What are the ‘Creative Industries’?

So, you want to know what the creative industries are? You’ve come to the right place. 

The unfortunate thing is that the creative world itself hasn’t been great with defining itself and sharing what the industries are all about with the people that want to get into it. 

You might think that the creative industries just surrounds jobs like marketing/content creation📱, being a singer🎤, creating visual art🎨, or taking photos📸. It is SO much more than this! 

Would you be surprised to find out that the creative industries are defined into 16 different sectors? If you are, you’re welcome, because now you know that there is much more to the creative industries than just the roles that were mentioned in high school. 

Ok. So, what are the 16 different industries? 

1. Advertising, Marketing & PR

2. Architecture

3. Arts & Crafts

4. Culture & Heritage

5. Design

6. Digital Media

7. Fashion

8. Film & TV

9. Gaming

10. Music

11. Podcasts, Radio & Audio

12. Photography & Videography

13. Publishing

14. Theatre & Performing Arts

15. Writing & Journalism

16. VFX & Animation 

A lot of these industries include roles that can include a lot of transferable skills, which means you could work in quite a few of these different industries - why don’t you check it out? 

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