Jobs and Careers
Interested in a creative and collaborative career in the visual arts but still considering options? Check out this list of some careers available to visual art majors.
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Film
- Director: Guides the entire filmmaking process, from pre-production to post-production.
- Cinematographer: Operates the camera and creates the film's visual style.
- Screenwriter: Writes scripts for films, TV shows, and other media.
- Documentary filmmaker: Produce films that change the world.
- Production designer: Designs the sets, costumes, and props for a film.
- Editor: Assembles the footage shot into a finished film.
- Previs artist: Helps plan out what a scene is going to look like, especially for animations.
- Sound designer: Creates and edits the sound for a film.
- First assistant director: Assists the director in managing the production on set.
- Production coordinator: Organizes and coordinates the logistics of a film shoot
- Casting director: Selects actors for roles in a film.
- Grip: Sets up and operates lighting and rigging equipment.
- Gaffer: Head electrician responsible for the lighting on set.
- Script supervisor: Ensures continuity and script accuracy during filming.
- Storyboard artist: Creates visual representations of key scenes in the script
- Visual effects artist: Creates or manipulates digital imagery for films.
- Colorist: Corrects and enhances the color of the film footage
- Film festival programmer: Selects films for film festivals.
- Film critic: Writes and analyzes reviews of films.
- Film professor: Teaches film studies courses at universities.
- Owner/operator of a production company
- Artist and content creator
Graphic Design
- In-house designer: Works in at variety of firms such as real estate, architects or home builders, restaurants, universities, church headquarters, and more. Most medium-sized businesses will have an in-house designer.
- Design agency designer: Works on multiple accounts within a specialized team of creatives.
- Freelance designer: Creates work for multiple clients. You’re the boss and you call the shots.
- Web designer: Works on front-end or back-end development of web sites
- UI/UX designer: Designs how users interface with or experience digital designs like apps, websites, or games.
- Motion graphic artist: Utilizes the concept of time in graphic productions. Combines design with some film-based skills.
Fine Art
- Concept artist
- Illustrator
- Cartoonist or caricaturist
- Painter
- Printmaker
- Art conservator
- Art museum docent
- Muralist
- Sculptor
- Ceramicist
- Art educator
- Art therapist
- Gallery manager