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Career prospects

Careers with an Art and Design degree

An Art and Design degree will give you many creative skills to help put your mark on the world. Discover what careers are open to you after graduating in this subject area.

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  1. What can you do with an Art and Design degree?

  2. Career options with an Art and Design degree

  3. Who employs Art and Design graduates?

With such a broad degree, you鈥檒l have explored a diverse range of subjects and discovered specific areas that you鈥檙e interested in while keeping an open mind. Your imagination and versatility will give you many transferable skills like communication, problem solving, self-discipline and hand-eye coordination.  

Some Art and Design graduates focus their efforts on becoming professional artists or designers, selling work directly to the public, galleries or winning commissions.  

Alternatively, you might use your talents in the art and design sector working in a role within an arts organisation, graphic design studio or architectural agency. There are also opportunities to go onto postgraduate study and develop your craft further.  

Career options with an Art and Design degree

Art and Design graduates go into careers like: 

  • 3D designer 
  • Art gallery manager or director
  • Art therapist
  • Fashion designer
  • Fine artist 
  • Furniture maker
  • Graphic designer
  • Illustrator 
  • Interior designer
  • Multimedia artist 
  • Printmaker
  • Set designer
  • Technician  

Other potential opportunities include: 

  • Animator 
  • Architectural assistant 
  • Arts administrator 
  • Art critic
  • Conservator 
  • Copywriter
  • Curator 
  • Marketing assistant or manager 
  • Picture framer
  • Sign writer
  • Teacher
  • Visual effects artist 

Often Art and Design graduates will choose to become self-employed but examples of employers looking for graduates with Art and Design skills include: 

  • Auction houses 
  • Creative agencies
  • Graphic design houses
  • Fashion houses and retailers 
  • Furniture manufacturers and restorers 
  • Publishing companies
  • Major broadcasters 
  • Media agencies
  • Museums and galleries 
  • Theatres and theatre companies

If you go into teaching, typical employers include universities, colleges and schools.

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