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Visual Effects

Visual Effects Careers• compositor • digital artist or effects animator • digital matte or texture painter • effects programmer • lighter • lighting technical director • modeler • pre-visualization artist • technical director • visual effects art director • visual effects supervisor • visual effects producer • broadcast graphic designer • demo artist

Urban Design

Urban Design Careers• architectural team manager • associate urban designer • facilitator • planner • planning and development manager • principal assistant development control officer • project manager • senior consultant • senior planning services officer • transportation planner • urban designer • principal urban designer

Sound Design

Sound Design Careers• ADR engineer • boom operator • Foley sound effects artist • interactive and computer game sound designer • location sound mixer • editor — associate sound, dialog, music, sound • music recording engineer • music recording producer • radio program editor or producer • re-recording mixer • sound effects recorder • supervising sound designer • audio designer for web and games

Sequential Art

Sequential Art Careers• children’s book illustrator • syndicated comic artist • storyboarder for television or film • animator for television or film • cartoonist • self-publisher • video game designer • writer • penciler • inker • colorist • production artist • game designer • portraitist • comic book writer

Sculpture

Sculpture Careers• character modeler • curator • public artist • foundry specialist • fabricator • model maker for film • model maker for museums • specialty metalsmith • independent studio artist • gallerist • public or private commissioned artist • exhibition designer • artist-in-residence • mold-maker • set director • museum administrator • educator

Production Design

Production Design Careers• producer — studio film, television• designer — conference exhibition, restaurant, scenic, lighting, costume, retail, theme park, museum designer

Printmaking

Printmaking Careers• studio artist • screen or master printer • community arts administrator • frame shop owner • museum staff • photo editor • archivist or conservator • curator • preparator • art director • business owner • gallerist • museum administrator • teacher

Photography

Photography Careers• photojournalist • photographer — advertising, aerial, fashion, fine art, forensic, freelance, professional, historical/architectural, medical, studio • commercial photo illustrator • audio/visual producer • digital imaging specialist • visual artist • archivist • art or gallery director • photo editor • custom printer • digital photographic artist/technician • museum staff member • cinematographer • photofinisher

Performing Arts

Performing Arts Careers• performer/actor, multimedia entertainer, model • stage manager• producer or designer - costume, scenic, lighting, set • agent - media relations/publicity, casting • voiceover actor or narrator • playwright/scriptwriter • choreographer or stunt person • director - art, casting, technical • drama teacher or dramatic coach • impersonator • news anchor • novelist • theater consultant

Painting

Painting CareersIndependent studio artist, art administrator, art handler, gallery owner/operator/ administrator, artist-in-residence, museum preparator/curator, scenic painter, portrait artist, art critic, buyer, muralist, art director, consultant for private or corporate collectors, exhibition designer, private or public commissioned artist, art educator, art studio manager, set designer

Metals and Jewelry

Metals and Jewelry Careers• art, studio or fashion jeweler • accessory designer • conservation and restoration specialist • consultant • designer • gallery owner • goldsmith or silversmith • commercial designer • fine artist • gem worker • model maker • researcher • sculptor • teacher • technician

Interior Design

Interior Design Careers• interior designer • specifications writer • space planner • programmer • facilities planner • project manager • design journalist • teacher • researcher • sustainable designer • health care designer • office planner • hospitality designer • CAD specialist • showroom manager • writer/journalist

Interactive Design and Game Development

Interactive Design and Game Development Careers• art director • interactive designer • creative director • creative technologist • exhibition designer • game artist • interactive installation artist • interface designer • level designer • programmer for projected media • Web designer • instructional designer • concept artist • technical director

Industrial Design

Industrial Design Careers• designer — environmental, exhibition, industrial, interaction, marine, package, product, prop, signage, toy and user experience • functional designer for household products, housewares, consumer electronic products, recreational equipment, transportation, scientific instruments or medical equipment

Illustration

Illustration Careers• illustrator — advertising, book cover, children's book, commercial, costume, computer game, digital, editorial, freelance greeting card, product, publication • artist — storyboard, quick sketch, graphic, mural, graphic novel • art director • set designer • cartoonist • character designer for animation • caricaturist • instructor

Graphic Design

Graphic Design Careers• art or design director • designer — corporate identity, editorial, environmental graphics, exhibition, package, multimedia, retail identity, sign system, staff, Web • production artist

Furniture Design

Furniture Design Careers• contract or residential furniture designer • design manager or consultant • designer — environmental, exhibition, product • limited production furniture designer or fabrication artist • designer/producer for gallery sales or private commissions • project director or engineer • staff designer or studio artist

