Careers in photography
Become an advertising photographer. Become a creative director. Become an entrepreneur. As a SCAD student, you'll learn both the process and the business of photography, graduating ready to run your own business, lead art galleries, or grace the pages of the world's top publications.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Art director
- Digital videographer
- Photo editor
And get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- Vogue
- The New York Times
- Balenciaga
- Dior
Arnika Dawkins, gallery owner
SCAD provides photography students with the instruction, technology, and mentorship necessary to turn their art into growing businesses. Empowered by SCAD, Arnika Dawkins (M.A., digital photography, 2008) now shines the spotlight on rising Atlanta artists at her gallery.
"When you're on a photo shoot with 50 or 60 people, you have to be able to communicate your visual idea. SCAD showed me the way."
An Le | Fashion photographer (B.F.A., photography, 2012)
SCAD will see you to success
SCAD supports its students from first classes to graduation and beyond. Throughout their SCAD journey and professional path, the SCAD office for career and alumni success (CAS) offers students and graduates an array of career-building services:
- Résumé development
- Portfolio building
- Mock interviews
- Self-promotion
- Assistance finding internships and employment opportunities
With its preeminent instruction, professional guidance, and one-on-one career advising, SCAD will help you launch your creative career to new heights