offers a range of internships in news and entertainment.
  • The New York Times (New York, NY) offers a fellowship aimed at cultivating the next generation of journalists. 
  • POLITICO (Rosslyn, VA) offers internships year-round.
  • Quincy Media has internships in multiple states.
  • Report for America offers 1-2 year programs for service-oriented journalists who want to serve in under-covered areas. 
  • Reuters (multiple locations) offers internships in journalism, business, technology, and sales. 
  • Rolling Stone (New York, NY) offers internships in editorial, photo, editorial production, and video.
  • Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL) offers summer, 6-month, and year-long internships. 
  • Turner (multiple locations) offers summer and semester-long internships in TV, news, and entertainment, as well as post-graduate apprenticeships.

Museums + Historical Sites

  • For a huge list of opportunities in museums and historical sites or associations, check out CEI Internships. Click on Student Login, and use the following credentials: Username: Grinnell Password: GoPioneers
  • Arts Intern offers paid summer internships to museums and cultural institutions in Boston, Cleveland, New York City, Philadelphia, and Providence. 
  • The Association of Art Museum Curators lists a bevy of museum internship opportunities.
  • The Getty Foundation offers a variety of options, including:
  • LACMA (Los Angeles, CA) offers fellowships that support the development and training of future museum leaders, with an eye towards diversifying the industry.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) offers summer, semester-long, and year-round internships. 
  • MoMA (New York, NY) offers year-long internships for recent college graduates. 
  • Smithsonian offers fellowships at their various museums and research centers.
  • The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY) provides year-long fellowships that support the professional training of curators, scholars, archivists, and educators historically underrespresented in the museum field. 
  • For post-bac positions at colleges and universities, use the following resources: 

Music

  • The Detroit Symphony (Detroit, MI) offers an African American Orchestra Fellowship designed to enhance the career development of African American musicians.
  • The Juilliard School​ ​(New York, NY) offers professional apprenticeships in various areas of dance, drama, music, and arts administration. ​
  • Rolling Stone (New York, NY) offers internships in editorial, photo, editorial production, and video.
  • Sony Music Entertainment offers internships in California, New York, and Tennessee.
  • United Talent Agency (multiple locations) has an agent training program.
  • The Van Lier Fellowship program aims to advance the careers and creative practice of Asian American artists in the fields of theater, music, and visual art living in New York City. 

Publishing

  • Graywolf Press (Minneapolis, MN) offers a 10-month fellowship intended to promote diversity in the publishing field.
  • Scholastic has an Associate Program designed to identify, mentor, and develop the next generation of technology leaders.

Theatre