In secondary school, you are expected to choose between Science, Commercial or Art. A lot of people do go for Science or Commercial because of the job opportunities in those classes. In this article, you will find out the job opportunities for art students.
There are numerous job opportunities art students can venture into in life. Don’t feel discourage when you end up as an art students, in fact life is pretty balance there compare to those in science class.
Before choosing from the job opportunities I am going to list below, ensure you know your strengths and weaknesses, think about the offers the job can give you. Once you have done that, you need to pass all necessary requirements that will make you study the course in the university.
So let us look at the career or job opportunities for art students
Job opportunities for art students
Below are the different job opportunities for art students:
- Actor
- Advertiser
- Advice Worker
- Aid Worker/Humanitarian Worker
- Animator
- Antique Art Restorer
- Architectural Designer
- Art Appraiser
- Art Director
- Art Gallery Curator
- Art Gallery Manager
- Art Investor
- Art Librarian
- Art Professor
- Art Teacher
- Art Therapist
- Artist Agent
- Artist Management
- Artistic Director
- Arts Administrator
- Audio Production, Editing
- Broadcast Journalist
- Caricature Artist
- Cartoonist
- Charities Administrator
- Choreographer
- Civil Service Administrator
- Commercial Artist
- Community Arts Worker
- Concept Artist
- Copyist, Transcriber
- Copyright Consultant
- Copywriter – Advertising, PR Agencies
- Costume Attendant
- Costume Designer
- Courtroom Artist
- Creative Director
- Dancer
- Detective
- Digital Aggregator
- Digital copywriter
- Digital Score Recordist
- Display Designer
- DJ
- Drama therapist
- Editor/Editorial Assistant – Print, Online Media Etc
- Estate Appraiser
- Event Planner
- Event Production
- Exhibit Installer
- Exhibition Designer
- Fashion Designer
- Film Director
- Film Production
- Film Scoring
- Fine Artist
- Flight Attendants
- Foreign Language Teaching
- Foreign Relief Worker
- Furniture Designer
- Further Education Teacher
- Glass Blower
- Graphic Designer
- Health Service Manager
- Higher Education Lecturer
- Illustrator
- Industrial Designer
- Information Officer – NGO, Government Agencies, Business Organisations
- Instrument Builder, Designer
- Interior and Spatial Designer
- Interior Designer
- Interpreter
- Journalist – Print, Online, Radio, TV Media
- Landscape Designer
- Language Data Analyst
- Language Services Industry
- Language Teaching
- Law
- Layout Artist
- Lecturer
- Lexicographer – Printing, Publishing Etc
- Librarian – Public, Private Libraries
- Librarian Civil Service Employee
- Lighting Designer
- Logo Designer
- Lyricist
- Makeup Artist
- Marketing
- Marketing Specialist
- Media Development
- Multimedia Artist
- Multimedia Programmer
- Museum Archivist
- Museum Curator
- Museum Manager
- Museum/Gallery Curator
- Music Agent
- Music Business
- Music Consultant
- Music Critic or Reviewer
- Music Curator
- Music Editing Engineer
- Music Engraver
- Music for Game Development
- Music Instrument Repair and Tuning
- Music Licensing and Clearance
- Music Preparation
- Music Production
- Music Publishing
- Music School Administrator
- Music Supervisor
- Music Therapist
- Music Web Producer
- Musical Director
- Musical Theatre
- Musicologist
- Orchestrator
- Performer
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Playback Singer
- Politics
- Portrait Artist
- Printmaker
- Private Music Teacher
- Programme Researcher
- Promoter
- Proof-reader
- Psychologist
- Publishing
- Radio – Programming, Research, Management
- Records Manager – Archives, Museums, Publishing
- Researcher
- Royalty Analyst
- Sketch Artist
- Social Worker
- Solicitor
- Song Contractor
- Song Producer
- Song Recordist
- Songwriter
- Sound Design
- Sound Mastering
- Sound Technician (Sound Engineer)
- Special Effects Technician
- Speech Pathologist/Therapist
- Stylist
- Tattoo Artist
- Teacher – Primary, Secondary School
- Teaching in Literacy Programs
- Technical Music Assistant
- Technical Writer
- Television Production
- Theatre Stage Manager
- Theatrical Makeup Artist
- Videographer
- Vocal Coaching
- Vocal Contractor
- Web Designer
- Writer/Author – Writer, Blogger, Playwriting, Fiction Writing, Poetry, Feature Writing Etc.
If you are still a student seeking for admission to study an art course, you should make sure you know the subject requirements else you may not get admission to study your desired course, there is a possibility that you may not end up choosing another path once you graduated from the university as an art student, that is the reason why I listed these job opportunities for art students in case you desire another career path in life. Moreover, you can check out the list of courses for art students.
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