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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.

Advertising »

  • Job profile: account manager

    Account Management forms the primary link between a client and the advertising agency.

  • Job profile: account planner

    An account planner's job is to help the creative people produce the most effective advertising for the agency's clients.

  • Job profile: advertising account executive

    Advertising account executives work to get their clients' messages across to the public. Employed by advertising agencies, they act as the main point of contact between the agency and client.

Craft »

  • Job profile: props maker

    Props (or properties) are objects which are used in theatre to help bring a production to life.

  • 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: rural crafts maker

    Rural craft workers are involved in a range of rural crafts using the materials in the countryside to make artifacts and to carry out traditional techniques.

Cultural heritage »

  • Job profile: admission staff

    Admission staff work in cultural and heritage centres, museums and historical house visited by the public.

  • Job profile: art valuer

    Art valuers provide advice on how much a work of art or collections of artwork are worth when people want to buy, sell or insure them. Artworks include paintings, sculpture, furniture, silver, jewellery, clocks and other collectables.

Design »

Literature »

Music »

  • Job profile: account manager

    Account Management forms the primary link between a client and the advertising agency.

  • Job profile: account planner

    An account planner's job is to help the creative people produce the most effective advertising for the agency's clients.

  • Job profile: administration

    Administration staff are responsible for areas such as accountancy, fundraising, publicity, customer care and supporting management of people and buildings.

Performing arts »

  • Job profile: costume designer

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

  • 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: choreographer

    Choreography is the composition of movement of people and things through space and time.

Visual arts »

  • Job profile: sculptor

    Sculptors create three-dimensional objects that are designed to give aesthetic appeal.

  • Job profile: box office staff

    Box office staff work in cinemas, theatres and concert halls. They are responsible for taking bookings and payments for tickets.

  • Job profile: arts administrator

    Administrators are responsible for areas such as accountancy, fundraising, publicity, organising exhibitions, customer care and management of people and buildings.

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