Careers in Media

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in media? This is an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have relevant entry level and internship opportunities.

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Media refers to the publishing and broadcasting systems that deliver information. It’s often a synonym for mass media or news media, which is what we’re sticking to here.

If you’re interested in a career in the media industry, you have many options, depending on your interests. A few of them include:

Broadcast media, delivered through television
Journalism, writing news articles
Magazines, creating regular publications on a specific topic
Newspapers, delivered through print and online
Online media, delivered through the Internet
Photography, taking photographs for media publications

You’ll need a bachelor’s degree for most media positions, along with skills specific to the positions you’re interested in, such as excellent writing skills, a pleasant television voice, or photography skills.

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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Media

Emerge Media - Emerge Media is a Chicago, IL based company that is “taking on the essential roots of everyday tasks and breathing real life into the technology behind them.”

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Northstar Travel Media - Northstar Travel Media is a Secaucus, NJ based “business information and marketing solutions provider to the $300 billion U.S. travel, tourism and meetings industries.”

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SheKnows - SheKnows is a Scottsdale, AZ based “women’s lifestyle media platform” that “allows brands to distribute authentic content and integrated advertising at scale.”

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Radio One - Radio One is a Lanham, MD based media company that focuses on targeting African-American and urban consumers through 54 radio stations.

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WONGDOODY - WONGDOODY is based in Seattle, WA and “is the most awarded independent advertising agency on the West Coast.”

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Betaworks - Betaworks is an NYC company that works "to create beneficial and transformative products for the socially connected world.”

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Centro - Centro is a Chicago, IL based company that works “to improve the lives of those working in the advertising industry by building media management software."

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Haberman - Haberman is a Minneapolis, MN based agency of “modern storytellers for pioneers.” They work with "the leading entrepreneurs, innovators, healers and heroes of our day."

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Fullscreen - Fullscreen is a LA based agency aiming to build “the first media company for the connected generation—together, right at the intersection of tech and entertainment.”

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Whalerock Industries - Whalerock Industries, based in Santa Monica, CA, brings together the "best and brightest minds to create world-class content, spanning all mediums and screens.”

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Amazon Watch - Amazon Watch is a San Francisco based non-profit that "campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon’s ecological systems.”

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FierceMarkets - FierceMarkets is a Washington, DC based company that specializes in business-to-business media, publications, and marketing.

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Hanley Wood - Washington, DC based Hanley Wood is “the premier media, event, information and strategic marketing services company serving the residential and commercial design and construction industries.”

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Tierney - Tierney is a Philadelphia, PA based agency that does advertising, PR, media, interactive, crisis management, and branding.

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Horizon Media - Horizon Media, based in New York City, is “the largest independent media services agency in the world.”

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Crossmedia - Crossmedia is an NYC based “independent channel-driven agency delivering communications planning, media services and international account management.”

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Townsquare Media - Townsquare Media is a Greenwich, CT based "company that owns and operates radio, digital and live event properties in 66 small to mid-sized markets across the country.”

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The National Center on Time & Learning - The National Center on Time & Learning is a Boston, MA non-profit that “is dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement."

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Upworthy - Upworthy curates online content that is both awesome and meaningful. They call themselves “a mission-driven media company.”

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Panthera - Panthera is a New York, NY based non-profit that “is the world’s leading conservation organization devoted exclusively to the protection of wild cats.”

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Crunchyroll - Crunchyroll is a San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan based company that offers “the leading global video service for Japanese Anime and Asian media.”

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Bedrocket Media Ventures - Bedrocket Media Ventures is a New York, NY based company "leading a revolution in creating networks and programming that people love, delivered through the cloud.”

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PureWow - PureWow is based in NYC and offers a "free daily email for stylish women of substance, featuring the very best in culture, fashion, travel, tech & so much more!"

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Attention - Attention is based in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA that “drives measurable business results by integrating social behavior across the customer journey.”

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Industry Weapon - Industry Weapon is a Pittsburgh, PA based company that offers a platform makes controlling digital media simple by centralizing and organizing it.

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LockerDome - LockerDome is a St. Louis, MO based startup that offers a social media platform to help professional athletes, brands, and other sports properties” reach fans.

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Trailer Park - Trailer Park is a Hollywood, CA based full-service entertainment marketing agency that serves “a broad spectrum of clients."

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National CineMedia - National CineMedia is the Centennial, CO based company behind much of the pre-feature entertainment and advertising that you see in movie theaters.

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Grey - Grey (also known as Grey Group) is a New York, NY based marketing and advertising agency has been “famously effective since 1917."

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A+E Networks - A+E Networks is a New York, NY based “global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.”

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Mullen - Mullen is a Boston, MA based agency that is “on a mission to work with the world’s most innovative marketers.”

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FabFitFun - FabFitFun is a Los Angeles, CA based company that offers “free daily emails filled with the latest and greatest in beauty, fitness, diet and wellness.”

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Morpheus Media - Morpheus Media is a New York, NY based “full-service provider of interactive marketing solutions to Fortune 500 companies and those aspiring to land on that list.”

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TED - TED is a New York, NY based non-profit “devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.” They produce conferences across the world, and publish videos of the best online.

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Direct Agents - Direct Agents is a New York, NY based “digital marketing agency specializing in performance-based digital solutions."

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Qualvu - Qualvu is a Lakewood, CO based company that has developed an online platform that makes the focus group way more flexible, powerful, and affordable.

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Ampush - San Francisco based Ampush helps “advertisers leverage the scale and precision of the Facebook media platform to develop and engage their customer graph.”

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Tremor Video - Tremor Video is a New York, NY based company that is working hard to increase engagement with video advertising.

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Vivid Seats - Vivid Seats is a Chicago, IL based company that aims to “to reinvent the ticket purchasing experience.”

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Elemental Technologies - Elemental Technologies is a Portland, OR based company that is “the leading supplier of video processing solutions for multiscreen delivery.”

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Silver Chalice - Silver Chalice is a Chicago, IL based company that “builds and operates a fast-growing portfolio of digital media businesses in sports and entertainment.”

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1105 Media - 1105 Media is a Chatsworth, CA based company that “provides integrated business-to-business information and media.”

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Doner - Doner is a Southfield, MI based ad agency that provides brands with “constant energy, unwavering vigilance and a devoted belief in staying fresh.”

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Clear Channel Communications - Clear Channel Communications is a media behemoth. They own more than 850 radio stations and nearly 1 million outdoor advertising displays.

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eMarketer - eMarketer is an NYC based company that "publishes data, analysis and insights on digital marketing, media and commerce."

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Showtime - Showtime is a New York, NY based media company that offers premium cable/satellite programming, and they're hiring.

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Captain Lucas Inc. - If you're constantly in search of what's cool, then you need to check out the jobs at Captain Lucas Inc.'s Cool Hunting and Largetail.

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SnagFilms - SnagFilms is a Washington, DC based companies that allows anyone to watch independent online films for free, and they're hiring.

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Spongecell - Spongecell is a New York, NY based company that allows advertisers to “transform standard banner ads into dynamic flash ads with rich media-like functionality"

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Millward Brown - Milward Brown is a global research agency "specializing in advertising, marketing communications, media and brand equity research,” and they're hiring.

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