Artistic interests

What this kind of work looks like

O*NET® OnLine describes work with a lot of Artistic interest like this:

• Making original visual art
• Designing objects and materials using artistic principles
• Writing original work, such as stories, scripts or articles
• Performing, or writing and playing music
• Creating work for media
• Creating food in the culinary arts

Jobs where this comes first

The O*NET® database scores every job on all six interest areas. Artistic comes first for 28 of the 923 jobs it scores. These are the ones where it scores highest. Each link opens the job on O*NET OnLine.

• Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
• Special Effects Artists and Animators
• Musicians and Singers
• Graphic Designers
• Choreographers
• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
• Actors
• Set and Exhibit Designers
• Fashion Designers
• Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
• Video Game Designers
• Music Directors and Composers

In tech

Tech roles where Artistic is one of the two strongest areas. Most roles mix several areas, so one can suit you even if it isn’t listed here.

• Video Game Designers
• Web and Digital Interface Designers

Most people have more than one

These six areas describe kinds of work you might enjoy, not kinds of people. Your results are a mix of all six, so look at your top two or three together rather than at one letter. If Artistic is one of them, the jobs above are a place to start, not a verdict.

The other five areas

• Realistic: hands-on work with tools, machines or things
• Investigative: research, analysis and solving problems
• Social: helping, teaching and caring for people
• Enterprising: leading, persuading and selling
• Conventional: organizing data, records and processes

Occupation data from O*NET® 31.0, USDOL/ETA.