Career Services
Job & internship searches
The resources in this section are for use in your job or internship search. Appointments with the Design Career Services are also encouraged. To schedule an appointment, please email designcareers@iastate.edu.
CyHire
Organizations recruiting Iowa State students for professional positions and internships post opportunities on CyHire. You may search for positions, set automated searches, upload your resume, view career fair information, company presentations, and more. Please review information in your profile to receive accurate information about opportunities.
Career Fairs
ISU Career Fair dates (Plan to attend Design Career Fairs as well as fairs hosted by other colleges!)
GoinGlobal
GoinGlobal provides location-specific career and employment information for 40 countries, 30 international cities, and 50 U.S. locations. This includes world-wide internship and job postings, work permit and visa information, top employers by location, local non-profits, cultural considerations related to job searching, helpful information when visiting or living in an area, and a database of U.S. employers that have provided sponsorship for H-1B visas.
Research and networking
In addition to CyHire, professional associations, events, the Design Career Fair, other ISU career fairs, firm websites, chambers of commerce, LinkedIn, and volunteer experiences may all be valuable resources in your search. Additional resources:
- Get more out of networking (recorded webinar, presented by Danny Beyer (’16), courtesy of the ISU Alumni Association)
- How to Network on LinkedIn (PDF, LinkedIn)
- Networking Can Complete Your Education (PDF, NACE)
Government and service opportunities
Job search sites for opportunities in Iowa (look for equivalents in other cities/states):
- Peace Corps
- Iowa Workforce Development
- State of Iowa jobs
- Work in Ames
- Greater Des Moines Partnership
Organizations with job boards specific to design
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Institute of Architects
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- Association of Midwest Museums
- American Planning Association
- American Society of Furniture Designers
- American Society of Interior Designers
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Americans for the Arts
- Association for Women in Architecture and Design
- Archinect
- Behance
- BioCommunications Association
- Chicago Artists Resource
- City Parks Alliance
- Core 77 Design Directory
- Coroflot
- Creative Hotlist
- GIS – IowaView
- GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
- Industrial Designers Society of America
- Interaction Design Association
- International Interior Design Association
- Iowa Arts Council (calls for artists, resources, grants)
- ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship
- Jewelers of America
- Land8
- Midwest Museums
- National Organization of Minority Architects
- National Recreation and Park Association
- Planetizen
- Product Development and Management Association
- Society for Experiential Graphic Design
- Society of Publication Designers
- Student Conservation Association
- Themed Entertainment Association
- User Experience Professionals Association
Job boards focused on higher education
Learn about careers by interest areas
Professional Associations
- Architecture
- Art & Visual Culture
- Biological and Pre-Medical Illustration
- Community & Regional Planning
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Interior Design
- Landscape Architecture
Faculty Internship Coordinators
Architecture IDP Coordinator: Rob Whitehead
Art and Design Museum Internship Coordinator: John Cunnally
Community and Regional Planning Internship Coordinator: Francis Owusu
Graphic Design Internship Coordinator: Julius Finley
Industrial Design Internship Coordinator: Akshay Sharma
Integrated Studio Arts Internship Coordinator: Ingrid Lilligren
Interior Design Internship Coordinator: Mike Ford
Landscape Architecture Internship Coordinator: Heidi Hohmann
Free webinars from careers to finances and more:
Learning to Live a Life Series, Iowa State University Alumni Association
Virtual Career Fairs & work
- Some ISU Career Fairs
- Big 12 Virtual Career Fair (video tutorial)
- Virtual Internships: Are You Ready? (NACE)
Interviewing
- Big Interview
- Schedule a virtual mock interview with career services staff
Remote opportunities
Plan to apply to graduate school?
Grad School: Application Timeline (PDF, NACE)
Grad School: Getting In (PDF, NACE)
Grad School: To Go or Not To Go (PDF, NACE)
College of Design graduate programs
