Move your career forward with personalized attention and support.
Turn Lessons Into Leverage. Get Real Career Results.
Turn the skills you’ve developed in the classroom into real-world results for your career.
Our External Programs, Internships, and Career Services (EPICS) department helps you design your ideal career path and take action to make it real.
EPICS serves as a bridge between industry thought leaders and over 1,500 dedicated School of Communication students through engaging programming and events.
EPICS career coaches prepare students for life after Northwestern through individualized, one-on-one career coaching.
Students have access to 1:1 personalized coaching sessions. These meetings give students a chance to practice key professional skills like crafting an elevator pitch, auditing their personal brand, building a portfolio, and much more.
Learn how to optimize your personal brand and get support in creating your portfolio with the help of the MSC program.
These are dynamic, hands-on events where you’ll work on practical skills—like perfecting your resume and cover letter, strengthening your executive presence, building resilience, and maintaining a professional portfolio.
Our Alumni Speaker Panels bring in accomplished professionals from a wide range of industries. These sessions go beyond surface-level insights—you’ll hear directly from alumni leaders about entrepreneurship, the differences between networking, mentorship, and sponsorship, and how to make the most of your MSC degree.
Company Treks and MSC Meet-ups offer behind-the-scenes access to organizations in industries that interest you. After the visit, students attend casual alumni meet-ups—social events designed to help you build connections and learn from those who have been in your shoes.
On Landing A Dream Job
“My coach helped me reformat my résumé and look at my experiences in a different way, crafting a strong value proposition using what I already had. I took advantage of that time to ask questions and get advice.”
Gabrielle Torina ’19
Communications Specialist
Region 1 Planning Council
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Transform your lessons into real-world, tangible career-based results.
