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From theater to fashion, photography to videography, history to tech-inspired design, you could work in almost any industry you dream of. Sources of inspiration for an artist today are limitless, and professions associated with the creative arts and designs are numerous. Whether you dream of working in the mainstream media, you wish to become a teacher of arts or a simple street artist; you can achieve your dream through further education and apprenticeships. The term ‘creative industries’ describes businesses with creativity at their heart – for example design, music, publishing, architecture, film and video, crafts, visual arts, fashion, TV and radio, advertising, literature, computer games and the performing arts.
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Related subjects
Art
Media
Music
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Related skills
Creativity
Problem solving
Self expression
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Related Jobs
Graphic designer
Art director
Screenwriter
Labour Market Information- Creative Arts
Labour Market Information- Creative Arts
The UK's creative industries contributed £101.5billion value to the economy in 2018, according to the Creative Industries Federation. This is more than a 50% increase since 2010.
About 1 in 8 UK businesses are creative businesses.
1 in 3 of the sector's workforce are self-employed.
95% of creative businesses employ fewer than 10 people.
In 2019, Creative Arts Sectors contained 5.3 million filled jobs, accounting for 15.7% of all UK jobs.
Creative Industries have grown by more than 5x the rate of the UK economy as a whole in the last decade.
Creative Industries, such as Media and Drama, have seen the largest rise with 34.5% more jobs in the last decade. This means that these fields are likely to have increasing vacancies in the future.
In Redbridge, 2.2% of the local people work in the Creative Arts, which is below the UK average of 2.5%
Some further information on creative arts
Some further information on creative arts
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