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Subject: Career in Creative Field
Date: 8-Sep-2008
Question: Hello Sir/ Madam,

I am doing my MBA from Sydenham college. I am in my last year with placements 4 months down the line. But I am really confused. I have thought about it a lot of times and I have always concluded that I should go for a career in creative field. But I am not able to zero-in on a particular career in a creative field. Please Help me on how to go about choosing a particular career in creative field.

Waiting for your early reply.
Thanks a lot.

Answer: First you need to do is a bit of soul searching. You need to your strengths and interest and then make a right choice.

What do you mean by a creative field. It is a very vague concept. First you should be clear about your own skills and your own interests of creativity. Creative field may include jobs such as photographer, stylists, illustrators, artists etc.

Creative and Commercial Arts’ is an upcoming and much in demand field today. Those with creative aptitude and good art skills have no lack of job opportunities with a rise in the media, advertising and publishing sectors.

To hone the inherent skills, one can avail the formal training which is available for fine arts at the certificate, diploma and degree level at a number of institutions. Commercial fine arts could refer to painting, sculpting, applied art, graphic interior design, ceramic design, mural design, metal craft, pottery design and painting. Those who have acquired a degree or diploma in fine arts, commercial arts or creative arts can work as freelancers. This allows for variety and free hand in their projects. There is demand for specialists in drawing in the publishing industry and newspaper houses as illustrators, cartoonists, and designers. Those who are good at applied art have unlimited opportunities in advertising agencies as graphic artists, designers, visualisers, and creative directors. Trained artists have a wide arena of options in front of them, ranging from working in art studios, advertising companies, fashion houses etc.

Other related careers are teaching, direction, photography, television, clothing and fashion, as art directors for magazines, on-line services, software companies, manufacturers, promotion and product design.

In the television and media field, one could design the non verbal presentations for television programmes involving trade figure analysis, election results, etc. A commercial artist can also design stamps and letter heads for government organizations. Software firms in India require experts in commercial fine arts as

  • Graphic Equalisers
  • Another fields include
  • Graphic designing
  • Animation
  • Fashion Designing
  • Interior Decoration
  • Advertising
So first try to be clear about the area you want to choose and then get the appropriate training for yourself.

All the best
CareerAge Counselor