Film and Television

Film and Television Careers• producer, executive producer, line producer • director, casting director • screenwriter • director of photography • film and video editor • camera or Steadicam operator • lighting designer • videographer • grip or dolly grip • gaffer • postproduction supervisor • location manager • technical adviser • art director • production assistant • production manager • cinematographer

Fibers

Fibers Careers• designer — carpet, gift wrap, knitwear, stationery, surface, theater/film costume, upholstery, wallpaper repeat pattern artist • studio artist • textile designer for apparel, and home and commercial furnishings• bookbinder • CAD display designer • embroiderer • fine artist • hand weaver • papermaker • studio production artist • textile colorist • textile museum curator • textile stylist

Fashion

Fashion Careers• designer — apparel, bridalwear, CAD childrenswear, costume, embroidery, fashion, fashion accessory, label, menswear • assistant or associate designer • couturier • fashion buyer, illustrator, instructor, journalist and stylist • fashion tailor/seamstress • image consultant • pattern maker • product manager • production technical designer • textile designer/colorist • theater costumer/wardrober • visual merchandiser assistant • retail merchandiser

Creative Writing

Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional , journalistic , academic , or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics . Due to the looseness of the definition, it is possible for writing such as feature stories to be considered creative writing, even though they fall under journalism, because the content of features is specifically focused on narrative and character development. Both fictional and non-fictional works fall into this category, including such forms as novels , biographies , short stories , and poems . In the academic setting, creative writing is typically separated into fiction and poetry classes, with a focus on writing in an original style, as opposed to imitating pre-existing genres such as crime or horror . Writing for the screen and stage— screenwriting and playwrightin

Arts Administration

Arts Administration Careers• arts event manager • cultural festival director • marketing manager for music or dance organizations • artist’s publicist or agent • fundraising assistant/coordinator • fine arts center director • director of public relations and promotions • cultural center manager • art gallery owner/manager

Art History

Art History Careers • art book publisher • art critic • curator • art conservator • educator • museum development officer • museum registrar • historic site supervisor • museum exhibition designer • fine art librarian • arts administrator • art dealer • art consultant • art historian • auction house administrator • corporate art curator • art appraiser • artist representative • collections manager • consultant to museums/galleries/dealers/collectors • freelance writer/art critic • preservationist

Architecture

Architecture Architecture is the activity of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures , primarily done to provide socially purposeful shelter. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment, from the macro level of how a building integrates with its surrounding man made landscape (see town planning , urban design , and landscape architecture ) to the micro level of architectural or construction details and, sometimes, furniture . The term "architecture" is also used for the profession of providing architectural services . Architects have as their primary object providing for the spatial and shelter needs of people in groups of some kind (families, schools, churches, businesses, etc.) by the creative organisation of materials and components in a land- or city-scape, dealing with mass , space , form , volume , texture , structure , light , shadow , materials , program , and pragmatic elements such as cost, construction l

Architecture History

Architecture Architecture is the activity of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures , primarily done to provide socially purposeful shelter. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment, from the macro level of how a building integrates with its surrounding man made landscape (see town planning , urban design , and landscape architecture ) to the micro level of architectural or construction details and, sometimes, furniture . The term "architecture" is also used for the profession of providing architectural services . Architects have as their primary object providing for the spatial and shelter needs of people in groups of some kind (families, schools, churches, businesses, etc.) by the creative organisation of materials and components in a land- or city-scape, dealing with mass , space , form , volume , texture , structure , light , shadow , materials , program , and pragmatic elements such as cost, construction l

careers in Advertising Design.

Creative director A creative director is a position usually found within the advertising , media or entertainment industries, but may be useful in other creative organizations such as web development and software development firms as well. The job entails overseeing the design of branding and advertising for a client and ensuring that the new branding and advertising fits in with the client's requirements and the image they wish to promote for their company or product. The main aspects of this role are to interpret a client's communications strategy and then develop proposed creative approaches and treatments that align with that strategy. Another is to initiate and stimulate creative ideas for and from everyone involved in the creative process. Creative directors normally oversee creative service agencies or departments within a corporation. In advertising agencies , this consists of copywriters and art directors . In media design firms, the team can include graphic d

careers in Animation

In the professional field, animators convey storytelling through the illusion of animated character motion. Animators combine technical craft with observational and intuitive expression. They are knowledgeable about the theories associated with the medium as well as its contemporary context and history. 2D Animation * 2-D animator * 2-D layout and background artist * 3-D animator * 3-D previz artist * Animation producer * Art director stop motion * Character designer * Character technical director/rigger * Digital cel (paperless) animator * Digital modeler * Mixed-media animator * Stop motion animator * Stop motion fabricator * Storyboard and concept artist * Teacher/demo artist * Texture/lighting technical director 2D animation. Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenom