Career Services

Your Path to Artistic Success with The Kubert School Career Services

The Kubert School Career Services offers students help in planning for their future. Students can get help with career placement, interviewing skills, and job researching. 

Planning your career early can only benefit you in the long run.

Each year, approximately 12 – 15 companies visit The Kubert School to review portfolios of our 3rd year students and look for upcoming talent to hire. They know where to come to find the talent.

Some examples of companies that come to The Kubert School to search for talent and employ our graduates are:​

  • Disney
  • DC Comics
  • Marvel Comics
  • Valiant Entertainment
  • IDW
  • Top Cow Productions
  • Dynamite Entertainment
  • Afterschook
  • Ominous Press
  • Scholastic
  • Studio 2.0
  • Fractured Pixels
  • Hasbro
  • Topps

If you have questions you can contact our Job Placement Coordinator: [email protected]. The role of the Job Placement Coordinator is to assist students in their job search and to evaluate and recommend job opportunities received by the school. However, it’s important to note that The Kubert School does not guarantee job placements.

Job Opportunities in the Commercial Art Industry

Graphic Art and Illustration Careers:

  • Book Designer
  • Web Designer
  • Toy Designer
  • Concept Artist
  • Freelance Designer
  • Editorial Illustrator
  • Medical/Technical Illustrator
  • Courtroom Illustrator
  • Sign Designer

 

Many cartoonists work independently, developing their own ideas for cartoons or comics, as well as drawing and marketing them. Others work in teams, producing graphic novels or cartoons for large publishers.

  • Cartoonist
  • Editorial Cartoonist
  • Digital Cartoonist
  • Inker, Penciler, Colorist or Letterer
  • Comic Writer, Scripter or Illustrator
  • Background Artist
  • Education for Aspiring Cartoonists
Job Search Engines and Online Resources

ZipRecruiter : www.ziprecruiter.com/
Design Jobs Live : www.designjobslive.com
Indeed : www.indeed.com
Simply Hired : www.simplyhired.com
iFreelance : www.ifreelance.com
Why do Work : www.whydowork.com
Monster : www.monster.com
Career Builder : www.careerbuilder.com
Creative Shake : www.creativeshake.com
Creative Hotlist: www.creativehotlist.com
Neuvoo : http://neuvoo.com/
Cartoonist Central : www.cartoonistcentral.com
CARTOON – European Association of Animation Film : www.cartoon-media.be
Sketchoholic : www.sketchoholic.com

Professional Organizations

The Association of American Cartoonists : www.editorialcartoonists.com

The National Cartoonist Society : www.reuben.org

The Society of Illustrators : www.societyillustrators.org

Graphic Artist Guild : www.graphicartistsguild.org

The Computer Graphics Society : www.cgsociety.org

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