At the Office of Career Development, we help students excel in the fundamentals of career navigation. Students learn how to create a remarkable resume, how to interview effectively, and how to build a broad network before they need it. On top of the practical matters of making good career decisions, we aim to help students understand their calling to do work with excellence and for the good of others, as an offering to God. We believe that gospel-driven work has the power to renew culture.
Career Development at a Glance
Last year鈥檚 graduating class is already making a difference in strategic institutions: government, business, media, law, the social sectors, education, the arts, and the church.
99%
of King鈥檚 alumni were employed or in graduate school with six months of graduation
87%
of graduates completed at least one internship as students
69%
of our graduating class now works in New York City
80%
of the student body has attended a one-on-one career coaching meeting
“After freelancing for MTV, I ended up at an events company working in customer service and marketing for B2B events. I wasn鈥檛 passionate about it, but I was able to learn all aspects of event management. I really liked it so I thought, 鈥楬ow do I blend what I鈥檓 passionate about with the new skills I鈥檝e learned?鈥 I figured out a 鈥榞oal company鈥 where I wanted to work. For me, that perfect blend of event management and pop culture was New York Comic Con. I connected with their Marketing Director on Twitter. I discovered his team did much more than New York Comic Con; they were ReedPOP. I now work on a team that runs roughly 30 pop culture conventions worldwide for more than 1.8 million fans.”
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Jerron Herman
MCA 鈥13
鈥淚 started my dance career while at King鈥檚. I was really into theater, particularly writing for it, so I did as many internships in theaters around the city that I could. One of those internships was at The New Victory Theater in Times Square. While there, I worked on a studio intensive with choreographer Sean Curran, who took a liking to me and said I had good movement. Ultimately, he introduced me to his friend, Heidi Latsky, who is the Artistic Director of her own dance company.鈥
Senior Brand Strategist at Horizon Media
Anna Wilhelm
MCA 鈥14
As a student, Anna took on marketing internships at Scholastic, Bloomsbury, and Wiley & Sons. Now she鈥檚 at Horizon Media, where her clients include Geico and Welch鈥檚.
鈥淭ransitioning from college to work was easier than I thought it would be鈥. Advertising is a client services job, so my role largely involves short-term projects鈥攖hink three to ten days each. 鈥嬧婽he skills required to create and execute quality client deliverables are very similar鈥 to the skills required to succeed at King鈥檚鈥.鈥
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