Blue Magnet Interactive Marketing & Media
Company Profile: Blue Magnet Interactive is a Chicago-based, full-service internet marketing agency
that caters to the hospitality industry. Our team members have worked for major hotel brands. We've
worked for internet marketing firms specializing in hotels. Our experience combines the best of both
worlds, intricately woven together in a digital lattice of hotel internet marketing expertise. Search
engine optimization, website design & development, social media management, pay-per-click
advertising and website design are just a few of the many internet marketing services we provide for
hotels, CVBs, hospitality management companies and other travel-related businesses.
Website: http://www.bluemagnetinteractive.com/
Positions Available: Associate Account Manager
Recruiting for: Marketing
Brafton, Inc.
Company Profile: Brafton is a content marketing agency located in Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco
that delivers results our clients need to drive their businesses online. We provide a breadth of content
solutions ranging from editorial, graphics, video and social media. We demonstrate success in our
strategic approach with real- world results through digital media, thanks to our belief in the power of
smart content, our organizational agility, and our teams' relentless creativity and passion for data and
analysis. We are searching for the best talent to join our team!
Website: http://www.brafton.com
Positions Available: Video Production Associate (Videographer), Graphic Designer/Illustrator, Editorial
Internship, Content Writer
Recruiting for: All Majors
Cage and Aquarium
Company Profile: Cage and Aquarium - A Division of Scratch Events, is a premier event deejay,
photography and live music service in partnership with the nationally recognized, Scratch Academy. As
veterans in Chicago's private event and wedding circle, Cage and Aquarium is always ahead of the curve
as a unique option for deejay, photography and live music services. With standard turntable service and
unique offerings such as Wax Weddings, an event experience aimed strictly at vinyl music enthusiasts,
C+A has the drive to bring clients top talent, a personalized playlist and memorable moments. Cage and
Aquarium services can set a vibe, change a mood or define a moment.
Website: http://www.cageandaquarium.com/home/index.php
Positions Available: Photography Intern, Music/DJ Intern, Marketing/Promo Intern
Recruiting for: All Majors
CareContent, Inc
Company Profile: CareContent is a content marketing agency for healthcare organizations. We
specialize in creating and managing niche patient blogs for hospitals.
Website: CareContent.com
Positions Available: graphic design (internship), Web content specialist (internship)
Recruiting for: Graphic Design, Health Communication, Journalism, Writing and Publishing, Writing,
Rhetoric and Discourse
Chicago Fringe Festival
Company Profile: The Chicago Fringe Festival (CFF), which takes place September 3 - September 13,
2015, unites daring theatregoers with emerging and boundary-pushing performing artists from around
the world at an annual festival in Chicago. CFF also seeks to engage nontraditional audiences through a
commitment to low ticket prices and outreach into artistically underserved communities.
Website: chicagofringe.org
Positions Available: Venue Management Internship, Technical Internship, Stage Management
Internship, Fringe Central Internship, Arts Administrative Internship
Recruiting for: All Majors
Chicago Humanities Festival
Company Profile: MISSION The Chicago Humanities Festival's mission is to create opportunities for
people of all ages to support, enjoy and explore the humanities. We fulfill this mission through our
annual festivals, the fall Chicago Humanities Festival and the spring Stages, Sights & Sounds, and by
presenting programs throughout the year that encourage the study and enjoyment of the humanities.
OUR GOALS -Bring the world's best and brightest humanists together to examine and celebrate the
humanities -Showcase the riches of the world's cultures and their contributions to the humanities Gather together new and diverse audiences to enjoy the humanities -Encourage and enable teachers
and students in their study of the humanities -Draw international attention to the importance of the
humanities -Foster collaboration, cooperation and dialogue among the artistic, cultural and educational
communities that provide life and support to the humanities The Chicago Humanities Festival is
devoted to making the humanities a vital and vibrant ingredient of daily life. We believe that access to
cultural, artistic and educational opportunities is a necessary element for a healthy and robust civic
environment. Tickets for most Fall Festival programs are $12 and many programs are free of charge to
students and teachers. ABOUT CHF For 25 years, the Chicago Humanities Festival has celebrated the
questions that shape and define us as individuals, communities, and cultures. For the intellectually
curious, CHF's vibrant year-round programming and robust Fall Festival offer the opportunity to
engage with some of the world's most brilliant minds. Collaborating with leading arts, cultural, and
educational organizations, it presents scholars, artists and architects, thinkers, theologians, and policy
makers that change how we see the world, where we're from, and where we're going. CHF also
presents the spring Stages, Sights & Sounds international children's theater festival. The Chicago
Humanities Festival has grown from eight programs in one day at a single venue in 1990, to 160
programs year-round at more than 25 venues in and around Chicago. Over the past 25 years, CHF has
put on more than 2,600 programs and performances, and presented more than 3,300 speakers and
artists, including: 10 Nobel Prize winners, 70 Pulitzer Prize winners, 52 MacArthur Award recipients,
16 Tony Award winners, 10 Grammy Award winners, and seven Academy Award winners.
Website: http://www.chicagohumanities.org
Positions Available: Volunteers, Interns
Recruiting for: All Majors
Epic
Company Profile: As a worldwide leader in the development of software for healthcare organizations,
Epic is driving change for an entire industry one that affects the quality of life for everyone. Our team
works with some of the nation's most respected healthcare organizations and collaborates with the best
minds in medicine. The challenges we tackle on a day-to-day basis impact the lives of more than 180
million patients worldwide and 279,000 providers in the US alone, and we're committed to the common
goal of improving healthcare. We're searching for smart, passionate people who want to achieve great
things. If you want to be part of something truly important, consider a career at Epic.
Website: www.careers.epic.com
Positions Available: User Experience Designer, User Experience Design Intern
Recruiting for: All Majors
G&S Business Communications
Company Profile: G&S is a mid-size business communication agency that counts Fortune 500
organizations, consumer brands and professional organizations among its clients. As an independent
agency ranking in the top 10 largest independent PR agencies in the U.S., we take a hands-on approach
and are as passionate about creating results as we are about creating a culture of collaboration.
Website: www.gscommunications.com
Positions Available: Junior Account Executive, Intern
Recruiting for: Communication and Media, Communication Studies, Journalism, Marketing, Public
Relations and Advertising
HAVAS Worldwide Chicago
Company Profile: very agency has a belief about what they do well, what drives their culture, what
motivates their people and what sets them apart. At heart, Havas is driven by partnering with clients to
develop game-changing ideas that deliver business-building results. Our mission is to be the world's best
company at connecting brand with people using creativity, media and technology. We do whatever it
takes to bring our clients new, smarter ways of connecting with consumers and thinking about their
businesses. We ignite passion. We trigger action. We change minds. Havas Worldwide, part of the
Havas Group based in Paris, has over 11,000 marketing professionals in 75 countries across 316 offices,
and was the first agency to be named Global Agency of the Year by both Advertising Age and Campaign
in the same year. While traditional agencies are continuing to struggle to transform in a post TV era, as
the youngest of the global ad network holding companies, our unique advantage is that we have had a
'digital first' mindset and fully integrated operating model from day one. The Chicago office has over
350 employees (including Havas Media) and a blue-chip client roster that includes Citibank, DISH,
DISHLatino, Reynolds Wrap, Hefty Bags, Cracker Barrel, Sony PlayStation, Terminix, Craftsman and
AutoZone. This powerful set of client brands gives the Havas CHI team a focused purpose of helping
iconic American brands be more culturally relevant through our Social by Design approach.
