Creative and Design Jobs
Creative and design jobs… did you know?
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. 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!
HOT RIGHT NOW: Creative and design jobs to get you started
Here are just a few ways to take your first or next step into a creative or design-driven career. People with all kinds of interests and backgrounds are needed to make us love what we see around us.
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- 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 and design jobs and career routes
Each creative job listed tells you what qualifications, experience and skills you might need. You’ll also get to know about helpful employers offering jobs like these to young job seekers around the UK.
See all articles on creativity See all articles on designThink you haven’t got the right qualifications, skills or experience? There are lots of alternative career routes on offer and we’re here to help you find them.
Job search advice and opinion
Are you looking for advice that could help you get a creative or design job? You’ll find lots of honest advice and how-tos on Youth Employment UK.
We have advice and opinion from professionals, but also from our huge community of Youth Ambassadors and Young Professionals. They know what it’s like to be young, unemployed and 100% ready for someone to give you a chance!
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