In the modern world, there are plenty of professions in which people can put their creative skills to use in a practical discipline, allowing them to avoid the obstacles that life as musicians or artists present, such as having to tour to play concerts, or being poor! In theory, people can be creative in any profession, but some require creativity more than others.
Click through this gallery to discover some practical professions that require or at least allow people to flex their creative muscles.
City planning requires a lot of creativity in overcoming the challenges that organizing a city presents. There are several social, political, economic, and physical obstacles that they have to juggle.
Curators develop ways in which objects, archives, and artworks can be interpreted. They aim to make an exhibition different from what people have experienced before.
Hairdressers can be creative in how they make someone look with the shape and color of their hair.
Crimes aren’t always the same. Detectives, and police in general, must be creative in imagining how events happened to solve cases.
It’s not very common that landscapes are as naturally picturesque as they appear in this image. People have often imagined these landscapes, where plants are situated, and how they interact with each other.
Set designers work to develop all forms of stages from fashion runways to concerts. They have to be creative and imagine what kind of set will inspire its onlookers. They aid in entertaining and taking the audience on a journey.
Florists will usually have extensive knowledge about how flowers and plants live, and can be creative in arranging flowers.
Event planners will work off some requirements that an event must fulfill and be creative in how these requirements are fulfilled. They may be in charge of lighting and catering, for example.
Architects work from existing concepts and develop new and innovative structures and designs that satisfy a range of functions, from beauty to functionality.
Surprised? Don't be! Lawyers must be creative in coming up with an angle to defends their client, for example.
Sound designers have to come up with clever ways to make sounds for movies and TV. For example, a sound designer may record themselves scrunching a head of lettuce to make the sound of a monster moving.
Tattoo artists will often come up with unique designs for their clients.
Jewelry is supposed to be unique. Jewelers can only make something unique by being creative and doing what hasn’t been done before.
Journalists are trying to communicate their message to the reader to capture their attention and hold it. We'd say that's a creative profession!
Artistic directors will take the message, the colors, the brand, and virtually every form of communication that an organization utilizes to communicate to their audience what they wish to express.
Direct translations don’t always exist between languages, so translators must be creative in understanding what someone said and the tone they said it in, and communicating that in another language.
Woodworkers, carpenters, and anyone who makes something with their hands have to be creative in overcoming these kinds of professions’ physical realities.
Teachers are always thinking on their feet about how to communicate with their students and keep them engaged.
Makeup artists have, for example, designed the faces and characteristics of the most beautiful and horrid characters that we’ve seen in movies.
Engineers must often be creative to solve problems in their field. They may have to think outside the box to solve structural issues, for example.
Chefs and cooks are always looking for new ways to combine flavors and textures on plates to give their customers a unique and pleasant experience.
Graphic designers imagine and visually make into reality the brands and many visuals that we can immediately identify with.
Web designers are the ones who make the interfaces that we interact with every single day on our smartphones and computers.
Public relations specialists must sometimes come up with cunning ways to spin events to benefit their clients' reputations.
Game designers have to develop new and entertaining graphics, storylines, and ways in which people can interact with games.
Although photography doesn’t sound like the most practical career on this list, there are always opportunities for people to take photos or videos commercially.
Interior designers imagine what space could look like in their mind’s eye, swapping and changing shapes, objects, and colors.
Marketers are always trying to develop new and innovative ways to make their brands or products relevant to consumers.
Animators have to develop the characters that we know and love for Disney and Pixar movies, for example, often attempting to attribute physical features to their personalities.
Sources: (Indeed)
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In the modern world, there are plenty of professions in which people can put their creative skills to use in a practical discipline, allowing them to avoid the obstacles that life as musicians or artists present, such as having to tour to play concerts, or being poor! In theory, people can be creative in any profession, but some require creativity more than others.
Click through this gallery to discover some practical professions that require or at least allow people to flex their creative muscles.