Website: http://chi.havasworldwide.com
Positions Available: Junior Copywriter, Junior Art Director
Recruiting for: Art, Media, and Design, Communication and Media, Communication Studies, Computer
Graphics and Motion Technology, English, Entrepreneurial Studies, Graphic Design, Interactive Media,
Marketing, Media and Cinema Studies, Writing and Publishing, Writing, Rhe
Jellyvision
Company Profile: Founded by the creator of the YOU DON'T KNOW JACK game series, The Jellyvision
Lab, Inc. creates virtual teachers, advisors and salespeople types who make online learning and decision
making delightful. We also make the smash hit ALEX, the Jellyvision Benefits Counselor
(www.meetalex.com), who helps millions of employees make better decisions about their benefits
(without boring them to tears). In all that we do, our goal is to ease furrowed brows by combining great
design, unexpectedly funny content, and serious technology to make complex topics simple and boring
material interesting. And we're looking for a few great non-virtual (i.e., real life) folks to join the team
and help us generate all the learning, decision making, and merriment Jellyvision's customers and endusers have come to expect.
Website: http://www.jellyvision.com/
Positions Available: UX Intern, Project Management Apprentice, Production Apprentice, Marketing
Intern
Recruiting for: All Majors
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Company Profile: Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter is a national network of nonprofit volunteer-based organizations committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly.
We offer students the opportunity to learn and assist the elderly in a variety of ways. Our motto,
flowers before bread, expresses our philosophy that people need the special pleasures in life in addition
to the basic necessities. We have a variety of internship opportunities from, Spanish, Sociology,
Psychology, Gerontology, Graphic Design, just to mention a few. Opportunities are available in the
summer 10-12 weeks full time, one year full time, or 5 to 10 hours/week during the school year. We will
assist students in receiving college credit. Contact your college advisor if applicable.
Website: littlebrotherschicago.org
Positions Available: brain Fitness Intern, Summer Visitor, Research intern, Program Assistant, Event
Planner
Recruiting for: All Majors
Live Nation
Company Profile: Live Nation Entertainment is the largest live entertainment company in the world,
consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions,
e-commerce and artist management. Live Nation Entertainment will challenge and engage you. The
pace here is fast, the atmosphere is fun, and our passion is what ties us together.
Website: http://www.livenationentertainment.com
Positions Available: Production Runner, Hospitality, Catering Assistant, Backstage Crew
Recruiting for: All Majors
Mabbly
Company Profile: Mabbly is a digital marketing agency that focuses on affordability and demystifying
digital for our clients. We are a full-service integrated agency that is growing rapidly. We provide our
clients with content creation, website development and optimization, social media management, SEO,
and PPC campaigns.
Website: http://www.mabbly.com/
Positions Available: Social Media Assistant, Public Relations Manager, Marketing Assistant, Human
Resource Management, Digital Marketing Strategist
Recruiting for: All Majors
Metronome Chicago
Company Profile: Metronome Chicago is a full service marketing, sales and event production company.
Our events include the Riot Fest series and North Coast Music Festival, as well as other events in Chicago
and across North America.
Website: www.metronomechicago.com
Positions Available: Production Intern, Photography Intern, Design Intern
Recruiting for: All Majors
Museum of Contemporary Art
Company Profile: The Museum of Contemporary Art internship program welcomes students and recent
graduates who wish to broaden their education and professional experience by working and learning in
a not-for-profit museum. All MCA departments offer experiential education in a challenging,
hands-on environment in exchange for a substantive contribution from talented and interested
individuals. The MCA, in its 220,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, presents its renowned
collection and an ambitious schedule of cutting-edge exhibitions as well as educational and outreach
programs. MCA interns have the unique opportunity to participate in the development and expansion of
these programs and operations. There are three application deadlines per year. Internships require a
minimum commitment of sixteen hours per week for three months, during which time interns complete
a specific target project as well as daily assignments. Interns also participate in departmental
meetings, special events, and various educational programs, as well as attend staff lectures. In order to
increase diversity in professions related to museums and the arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art
seeks diversity in its intern staff and provides equal opportunity to its applicants.
Website: http://www2.mcachicago.org/employment/internships
Positions Available: Theater Management, Digital Media: Web, Digital Media: Video, Development:
Fundraising and Membership, Administration: Human Resources
Recruiting for: Accounting, Art, Media, and Design, Arts Leadership, Business, Business Administration,
Cinema Production, Communication and Media, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Science,
Curriculum Studies, Digital Cinema, Early Childhood Education, Educati
Photogenic, Inc
Company Profile: Photogenic Inc. is a souvenir photography company that provides fully integrated
photo solutions at major tourist destinations across the country.
