Entertainment business-side opportunities focus on managing and delivering creative content. Roles can include talent representation, publicity, events, marketing, finance, law, and more as some jobs can be a mix of both creative and business, such as development. Music management roles span the creative and tech sides of the industry and include A&R, production, booking, promotion, marketing, streaming/digital, and more. In sports management, common roles include data and analytics, sales (ticket, digital, licensing/merchandising), operations, legal and athlete representation, marketing and brand partnerships, production, media, business strategy, and IT. 

Featured January Arts & Entertainment Programs

Arts & Museums Winter Internship Program | January 4-24, 2027 | Application deadline: 10/18/2026

Are you looking to build skills and experience at an arts organization? Interested in a transformative, project-based three-week experience?

This program, occurring January 4-24, 2027 places students into …

By Amy DiGiovine
Amy DiGiovine Assistant Director, Arts, Entertainment, Media, Pre-Law, Advertising, Marketing, Journalism, Publishing, Fashion, & Sports
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My Summer at Disney [MCS PAF, Angela Yang ’28]

I’m Angela, one of the MCS Career Success PAFs for this year. I’m a junior from Los Angeles studying computer science and psychology in Leverett House! This past summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work with The Walt Disney …

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Resource Spotlight: The Humanities Pathway to Career Success

Career outcomes for Humanities concentrators face common misconceptions, but the facts tell a different story. The National Humanities Alliance, which represents colleges, libraries, museums, cultural organizations, and scholarly, professional, and higher education associations has just published a helpful new resource:  …

By Amy DiGiovine
Amy DiGiovine Assistant Director, Arts, Entertainment, Media, Pre-Law, Advertising, Marketing, Journalism, Publishing, Fashion, & Sports
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