Creative and Design Careers Guide
About Creative & Design Careers
From creating an unforgettable viral ad campaign to designing a logo with the visual power of the Mac Apple and the simplicity of the Nike swoosh, your creative eye will shape how we view the future.
Did You Know?
Technology, entertainment and products and services may change, but creative people will always be needed to help us appreciate what we see and imagine the possibilities. If life is a camera, you’re the filter!
Creative Career FAQs & Insights
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Creative Career Guides
Get into creative careers and design roles with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!
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CAD Technician Careers
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Camera Operator
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Design Engineer Careers
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Digital Marketing Assistant – Cleaning Careers
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Freelance Copywriter Careers
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Graphic Designer Careers
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Journalist
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Lens Designer – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Librarian Careers
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Library Assistant Apprenticeships with the British Library
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Painter and Decorator
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Picture Desk Assistant / Picture Researcher
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Social Media Coordinator Careers Guide And Job Profile
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Sub-Editor
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Tattoo Artist Careers
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UX Designer Careers
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Video Producer Reporter
Get Into Creative Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers
These employers and organisations are here to help. They care about your potential and desire to learn, not just your qualifications and experience. They may be able to offer traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate schemes, first jobs, careers advice, wellbeing support and much more.
How Much Can You Earn With Creative Careers?
These LMI Job Trends give you a sneak peek of how much you could earn starting out for certain jobs, and how much your salary could grow with experience.
List of Creative Careers
Here’s a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!
- Actor
- Administrative assistant
- Advertising account executive
- Advertising account planner
- Advertising art director
- Advertising copywriter
- Advertising media buyer
- Advertising media planner
- Animator
- Antique dealer
- Architect
- Architectural technician
- Architectural technologist
- Archivist
- Art editor
- Art gallery curator
- Art therapist
- Art valuer
- Arts administrator
- Audio-visual technician
- Blacksmith
- Bookbinder
- Bookseller
- Broadcast engineer
- Broadcast journalist
- CAD technician
- Camera operator
- Ceramics designer-maker
- Choreographer
- Cinema projectionist
- Circus performer
- Classical musician
- Commissioning editor
- Community arts worker
- Computer games tester
- Conference and exhibition manager
- Conservator
- Copy editor
- Costume designer
- DJ
- Dance teacher
- Dancer
- Design engineer
- Digital marketer
- Director of photography
- Dressmaker
- Drone pilot
- Editorial assistant
- Entertainer
- Entertainment agent
- Ergonomist
- Exhibition designer
- Fashion design assistant
- Fashion designer
- Fashion model
- Film critic
- Fine artist
- Florist
- Footwear designer
- Franchise owner
- French polisher
- Furniture designer
- Furniture maker
- Furniture restorer
- Glassmaker
- Graphic designer
- Illustrator
- Image consultant
- Indexer
- Interior designer
- Jewellery designer-maker
- Journalist
- Knitter
- Landscape architect
- Leather craftworker
- Lighting technician
- Live sound engineer
- Magazine journalist
- Make-up artist
- Market research data analyst
- Market research executive
- Market researcher
- Marketing director
- Marketing executive
- Marketing manager
- Media researcher
- Medical illustrator
- Model maker
- Museum curator
- Music promotions manager
- Music teacher
- Music therapist
- Musical instrument maker and repairer
- Naval architect
- Newspaper journalist
- Newspaper or magazine editor
- Painter and decorator
- Pattern cutter
- Photographer
- Photographic stylist
- Photographic technician
- Picture desk assistant/ picture researcher
- Picture framer
- Pop musician
- PR account manager
- Pre-press operator
- Product designer
- Prop maker
- Public relations director
- Public relations officer
- Radio broadcast assistant
- Reprographic assistant
- Retail merchandiser
- Roadie
- Sales manager
- Sample machinist
- Screenwriter
- Set designer
- Sewing machinist
- Signwriter
- Singing teacher
- Social media coordinator
- Sports commentator
- Stage manager
- Stagehand
- Stonemason
- Studio sound engineer
- Stunt performer
- Sub-editor
- TV or film assistant director
- TV or film camera operator
- TV or film director
- TV or film producer
- TV or film production assistant
- TV or film production manager
- TV or film production runner
- TV or film sound technician
- TV presenter
- Tailor
- Tattooist
- Taxidermist
- Technical author
- Technical textiles designer
- Textile designer
- Textiles production manager
- Translator
- Upholsterer
- Video editor
- Video producer reporter
- Visual merchandiser
- Vlogger
- Wardrobe assistant
- Web content editor
- Web designer
- Writer
Creative Career Tips & Opportunities
Career Resources
Chartered Society of Designers
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