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Communication Studies, BA

Careers

Internships & Careers

Many of our students pursue internships around the Bay Area and even across the country to practice the skills they learn in the classroom. Students intern for a wide range of companies and organizations, including public relations firms, television studios, radio stations, magazines, and research hospitals.

Companies where our students have interned

a partial list:

  • 7x7 Metropolitan Media
  • ACLU
  • Allied Integrated Marketing
  • Andrew Freeman and Co.
  • Bleacher Report
  • Children’s Creativity Museum
  • Cinch PR and Branding Group
  • Commonwealth Club of California
  • Cumulus Media
  • Digital Film Cloud Network
  • IHeartMedia
  • KGO Political Radio
  • Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
  • Literacy for Environmental Justice
  • Mexican Museum
  • Pandora
  • Pinrose
  • Press Here (NY)
  • Promolta
  • Rodger & Cowen (LA)
  • San Francisco City Hall
  • San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
  • San Francisco Giants
  • San Francisco Opera Guild
  • Storefront Political Media
  • Tamber Bey Vineyards/Winery
  • Wild 94.9 FM

For my summer internship I worked in the marketing department at the Oakland A's baseball team. I worked marketing events both at the ballpark and all over the Bay Area to promote the A's and to grow their already ginormous fan following."

Brady Lauer ’21

Employers

a partial list:

  • Airbnb
  • Double Forte PR and Marketing
  • Golden State Warriors
  • GoPro
  • Edelman
  • Flashpoint PR
  • Flipboard Inc
  • Glassdoor
  • LinkedIn
  • Live Nation
  • NBC Universal
  • Nectar Communications
  • Paypal
  • Paramount Pictures
  • PEG Management
  • Playstation
  • San Francisco Giants
  • Salesforce
  • Sephora
  • SpaceX and Tesla
  • Yelp Eat24
  • Wagstaff Worldwide
  • The Walt Disney Company

Graduate Schools

a partial list:

  • American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • The American University of Paris
  • Chapman University
  • Columbia University
  • John F. Kennedy University
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Portland State University
  • San Francisco State University
  • Santa Clara University
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Nebraska, Omaha
  • University of San Francisco
  • University of Southern California
Taryn Cunningham

Taryn Cunningham ’23

Going through this internship and constantly presenting to high level executives and other people on my team definitely translated into the classroom. I’m more confident in my work and just presentations as a whole.”

Taryn Cunningham ’23