Industries We Serve

From Design Firms to the Finest Restaurants.
Whether you are in the business of generating advertising buzz for national clients, producing a new wave of video games, creating the next big look on the Paris runway, or serving the most sophisticated diners, you’ll find the talent you need here. In fact, you’ll be in good company, as our graduates have found employment in some of the most prominent companies and progressive industries.

Culinary

The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes provide the professional culinary training sought by industry leaders including Marriott Hotels, Aramark and Hyatt. Our programs combine classroom and experiential training in culinary techniques, international cuisine, baking and pastry arts, business principles and knowledge of wine and spirits. The result? We’re an important staffing resource for:

• Hotels, resorts, spas
• Institutional food service
• Company owned and independent restaurants
• Caterers
• Retail and wholesale bakeries

Design

Programs ranging from Graphic Design and Advertising to Interior and Industrial Design are carefully developed with input from industry leaders. Armed with comprehensive portfolios, focused skills and conceptual abilities, graduates make creative contributions in many arenas of design and business including:

• Advertising agencies and consulting firms
• Marketing and brand strategy
• Architecture
• Residential, commercial and hospitality design
• Interactive media and design
• In-house design departments
• Product and exhibit design
• Furniture design

Fashion

The fashion industry seeks a wide range of talented professionals – and we’ve developed programs to address these needs, including Fashion Design and Fashion Retail Management. The combination of specialized curriculum and passionate students results in employment by industry leaders including Nordstrom, Perry Ellis International and Adidas. We meet the recruitment needs of a wide range of fashion-related industries such as:

• Specialty and boutique retailers
• Department stores
• Clothing designers and manufacturers
• Event and fashion show production

Media Arts

Graduates from this collection of programs are employed as animators, game developers and programmers, photographers, web designers, audio and video editors, videographers and special effects artists, to name just a few of many job titles. From nationally recognized companies such as Electronic Arts, Bose, Comcast and Apple Computers to the ingenious entrepreneurial digital media studio, our graduates are making their mark in the vast digital landscape including:

• Interactive design firms
• Marketing, advertising and public relations firms
• Video and online game development
• Forensic animation
• Broadcasting
• Audio and video production studios
• Animation and special effects studios