1 in 11 UK jobs occupy the creative industries, 1 in 6 of these are held by graduates according to Gov stats. Creative industries contributed £76.9bn to the UK economy last year. So what are the options if you’ve freshly stepped out of Central Saint Martins with a prestigious qualification under thine own belt?
Here’s a helpful list, courtesy of The National Careers Service, each with links to entry requirements:
- Advertising art director
- Animator
- Antique Dealer
- Architect
- Architectural technician
- Architectural technologist
- Art editor
- Art gallery curator
- Art therapist
- Art valuer
- Arts administrator
- Blacksmith
- Body piercer
- Bookbinder
- CAD technician
- Ceramics designer-maker
- Chef
- Clothing alteration hand
- Community arts worker
- Conservator
- Costume designer
- Design and development engineer
- Dressmaker
- Ergonomist
- Exhibition designer
- Fashion design assistant
- Fashion designer
- Fine artist
- Florist
- Footwear designer
- French polisher
- Furniture designer
- Furniture maker
- Furniture restorer
- Glass engraver
- Glassmaker
- Graphic designer
- Hat designer
- Illustrator
- Interior designer
- Jewellery designer-maker
- Knitter
- Landscape architect
- Leather craftworker
- Machine printer
- Make-up artist
- Medical illustrator
- Model maker
- Museum curator
- Musical instrument maker and repairer
- Naval architect
- Pattern cutter
- Pattern grader
- Photographer
- Photographic stylist
- Photographic technician
- Picture framer
- Pre-press operator
- Printing administrator
- Product designer
- Prop maker
- Reprographic assistant
- Sample machinist
- Set designer
- Sewing machinist
- Signwriter
- Stonemason
- Tailor
- Tattooist
- Textile designer
- Textiles production manager
- Upholsterer
- Visual merchandiser
- Web designer
