Creative, Media & Comms
Design & Visual Arts careers
31 careers in this family — each with a personality-fit profile built on the Big Five and RIASEC frameworks. Click any role to see who it suits and why.
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Fast Growing 3D Artist
Design & Visual Arts
Models, textures, and renders three-dimensional objects and environments for games, films, or product visualisations. Spends hours refining …
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Fast Growing Animator
Design & Visual Arts
Brings characters and scenes to life frame by frame, using digital tools or hand-drawn techniques to create fluid motion for films, games, o…
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Stable Art Director
Design & Visual Arts
Sets the visual style and creative direction for advertising campaigns, magazines, films, or digital products. Leads designers and illustrat…
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Stable Commercial and Industrial Designer
Design & Visual Arts
They sketch, model, and refine the look and usability of everyday products — from furniture to electronics — balancing aesthetics with manuf…
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Stable Conservator
Design & Visual Arts
Preserves and restores cultural objects such as paintings, textiles, and historical artefacts using scientific analysis and hands-on repair …
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Stable Craft Artist
Design & Visual Arts
They design and handmake objects — ceramics, jewellery, textiles, or glasswork — blending artistic vision with skilled craftsmanship. Sellin…
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Fast Growing Creative Director
Design & Visual Arts
Sets the overarching visual and conceptual direction for campaigns, products, or entertainment projects, guiding teams of designers, writers…
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Fast Growing Creative Technologist
Design & Visual Arts
Combines artistic vision with technical skill to build interactive installations, experimental interfaces, and novel digital experiences. Pr…
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Stable Desktop Publisher
Design & Visual Arts
They lay out text, images, and graphics for brochures, newsletters, and digital publications using design software. Ensuring brand consisten…
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Stable Fashion Designer
Design & Visual Arts
They sketch garment concepts, select fabrics, and oversee production from initial idea to finished collection. Trend research, fitting sessi…
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Stable Fashion Stylist
Design & Visual Arts
Selects clothing and accessories for clients, photo shoots, or productions, combining trend knowledge with an eye for colour, fit, and perso…
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Stable Fine Artist
Design & Visual Arts
They create original paintings, sculptures, or mixed-media works driven by personal vision and creative exploration. Exhibiting in galleries…
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Stable Floral Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Creates arrangements of flowers, foliage, and decorative elements for events, retail displays, and personal orders. Selects colours, texture…
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Stable Graphic Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Creates visual content such as logos, layouts, and marketing materials using design software. Balances typography, colour, and imagery to co…
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Stable Illustrator
Design & Visual Arts
Creates original artwork for books, magazines, packaging, or digital media, developing visual concepts and refining sketches until they comm…
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Stable Interior Decorator
Design & Visual Arts
Selects colour schemes, fabrics, furniture, and accessories to style residential and commercial interiors, consulting with clients and coord…
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Stable Jewellery Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Designs and often handcrafts rings, necklaces, bracelets, and other pieces, sketching concepts, selecting materials, and using techniques li…
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Stable Makeup Artist
Design & Visual Arts
Applies cosmetics and prosthetics to enhance or transform a person's appearance for film, theatre, fashion, or special events. Selects produ…
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Stable Merchandise Displayer
Design & Visual Arts
Plans and arranges product displays in retail stores and showrooms to attract customers and boost sales. Uses colour, lighting, signage, and…
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Stable Model Maker
Design & Visual Arts
Builds scale models and prototypes of products, buildings, or vehicles from materials like wood, metal, clay, and plastics. Interprets techn…
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Fast Growing Motion Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Creates animated graphics and visual effects for videos, apps, and websites, bringing static designs to life with movement and timing. Works…
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Fast Growing Multimedia Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Creates engaging digital content that combines animation, video, graphics, and interactive elements for websites, apps, and presentations. W…
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Stable Painter (Visual Arts)
Design & Visual Arts
Creates original artworks using paint and related media, developing a personal style and body of work for exhibition, sale, or commission. S…
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Stable Photographer
Design & Visual Arts
Captures images for commercial, editorial, artistic, or personal purposes using digital and film cameras. Plans compositions, adjusts lighti…
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Declining Photographic Print Processor
Design & Visual Arts
Operates digital and chemical printing equipment to produce photographic prints from image files or negatives. Adjusts colour balance, expos…
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Stable Potter or Ceramic Artist
Design & Visual Arts
Shapes clay into functional or sculptural objects using wheel-throwing, hand-building, or casting techniques, then glazes and fires pieces i…
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Stable Screen or Live Performance Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Designs the visual world of a production including sets, costumes, or props, translating scripts and directorial concepts into tangible envi…
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Stable Sculptor
Design & Visual Arts
Creates three-dimensional artworks by carving, modelling, casting, or assembling materials like stone, metal, wood, or mixed media. Develops…
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Stable Signwriter
Design & Visual Arts
Designs and produces signs, vehicle graphics, and building lettering using vinyl cutting, digital printing, and hand-painting techniques to …
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Stable Textile Designer
Design & Visual Arts
Creates patterns, prints, and fabric designs for fashion, interiors, or industrial applications, working with colour, texture, and repeat st…
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Stable Visual Merchandiser
Design & Visual Arts
Designs and arranges product displays, window installations, and store layouts to attract customers and drive sales. Selects props, lighting…
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What kinds of roles are in Design & Visual Arts?
Traitstack profiles 31 design & visual arts roles in the Creative, Media & Comms sector, spanning a wide range — from Photographic Print Processor (median $45,000) through Interior Decorator ($65,000) to Creative Director ($150,000).
What do Design & Visual Arts careers pay?
Across the 31 design & visual arts roles profiled, median salaries run from about $45,000 (Photographic Print Processor) to $150,000 (Creative Director), with a typical median of $65,000.
What personality suits Design & Visual Arts careers?
Averaged across the 31 design & visual arts roles profiled, the field skews towards people who are open and curious — drawn to variety, ideas and new approaches (average Openness 86/100). On interests, 27 of the 31 roles lead with an Artistic (A) profile.
Which Design & Visual Arts careers have the best job outlook?
Of the 31 design & visual arts roles profiled, 6 are rated growing or excellent for outlook, including 3D Artist, Animator, Creative Director and Creative Technologist.