Resources
So you want to work in the visual-arts industry.
Now what?
Whether you are a student weighing out your school options or a grad who's ready to jump into a career, this site offers a wealth of information on potential careers – and the education you need to secure them.
And if you're still not sure what you're looking for, or you need facts and stats to help convince your parents there are lots of good-paying jobs in visual arts, read on below for links to statistics and a government white paper (lengthy – but impressive to parents) that explores the future of the visual-arts industry.
Schools
What are your options?
- High Schools That Offer Design Set Students Up for Success
- Strengthen Your Creative Work with Portfolio Schools
- Miami Ad School Toronto Dean Stephen Jurisic - Beyond Ideas: The Skills You Need to Get and Keep A Job
Career Choices
What's the best route for you?
- From OCAD to Silicon Valley: Seizing Opportunities to Get Where You Want to Be
- No Boundaries: A Guide to Creative Directing Your Own Career (English w/ French sub-titles)
- Breaking Out of the Niche Bubble: How Visualizing the Voice of Authors Led to Finding My Own
- A Snapshot of the First Year In Advertising
- Are Careers in Advertising Dead? (Hint: NO!)
Internships
How to make the most of it
- From Intern to CEO: How To Make The Most Of Your Placement
- 10 Tips to Turn Your Internship Into a Job
- How To Become A Successful Intern in the Creative Arts
- Where To Find Internships
- The New Skills All Interns Need
- From Humber Beginnings: A Snapshot of the First Year in Advertising
Career Tips
What you need to know to succeed
- Mastering the Art of Job Search: Portfolio, Prospecting and Interview Dos and Don'ts
- The Wild Wild West of Design: Tapping Canada's Untapped Job Markets
- The Illustration Market Today: Artists' Agent Advice for Young Illustrators
- From Cadavers to Cannes: Lessons on Breaking Into Advertising In a Big Way
- The Skills You Need to Get and Keep A Job: Beyond Ideas
- 10 Tips to Turn Your Internship Into a Job
- Job Prep For Ad Grads
Virtual Speaker Series
Career advice for New Grads
- The Collective Catapult: Creating Opportunity With Community - with Photographer Michelle Yee
- Beyond Ideas: The Skils You Need to Get and Keep a Job with Stephen Jurisic
- Lessons on Breaking Into Advertising In a Big Way: From Cadavers to Cannes with Patrick Godin & Michael Romaniuk
- Artists' Agent Advice for Young Illustrators: The Illustration Market Today with Mohamed Danawi
- A Snapshot of the First Year in Advertising: From Humber Beginnings with Christina Roche and Andrea Por
- How Visualizing the Voice of Authors Led to Finding My Own: Breaking Out of the Niche Bubble with Justine Anweiller
- Tapping Canada's Untapped Job Markets: The Wild Wild West of Design with Nick Asik
- A Guide to Creative Directing Your Own Career: No Boundaries with Kristian Manchester (Eng. w/ Fr. sub-titles)
- Seizing Opportunities to Get Where You Want to Be: From OCAD to Silicon Valley with Vicky Li
- Portfolio, Prospecting and Interview Dos and Don'ts: Mastering the Art of Job Search with Brad Monk
- Marvin Gets a Job - From Graduate to Junior in One Week
FAQs, Facts & Stats
Impressive and factual info
