The Best Places to Find Art and Design Jobs Online

We're well into the first month of summer, and you may still be living with your parents looking for a job. For those of you starving artists out there, frustrated and in dire need of an occupation, it's time to dust off your portfolios and update the cover letters and résumés you've been putting off for the past few months. We've already done some of the work for you, researching and putting together a list of the best places to find art and design jobs on the Internet. From art and design platforms like It's Nice That and Dribbble to familiar job boards like Simply Hired and Indeed, hopefully these sites will be the kick-start to a bomb ass job.

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The Best Places to Look for Art and Design Jobs Online

Founded in 1998 by Chandra Turner, who at the time was an editorial assistant at a magazine, Ed2010 is composed of a network of current magazine editors and aspiring editors today. It has chapters across the U.S., Canada, and the UK. Though Ed2010 is geared mostly towards young 20-somethings fresh out of college, its job board is updated pretty frequently with freelance gigs and positions at GQ, ESPN, and more.

Another fairly standard job site, Simply Hired is pretty self-explanatory and simple to use. It sifts through thousands of job boards, classified ads, and company websites so you'll have plenty of stuff to apply for.

One of the most plugged in sites out there, Mashable's always been on top of news in social media, tech, business, and more. It also has a job board with nationwide career opportunities in those very same fields. Many of the job posted are exclusive to Mashable so don't miss out!

Indeed is fairly straight-forward. In fact, many of you have probably been on it to hunt for part-time gigs and what not. Simply type in the search bars the kind of job you're looking for as well as where you want to work, and bam.

When it comes to finding a job, consider Creative Circle your best friend. The staffing agency basically does all the work you. All you have to do is specify your location and desired career industry, and the website will hook you up with a list of hiring companies. Though there currently aren't many jobs posted, Creative Circle's still pretty handy. If you send them your info, they'll try and match you up with compatible professions.

Providing all the news you would ever want to need or know about traditional, digital, and social media, Mediabistro also purportedly has the largest job board for all you media maestros in the U.S. New jobs are posted on the daily, and the positions range from magazine editors and graphic designers to marketing specialists and social media managers. You can browse and filter through jobs by industry. After clicking around a bit, Mediabistro will prompt you to register as a member. Luckily, it's pretty fast, painless, and free.

The Society of Publication Designers is another organization where art directors, designers, photo editors, editors and graphics pros come together to bond and connect over print and online editorial design. Being a member of SPD allows you to have a full member profile on the website, free and reduced admission to SPD events, and access to the members only job postings on SPD.org, of course. However, the site does have a public job board with a few design jobs posted every so often too.

Even though you have to be a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts to check out the details of job posts on the AIGA Design Jobs page, you can access the job boards on the websites of any AIGA local chapter. Simply look for the AIGA chapter in your location—usually the site will have a section dedicated to jobs. The downside to not being a member is that there are way fewer jobs posted on the sites of local chapters.

The founders of Dribbble call it a "show and tell for designers" across the globe. Users take screenshots of what they're currently working on in order to promote their own work and to discover fellow artists. Dribbble's job section is also pretty lively and diverse with postings from big names like Pandora to start-ups like Bandzoogle. The good thing about their job section is that each job title's link takes you directly to the hiring company's website.

Archinect might just be the best thing ever. Another social networking site meant to connect architects from all over, the site features the latest news and events in the architectural world. It even spotlights random users so prospective employers are just clicks away from an aspiring designer's resume and portfolio. Every few seconds or so, the top of the page will also blink to a user's status—including what someone is working and who's hiring!

If you're a recent grad just entering the job market, you probably understand the functions of LinkedIn better than anyone. With over 225 million members, LinkedIn is your go-to source for staking out both the competition and helpful alums. The best part? It also has a pretty wholesome list of art and creative jobs in various locations throughout the world.

Creative Hotlist consists of a simple layout, with the portfolios of graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, even copywriters and creative directors displayed on the left-hand column. To the right are the latest job posts. Perhaps seeing the works of fellow artists will inspire you to keep on applying... Either way, Creative Hotlist also allows you to apply directly through its website. The downside is that the "job application" is a form limited to 3,000 characters. However, if you create a Creative Hotlist profile, you have access to the *extended* job application.

Not only does Behance allow graphic designers to showcase their portfolios for our viewing pleasure, it also has a section dedicated to jobs—nothing too complicated. Behance is great because it allows you to apply for jobs directly by attaching a resume and filling out a brief form through its website.

Calling all Londoners with a creative eye! It's Nice That, an art and design platform based in London, features a jobsboard with a variety of prospective employers in the UK—and some other locations—looking to hire.

For art jobs, it doesn't get any more legit than the New York Foundation for the Arts. Many renowned galleries, museums, dance companies, universities, and other distinguished institutions frequently post on the page. It's also updated on the daily so that those of you who are in need of work will always have something new to apply for.

One of the most popular architecture and design sites on the web, online magazine Dezeen launched in 2006 and has grown to include an easy-to-follow, concise section of graphic and interior design positions, among other openings that design companies are looking to fill. The best part about Dezeen Jobs is that it consists of a fairly straight-forward layout with job titles in big print and everything you would initially want or need to know in one sentence!

One of the world's largest network of architects on the Internet, Architizer also has a section where companies and prospective clients from all over the world can post internship and job listings on the work they need done. Architecture firms can also create profile pages to tell the world who they are, promote their company, and post images and info on their latest projects.