Website: www.photogenicinc.com
Positions Available: Souvenir Photographer
Recruiting for: All Majors
Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG)
Company Profile: Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG) is the largest healthcare
communications network in the world. We are a division of Publicis Groupe S.A., the third largest
advertising and media company, giving us unparalleled global reach. PHCG manages top-tier agencies
specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, medical education, sales and marketing,
digital, market access, and medical and scientific affairs. Our nearly 5,000 employees work to manage
nearly 10 agency brands through 58 offices located in 11 countries. In a constantly changing world, our
goal is to create life-changing dialogue around health and wellness.
Website: http://www.publicishealthcare.com/en/index.aspx
Positions Available: Internship, Creative- All Levels, Copywriter- All Levels, Associate Media Planner,
Account- All Levels
Recruiting for: All Majors
Ravinia Festival Association
Company Profile: Every summer, Ravinia attracts about 600,000 listeners to some 120 to 150 events
that span all genres from classical music to jazz to musical theater every June through September. As a
nonprofit organization, community outreach and music education initiatives are our key mission. Over
75,000 people are served through Ravinia's Reach*Teach*Play programs each year, ensuring that great
music remains accessible to all.
Website: http://www.ravinia.org/
Positions Available: Seasonal Staff Positions, Internships
Recruiting for: All Majors
Riff Raff Productions
Company Profile: Riff Raff Productions is a Chicago-based event planning company focused on active
entertainment. We put on 5K runs across the country and offer race-timing services. At Riff Raff
Productions, we work hard and play hard. We travel a lot and explore new cities regularly. It is a relaxed
environment with freedom to create, explore and innovate.
Website: www.runriffraff.com
Positions Available: Event Coordinator (Intern)
Recruiting for: All Majors
See Music
Company Profile: We named our company See Music because we are obsessed with the union of sound
and sight. Whether pre or post production, supervision or sound design, we will provide the soundtrack
to your vision. With full service studios located in the heart of Chicago, we're with you from the first
note to the final fade. Original Music Audio Post Production Sound Design Music Supervision
Record Production Brand Partnership
Website: see-music.com
Positions Available: Music Production Internship, Music Buisness Internship
Recruiting for: Communication and Media, Communication Studies, Music, Music Composition, Music
Education, Music Performance, Public Relations and Advertising, Sound Recording Technology
The Recording Academy
Company Profile: GRAMMY U is a unique and fast-growing community of college students, primarily
between the ages of 17 and 25, who are pursuing a career in the recording industry. GRAMMY U events
and special programs touch on all aspects of the music industry, from the technology to the tracks
themselves. Events are scheduled throughout the semester to give GRAMMY U members a wide variety
of experiences and professional development. Because we are part of The Recording Academy,
members have extraordinary access to the industry and its artists.
Website: www.GRAMMYU.com
Positions Available: Student Members
Recruiting for: All Majors
Tribune Publishing
Company Profile: Tribune Publishing Company is a diversified media company committed to delivering
innovative experiences across all platforms. At the heart of our portfolio are ten major local news and
information media groups, a broad array of niche publications and best-in-class digital and marketing
services and solutions that connect marketers with our audiences.
Website: http://www.tribpub.com/
Positions Available: Recruitment Advertising Representative, Inbound Advertising Representative,
Account Manager
Recruiting for: Art, Media, and Design, Business, Business Administration, Communication and Media,
Marketing
United States Artists
Company Profile: Founded in 2006 by the Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson and Prudential Foundations with
$22 million to support artists in America, USA is currently funded by a broad range of philanthropic
foundations and individuals. Since inception, through its signature USA Fellows program, USA has
distributed $19.1 million in support to 405 artists. Past recipients of USA Fellowships include visual
artists Glenn Ligon, Kara Walker, Theaster Gates and Catherine Opie; cartoonist Chris Ware; designers
Kate and Laura Mulleavy (of Rodarte); performing artist Meredith Monk; jazz composer Jason Moran;
ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied; choreographer Bill T. Jones; and writers Annie
Proulx and Sapphire.
