Career

Job Prospect:
Job opportunities for public relations professionals are very assuring in various industries if the applicants have excellent communication skills and convincing abilities. Advertising agencies and Marketing companies are constantly on the lookout for PR professionals. Several PR professionals pursue a course in photography or visual communication along with their PR course and get placed with filmmaking agencies in Mumbai.
The job prospects in India are bright. Companies such as Balaji Telefilms, Mukta Arts and other agencies usually display the openings for creative heads and creative advertisement professionals on the popular jobsites.
Pay Packet
The pay package for a beginner in PR can vary from Rs 15,000 and above depending on the skill set and education. If you are joining a corporate company as Personal Secretary to CEO, you may earn anywhere in between Rs 2 lacs to 3 lacs per annum for your first job. If you are joining an advertising and marketing company as a communications professional, you may earn about 2.5 lacs and above as a fresher.
On the other hand, if you apply to a News channel or a TV channel as an anchor or newsreader, you can expect greater salaries of Rs 30,000 and above. However, for media jobs, you need to be willing to work in various shifts and travel places as well.
If you apply for a marketing position with an IT company as a technical communication or corporate communication professional, you can expect a starting salary of Rs 15,000 and above. You may try venturing into sales or business development positions as well! All you need is excellent communication and selling skills. The opportunities are simply limitless.

Fine art graduates develop a range of practical and creative skills, and gain valuable experience of entering exhibitions, competitions and building up a portfolio of work
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Exhibition designer
- Fine artist
- Further education teacher
- Higher education lecturer
- Illustrator
- Museum/gallery curator
- Printmaker
- Secondary school teacher
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Art therapist
- Arts administrator
- Commercial art gallery manager
- Interior and spatial designer
- Museum/gallery exhibitions officer
- Multimedia programmer
Remember that many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed here.
Work experience
Start building up a portfolio of work while you are still an undergraduate. This should contain examples of your own ideas rather than just course work. In addition, enter as many competitions and exhibitions as possible and begin to get your work known.
Also try networking and make contacts who may be able to offer (or help you secure) commissions. If friends or family ask you to produce work for them, this can be included in your portfolio and in the list of commissions on your CV.
Voluntary work with, for example community art initiatives, can be valuable. You may also be able to find paid art-related employment while studying, through projects at summer camps and activity centres for young people.