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After Graduation: A Survey about First Jobs

New York University Tisch School of the Arts alumni continue to contribute their talents to the arts long after graduation. They collaborate with fellow Tisch alumni and apply their skills in many creative endeavors. 

It is a common question: What happens when I finish the program? What kind of job will I get? Tisch surveyed alumni and was proud to learn of their achievements and the work they have done. Some have returned to academia to teach their craft and others have gone on to write award-winning plays, screenplays and animation programming, direct films, create sound and video installations, and produce television programs.

Survey Question: What was your first job after receiving a MFA or MPS from Tisch School of the Arts?

  • Artist-in-Residence at LJUDMILA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Assistant Producer at the BBC
  • Associate Professor
  • Co-writer for a screenplay; film launched at the Toronto International Film Festival in October 2008
  • Directed an animated pilot
  • Exhibit designer for children’s science museum
  • Gaffer at MTV
  • Interactive Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Nice, France
  • Interaction Designer, Barnes & Noble
  • iTV Technologist at NBC Universal
  • Location Sound Recordist for a feature-length film
  • Manager for the Traverse City Film Festival
  • Playwright; play selected for the Eugene O’Neill’s Theatre Center’s National Playwright’s Conference in 2006
  • Project Manager at BET.com
  • Researcher at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch
  • Web designer
  • Web producer
  • Writer for Chaotic, an animated series on FoxKids

Survey Question: Now, what are you doing?

  • Adjunct Professor at NYU Tisch and NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies
  • Business development and retail marketing for a video game company
  • Co-author of young adult novels
  • Co-writer of a script for a low-budget film starring Jackie Mason
  • Designer and programmer for interactive art installations
  • Designer for an online game for LEGO
  • Freelance Writer at MTV and Saturday Night Live
  • Recipient of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Full-Length Play
  • Film and video editing teacher
  • Lecturer in interactive art at LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore
  • Location sound recorder
  • Partner in a production company
  • Producer of a feature film
  • Senior broadcast journalist and web producer at the BBC
  • Story Producer for VH1 and Style networks
  • Supervising producer of television series
  • Writer and director of award-winning short film starring Sarita Choudhury; licensed five times to date to international broadcast and distribution
  • Writer for the NBA All-Star Game
  • Writer for Soapnet and ABC.com

Tisch School of the Arts congratulates all of its alumni on their accomplishments.

Students interested in joining the Tisch artistic community are encouraged to consider the animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, and film M.F.A. programs or the short, professional courses offered in Tisch School of the Arts Asia, our campus in Singapore.

New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia opened in Singapore in 2007. It is NYU's first campus outside of New York City and offers the same curriculum that led the school to become one of the leading centers for academic and professional training in the world. Students at Tisch Asia come from 20 countries and are earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in Animation and Digital Arts, Dramatic Writing and Film. For more information on the school, please visit www.tischasia.nyu.edu.sg.