Title: I want a creative career – what are my options? | TARGETcareers
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Find out about careers where you can use your creativity, both in creative industries such as publishing or TV and in other professions.
Cash or creativity: do you have to choose?
Are creative careers always insecure?
What are the creative industries?
Careers where you can use your creativity
Organisations to check out

Content: You might also be able to find paid work that enables you to use your creativity in other ways. Are creative careers always insecure? If you want the stability and security of paid permanent employment, this is more likely in some types of creative work than others. For example, permanent jobs are hard to come by for professional musicians, but are a much more realistic prospect for web designers or advertising copywriters, or for those who teach creative subjects. Generally speaking, if you find a creative role in a commercial area, you’re likely to be better paid. The creative industries offer a huge range of jobs and career paths, with opportunities in big companies as well as smaller concerns and not-for-profit organisations. You could rise through the ranks at a multinational media company or put together a ‘portfolio’ career combining different types of employment such as part-time work, temporary contracts and self-employment. It can be hard to get started and the path to career progression may not be straightforward or predictable, but on the upside, careers in the creative industries can be flexible and varied as well as fulfilling. What are the creative industries? These are some career areas that are generally thought of as creative: