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3 rules for growing a business
As enterprises develop, more opportunities emerge, and it seems that the logical thing to do is to ‘grow the business’. Here are three key issues for growing a creative business:
10 ways to plan for success
Scheduling in the tasks you want to accomplish over a 12-month period can be a daunting task. But it’s essential to plan if you want your creative business to succeed.
Get the most from volunteering
A volunteer placement in an arts or heritage venue gives you the opportunity to build contacts and gain experience. But what should you do to make the most of the experience?
Developing a creative business
Being creative gives you lots of ideas for developing an enterprise. But when you have more ideas than resources to implement them, how do you select your priorities?
Career Profiles
The following guides can help you get in and get on in your dream creative industry
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- Actor
- Administration (cultural heritage)
- Admission staff (cultural heritage)
- Agent
- Archaeological illustrator
- Archaeological scientist
- Archaeologist
- Archivist
- Art curator
- Art exhibition organiser
- Art gallery worker
- Art handler
- Art valuer
- Artist
- Artist studio worker
- Artistic director
- Arts administrator
- Arts education officer
- Author
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- Booking agent
- Box office staff
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- Carpenter
- Cartoonist
- Choreographer
- Circus performer
- Classical musician
- Community art worker
- Community musician
- Composer
- Computer game designer
- Concert promoter
- Conservation officer
- Conservation worker
- Costume designer
- Craft worker-maker
- Critic
- Curator
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- Dance teacher
- Dancer
- Development staff
- Digital artist
- Distribution staff (music)
- DJ
- Documentation staff
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- Editor
- Education staff
- Education staff (music)
- Engraver
- Entertainer
- Events staff
- Exhibition designer
- Exhibition guide
- Exhibitions staff
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- Fashion designer
- Finance staff (arts)
- Finance staff (cultural heritage)
- Footwear designer
- Front of house
- Fundraiser
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- Gallery staff
- Glassmaker
- Goldsmith or silversmith
- Graphic crafts maker
- Graphic designer
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- Hair, make-up and wigs
- Heritage and historical worker
- Heritage curator
- Heritage manager
- Historian
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- Illustrator
- Industrial designer
- Inspector of ancient monuments
- Inspector of historic buildings
- Interactive designer
- Interior designer
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- Learning and education (cultural heritage)
- Licensing and royalty collection
- Lighting technician
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- Make-up artist
- Manager (cultural heritage)
- Marketing (record label)
- Marketing (record retail)
- Model maker
- Museum assistant-technician
- Museum visitor services assistant
- Music and audio manufacturer
- Music conductor
- Music director
- Music industry promotions manager
- Music manager
- Music performer
- Music programmer
- Music publisher
- Music talent scout
- Music teacher
- Musical and audio repairs
- Musical instrument maker
- Musical instruments and audio equipment distribution
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- Performer, recording artist
- Performing arts agent
- Popular musician
- Potter or ceramicist
- Producer (live events)
- Producer-engineer (music)
- Product designer
- Production manager
- Project organiser (cultural heritage)
- Promoter
- Property-facilities manager
- Props maker
- Public art worker
- Publications (cultural heritage)
- Publicity and promotions
- Publicity staff (cultural heritage)
- Puppeteer
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- Record label manager
- Record production and marketing
- Record retail manager
- Recording industry producer
- Rigger
- Rural crafts maker
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- Sales staff (music distribution)
- Sales staff (music retail)
- Sales staff (music)
- School liaison staff
- Sculptor
- Singer
- Songwriter
- Sound engineer
- Sound technician
- Special effects
- Stage designer
- Stage manager
- Stagehand
- Stand-up comedian
- Stone mason
- Street theatre performer
- Studio jeweller
- Studio management
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- Taxidermist
- Teacher (arts)
- Technical illustrator
- Technical manager
- Technical support (live events)
- Textile designer
- Textile makers
- Theatre director
- Toymaker
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- Visitor service staff
- Visual arts agent
- Volunteer coordinator
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- Wardrobe assistant
- Wood worker
- Writer
Jobs & Opportunities
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