Careers & Internships
Careers & Internships
Careers
Grady College partners with UGA’s Career Center to help students and alumni with their career planning and development. We also connect interested employers with our students and alumni for all recruiting and staffing needs.
We can help students find employment opportunities, improve your resume or job interviewing skills and connect you with the right people at seminars, career fairs and alumni and employer networking events.
We can help our employers list job and internship opportunities, get connected to the best student and alumni candidates and host visits on campus for career fairs, coffee chats and more.
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Contact Your Career Consultant
The UGA Career Center can help you with exploring majors and careers as well as internship, job, and graduate school applications and more.
Meet the careers team
sam610@uga.edu
706-542-4993
Journalism Building, Room 208-C
Daryn.Zongrone@uga.edu
706-542-3375
Drop-In Hours:
- Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Career Center in Clark Howell Hall. Check in at the front desk.
- Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Peyton Anderson Forum.
See all the ways to connect with Daryn here.
Networking & Career Prep
Grady College students have a variety of programs and resources available to them to help network and find internships and entry-level jobs. Grady College and the UGA Career Center provide the following connection opportunities:
- Career Fairs (AdPR Connection in the fall and Grady Career Day in the spring)
- Résumé, Cover Letter and Portfolio Reviews
- Industry Panels and Career Workshops
- Employer Campus Visits, including info sessions, coffee chats and panels
- Newsletters: Grady Jobs & Internships
- Timely updates on Instagram @UGAGradyCareers
Grady College PAW PROGRAM
The PAW (Propelling Achievement for the Workplace) Program gets you career ready. We know you’re juggling classes, student orgs. and a social life. That is why the PAW Program gives you a streamlined checklist of career development tasks to keep you on track and help you feel confident in any interview, application process or networking event.
By completing the checklist to enter the program, you will create and improve the professional materials and skills you will need to apply for internships and jobs. Join and receive perks like insider access to events, early entry into our annual Career Day, first dibs on hiring opportunities, inclusion in a resume book to employers, career coaching tips and more.
Recent PAW Program participants have landed interviews from the resume book and accepted internships from program connections and career coaching.
Join our eLC course to see all assignments and program details. Please only join once you have been admitted into your Grady College program.
Employers – please see more information about engaging with the PAW Program on the Employers tab.
PAW Program Student Comments
![Semirah Richards PAW testimonial: Overall, the [Quinncia mock interview] feedback was encouraging and I now have a clearer road map to present myself more confidently and effectively in future interviews.](https://grady.uga.edu/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/uploads/2025/10/RichardsPAWTest.png.webp)
Career Fairs
Check out in-person career fairs throughout the academic year.
AdPR Connection
AdPR Connection is a student-run networking event put on by UGA PRSSA and UGA AdClub.
Arch Ready
Whether you are exploring different major and career options, building your resume and cover letter, preparing for a largely-virtual job and internship search or applying to graduate school, there are Arch Ready workshops for you. View the Career Center’s list of virtual & in-person programs and learn how you can earn your Arch Ready Professionalism Certificate.
Update Your Post-Graduation Status
If you are a graduating senior, please share with us what you are doing post-graduation. The Career Outcomes Initiative provides insight into the employment and continuing education status of UGA graduates within an average of 6 months of their graduation date. Additionally, the data reports detailed employment, salary and graduate school information.
Gain a Mentor
The UGA Mentor program is a structured opportunity for current undergraduate and graduate students to connect with alumni and friends of Grady College. Getting started is easy. Simply create a profile on the UGA Mentor online platform, attend a quick orientation, then instantly begin searching for a mentor using a variety of search criteria. Connect for a 16-week mentorship or for Quick Chats, which are 15-to-30-minute informational interviews.
Internships
Grady College students are encouraged to seek internships prior to graduation. Take advantage of the career resources listed above to prepare internship applications and find openings. Students accepted into their Grady College major may also take internships for academic credit as an elective. More information on this is below.
2025 Internships
Advertising Internships
If you successfully complete all of the requirements of an approved internship while concurrently enrolled in ADPR 5010 (Advertising Internship), you can earn up to three (3) college elective hours of credit.
Who may take an advertising internship for academic credit?
Students enrolled in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication who have satisfactorily completed (grade C- or better) in ADPR 3110 – Brand Storytelling and ADPR 3120 – Media Strategy and Activation. See more details on the request form below.
Journalism Internships
If you successfully complete all of the requirements of an approved internship while concurrently enrolled in JOUR 5010 (Media Internship), you can earn up to three (3) college elective hours of credit.
Who may take a journalism internship for credit?
Students enrolled in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication who have satisfactorily completed (grade C- or better) in JOUR 3090 – Reporting I: Critical Skills for Reporting and Storytelling and JOUR 3190 or JOUR 3190H – Reporting II: Research, Data, and Documents for Reporting. See more details on the request form below.
Public Relations Internships
If you successfully complete all of the requirements of an approved internship while concurrently enrolled in ADPR 5011 (Public Relations Internship), you can earn up to three (3) college elective hours of credit.
Who may take a PR internship for academic credit?
Students enrolled in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication who have satisfactorily completed (grade C- or better) in ADPR 5920 – Public Relations Communications. See more details on the request form below.
Talking Dog Internship
If you successfully complete all of the requirements of an approved internship while concurrently enrolled in ADPR 5012 (Talking Dog Agency Internship), you can earn up to three (3) college elective hours of credit.
Who may take Talking Dog as an internship for academic credit?
Students enrolled in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication who have satisfactorily completed (grade C- or better) in ADPR 5920 – Public Relations Communications for PR students; ADPR 3110 – Brand Storytelling and ADPR 3120 – Media Strategy and Activation for Ad students; or at least one year of Talking Dog Agency experience for non-Grady College students.
Entertainment and Media Studies Internships
If you successfully complete all of the requirements of an approved internship while concurrently enrolled in EMST 5010 (Media Entertainment Industry Internship), you can earn up to three (3) college elective hours of credit.
Who may take an EMST internship for academic credit?
Students enrolled in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication who have satisfactorily completed (grade C- or better) in EMST 3110 or 3110H – Writing for Entertainment Media and EMST 3150 – Entertainment Media Industries. See more details on the request form below.
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