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City planners
- 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.
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Curators
- 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.
© Getty Images
2 / 30 Fotos
Hairdressers
- Hairdressers can be creative in how they make someone look with the shape and color of their hair.
© Getty Images
3 / 30 Fotos
Detectives
- Crimes aren’t always the same. Detectives, and police in general, must be creative in imagining how events happened to solve cases.
© Getty Images
4 / 30 Fotos
Landscapers
- 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.
© Getty Images
5 / 30 Fotos
Set designers
- 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.
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6 / 30 Fotos
Florists
- Florists will usually have extensive knowledge about how flowers and plants live, and can be creative in arranging flowers.
© Getty Images
7 / 30 Fotos
Event planners
- 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.
© Getty Images
8 / 30 Fotos
Architects
- Architects work from existing concepts and develop new and innovative structures and designs that satisfy a range of functions, from beauty to functionality.
© Getty Images
9 / 30 Fotos
Lawyers
- Surprised? Don't be! Lawyers must be creative in coming up with an angle to defends their client, for example.
© Getty Images
10 / 30 Fotos
Sound designers
- 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.
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11 / 30 Fotos
Tattoo artists
- Tattoo artists will often come up with unique designs for their clients.
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12 / 30 Fotos
Jewelers
- Jewelry is supposed to be unique. Jewelers can only make something unique by being creative and doing what hasn’t been done before.
© Getty Images
13 / 30 Fotos
Journalists
- 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!
© Getty Images
14 / 30 Fotos
Artistic directors
- 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.
© Getty Images
15 / 30 Fotos
Interpreters
- 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.
© Getty Images
16 / 30 Fotos
Carpenters
- Woodworkers, carpenters, and anyone who makes something with their hands have to be creative in overcoming these kinds of professions’ physical realities.
© Getty Images
17 / 30 Fotos
Teachers
- Teachers are always thinking on their feet about how to communicate with their students and keep them engaged.
© Getty Images
18 / 30 Fotos
Makeup artists
- Makeup artists have, for example, designed the faces and characteristics of the most beautiful and horrid characters that we’ve seen in movies.
© Getty Images
19 / 30 Fotos
Engineers
- 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.
© Getty Images
20 / 30 Fotos
Chefs
- 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.
© Getty Images
21 / 30 Fotos
Graphic designers
- Graphic designers imagine and visually make into reality the brands and many visuals that we can immediately identify with.
© Getty Images
22 / 30 Fotos
Web designers
- Web designers are the ones who make the interfaces that we interact with every single day on our smartphones and computers.
© Getty Images
23 / 30 Fotos
PR specialists
- Public relations specialists must sometimes come up with cunning ways to spin events to benefit their clients' reputations.
© Getty Images
24 / 30 Fotos
Game designers
- Game designers have to develop new and entertaining graphics, storylines, and ways in which people can interact with games.
© Getty Images
25 / 30 Fotos
Photographers
- 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.
© Getty Images
26 / 30 Fotos
Interior designers
- Interior designers imagine what space could look like in their mind’s eye, swapping and changing shapes, objects, and colors.
© Getty Images
27 / 30 Fotos
Marketers
- Marketers are always trying to develop new and innovative ways to make their brands or products relevant to consumers.
© Getty Images
28 / 30 Fotos
Animators
- 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) See also: Discover which new jobs might exist in the future!
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0 / 30 Fotos
City planners
- 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.
© Getty Images
1 / 30 Fotos
Curators
- 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.
© Getty Images
2 / 30 Fotos
Hairdressers
- Hairdressers can be creative in how they make someone look with the shape and color of their hair.
© Getty Images
3 / 30 Fotos
Detectives
- Crimes aren’t always the same. Detectives, and police in general, must be creative in imagining how events happened to solve cases.
© Getty Images
4 / 30 Fotos
Landscapers
- 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.
© Getty Images
5 / 30 Fotos
Set designers
- 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.
© Getty Images
6 / 30 Fotos
Florists
- Florists will usually have extensive knowledge about how flowers and plants live, and can be creative in arranging flowers.
© Getty Images
7 / 30 Fotos
Event planners
- 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.
© Getty Images
8 / 30 Fotos
Architects
- Architects work from existing concepts and develop new and innovative structures and designs that satisfy a range of functions, from beauty to functionality.
© Getty Images
9 / 30 Fotos
Lawyers
- Surprised? Don't be! Lawyers must be creative in coming up with an angle to defends their client, for example.
© Getty Images
10 / 30 Fotos
Sound designers
- 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.
© Getty Images
11 / 30 Fotos
Tattoo artists
- Tattoo artists will often come up with unique designs for their clients.
© Getty Images
12 / 30 Fotos
Jewelers
- Jewelry is supposed to be unique. Jewelers can only make something unique by being creative and doing what hasn’t been done before.
© Getty Images
13 / 30 Fotos
Journalists
- 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!
© Getty Images
14 / 30 Fotos
Artistic directors
- 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.
© Getty Images
15 / 30 Fotos
Interpreters
- 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.
© Getty Images
16 / 30 Fotos
Carpenters
- Woodworkers, carpenters, and anyone who makes something with their hands have to be creative in overcoming these kinds of professions’ physical realities.
© Getty Images
17 / 30 Fotos
Teachers
- Teachers are always thinking on their feet about how to communicate with their students and keep them engaged.
© Getty Images
18 / 30 Fotos
Makeup artists
- Makeup artists have, for example, designed the faces and characteristics of the most beautiful and horrid characters that we’ve seen in movies.
© Getty Images
19 / 30 Fotos
Engineers
- 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.
© Getty Images
20 / 30 Fotos
Chefs
- 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.
© Getty Images
21 / 30 Fotos
Graphic designers
- Graphic designers imagine and visually make into reality the brands and many visuals that we can immediately identify with.
© Getty Images
22 / 30 Fotos
Web designers
- Web designers are the ones who make the interfaces that we interact with every single day on our smartphones and computers.
© Getty Images
23 / 30 Fotos
PR specialists
- Public relations specialists must sometimes come up with cunning ways to spin events to benefit their clients' reputations.
© Getty Images
24 / 30 Fotos
Game designers
- Game designers have to develop new and entertaining graphics, storylines, and ways in which people can interact with games.
© Getty Images
25 / 30 Fotos
Photographers
- 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.
© Getty Images
26 / 30 Fotos
Interior designers
- Interior designers imagine what space could look like in their mind’s eye, swapping and changing shapes, objects, and colors.
© Getty Images
27 / 30 Fotos
Marketers
- Marketers are always trying to develop new and innovative ways to make their brands or products relevant to consumers.
© Getty Images
28 / 30 Fotos
Animators
- 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) See also: Discover which new jobs might exist in the future!
© BrunoPress
29 / 30 Fotos
Practical careers for creative people
The starving artist days are over with these jobs
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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.
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