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Get the lowdown on a range of roles from actors to archaeologists, potters to puppeteers, and riggers to record manufacturers. Our Job profiles cover 100's of jobs in the creative and cultural industries and describe the main responsibilities of each role, and the skills and knowledge required.

  • Job profile: advertising design

    Advertising designers are responsible for the visual aspects of an advertisement, whether it is a brochure, leaflet or press advert, specialist display material or TV ad.

  • Job profile: computer game designer

    Games designers aim to create an original game that will stimulate curiosity and excitement in the target market.

  • Job profile: costume designer

    Costume designers research, design and prepare costumes for theatrical, film or television productions.

  • Job profile: exhibition designer

    Exhibition designers design stands for shows and exhibitions of all types and sizes.

  • Job profile: fashion designer

    Fashion designers design clothes for designer labels or for the mass production clothing industries.

  • Job profile: footwear designer

    Footwear designers create ideas and designs for new shoes, sandals and other footwear.

  • Job profile: graphic crafts maker

    Graphics crafts, are varied but all involve the use of paper. Each uses related but different techniques, processes and associated knowledge and skills.

  • Job profile: graphic designer

    Graphic designers work with words and visual images to put across ideas and information.

  • Job profile: industrial designer

    Industrial designers design complex items that are needed by industry, e.g. tools, equipment and machinery to transport.

  • Job profile: information technology staff

    Design, install and maintain computer information systems and networks.

  • Job profile: interactive designer

    Good interactive design (for web) consists of a solid understanding of the user journey and interface required by the client.

  • Job profile: interior designer

    Interior designers plan and organise the design of commercial and domestic interiors for example offices, hotels, shops, public buildings, ships, aircraft and homes.

  • Job profile: medical illustrator

    Medical illustrators use illustration, photography and video to create visual records for educational, teaching, patient care, scientific and information purposes.

  • Job profile: model maker

    Model makers design and make models of a wide range of items - from products such as mobile phones and DVD players to construction developments such as new libraries and shopping centres.

  • Job profile: product designer

    Product designers design all the things we use in our daily lives from vacuum cleaners to toys.

  • Job profile: stage designer

    Stage designers are responsible for designing stage settings for productions, from single scene dramas where the action takes place in one room, to complex scenery and scene changes required by major productions.

  • Job profile: technical illustrator

    Technical illustrators, who may also be known as scientific illustrators, prepare detailed drawings to help people understand often complex scientific or technical information.
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