Website: http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/
Positions Available: Fellows Program Intern
Recruiting for: Art, Media, and Design, Arts Leadership, History of Art and Architecture, Media and
Cinema Studies, Music, Nonprofit Management, Performing Arts Management, Playwriting, Theater
Arts, Theatre Management, Writing and Publishing
Uptake Technologies, LLC
Company Profile: Uptake is a predictive analytics platform that uses the data from the Internet of Things
to shape the future, by making the real world run better. Uptake's solutions are specifically designed
for companies with serious industrial applications who are dissatisfied with slow legacy systems that
don't deliver actionable insights into the hands of the people who need to make decisions, and do the
work.
Website: www.uptake.com
Positions Available: Graphic Design, Front End Design, Brand Designer
Recruiting for: Art, Media, and Design, Communication and Media, Communication Studies,
Composition, Graphic Design, Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising, Writing and Publishing,
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Whitehouse Post Productions
Company Profile: Whitehouse Post is one of the leading international creative film and television
advertising editing companies, with post-production facilities in London, New York, Chicago and Los
Angeles. Our company utilizes the most advanced technologies and retains the services of the most
talented professionals in the industry in order to provide the highest quality editing services for the
advertising industry in the United States and abroad. Whitehouse is one of the most respected names in
the industry, whose work has been featured in nearly every Super Bowl since our US operations'inception in 1996, and has won numerous internationally recognized awards for advertising excellence,
including 4 Emmys , 65 Cannes Lions, 50 AICP awards, 37 BTAA Gold Arrows, 5 Best Editing BTAA Craft
Awards, 18 D&AD Yellow Pencils, and 113 Clios. We are also credited on three Cannes Grand Prix Award
Winners: (1) Budweiser's "Whassup" campaign, (2) Levi's "Drugstore" campaign,
and (3) Nike's "Tag" campaign. We are proud to say that our success can clearly be
measured by the success and caliber of our clients, which include such major advertisers as AnheuserBusch, McDonald's, ESPN, Coors, BMW, Apple Computer, Kellogg's, Nike, Coca-Cola, Quaker Oats and
Reebok. In addition to our contributions in Television advertising, Whitehouse Editors have also been
responsible for editing numerous feature films, including the Oscar winning Leaving Las Vegas directed
by Mike Figgis, Nowhere Boy directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, Killshot directed by John Madden, Sliding
Doors directed by Peter Howitt, Proof of Life directed by Taylor Hackford, Human Nature directed by
Michel Gondry, the HBO film, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers directed by Stephen Hopkins, Breaking
and Entering and No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency directed by Anthony Minghella, Children of Men, Y tu
mam? tambi?n, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuar?n, Filth and
Wisdom, directed by Madonna, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, Vincent: A
Life in Color, directed by Jennifer Burns, Seven Psychopaths, directed by Martin McDonagh, and Spring
Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine.
Website: www.whitehousepost.com
Positions Available: Runner, Interns
Recruiting for: Art, Media, and Design, Digital Cinema
WMS Gaming
Company Profile: Scientific Games (WMS/Bally Technologies) is the industry's only full-service provider
offering diverse products, technology and services that can be customized to meet the unique
requirements of virtually any lottery or gaming jurisdiction, including: Instant, Interactive & Draw
Games Instant Game Product Management Lottery Systems Retail Technology Video Gaming
Systems Gaming Terminals & Gaming Terminal Content Lottery & Gaming Operations Management
Marketing Research & Analytics Licensed Properties Loyalty & Rewards Programs Internet, Mobile
& Social Gaming
Website: www.wms.com
Positions Available: System Engineering; Graphic Artist; Product Development; Supply chain interns,
Software Engineering, Marketing, Interactive Game Artist, Business Operations
Recruiting for: All Majors