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Working as a creative professional is an exciting career. Long gone are the days of impoverished writers, these days, companies want creative pros to enhance their businesses, and they are ready to pay excellent salaries to the right talent.
Creative careers require talent, skill, and a good level of experience to land you the right job. If you are looking for a change in your career and want to exercise your creative muscles, it is best to garner experience first and find the proper role before quitting your steady job. The following are seven riveting creative careers that will turn your professional life into the pursuit of passion.
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Freelance photography
Thanks to our smartphones, many are already better photographers than previous generations. If you love snapping everything around you, you might want to consider becoming a freelance photographer. All you need to make it in this industry is an excellent camera and the skill to take a stunning shot. As a freelance photographer, you can sell photographs online to reputable websites and magazines or directly to clients through a website like iStock. Besides being your creative director, you will have the opportunity to make your hours, scout for locations to shoot through your travels, and choose what you want to shoot, whether it’s weddings, marketing campaigns, street fashion or anything else you are passionate about.
Graphic designer
Graphic designers use computer software to create text and images that reflect a brand’s image. From website templates to packaging, graphic designers can design whatever they are commissioned and transform how a brand is perceived. It is best to sketch pictures and text by hand if you hope to stand out from the competition and land great clients.
Viral content creator
Content creators are often referred to as influencers because they can influence their followers into buying whatever they are promoting. The number of social media influencers out there is staggering. As a result, brands expect influencers to have a massive following and the data to prove their marketing influence. If you can stand the competition, you might have what it takes to become a viral content creator.
This creative job is highly flexible as you can create content about whatever interests you, whether fashion, motherhood, cars, beauty, etc. As a viral content creator, your job is to get your content viewed by thousands of people and prove to brands that you have what it takes to send their message across.
Creative Writer
The writing roles are significant, but if you want to tap into your creative juices, stay away from copywriting or technical writing positions. Instead, try your hand at fiction or scriptwriting. If you have a knack for poetry, consider writing lyrics. You might spin your poetry into the next great pop song.
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Podcast host/producer
Everything is on-demand these days, including our radio shows, and we wouldn’t want it any other way. Podcasts can be as fun or as serious as you want them to be. If you have a knack for speaking and are passionate about mental health, politics, religion, comedy, and the like, the role of a podcast producer and host may be the creative gig you have been looking for.
Green but make it creative
With the pressing climate crises, changing the way we live our life has never been more critical. If the issue of climate change is close to your heart, consider using your creative skills to make a difference. You might be a sustainable fashion designer in the making or create an app that helps us live a more green life.
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Video game animator
Our parents may have told us to stop wasting time playing video games, but now we all know the lucrative roles some lucky few land in the video game industry. If you love playing video games and you have the drawing skills to back you up, you might land a role as a video game animator. But don’t stop there. You could pitch your video games ideas and sell them to top companies who will back you up financially and creatively to help you build a virtual world.
The best part of creative jobs is the underlying excitement that they bring to you every day. Such jobs require moments in the day when you do nothing but daydream to come up with beautiful and meaningful work. Creativity is a muscle that you must exercise daily to notice improvement, so don’t wait for inspiration to hit to begin your creative journey. Start experimenting, take courses, see what others have done before you and commit to mastering your chosen skills. The biggest mistake you can make as a creative is thinking you should do it all. Avoid trying to excel at everything. Instead, master one creative area and see what incredible things you will create.