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Career ideas - creative but not artistic

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MiniMidiMaxi · 16/07/2024 21:22

DS is coming to the end of year 9, with an older brother who is actively talking about career options - prompting him to try to come up with ideas of what he might be able to do too. He’s pretty smart, better in English and humanities than STEM, but his stand out strength seems to be his creative ideas - he can’t draw well but comes up with interesting art concepts, product design ideas, and it shows in creative writing too. He’s not chosen creative GCSE options because he lacks the execution skills - gross and fine motor skills have never been great. He's doing Computing GCSE, but isn’t deeply into coding like some kids are his age.

Can anyone suggest career ideas that utilise his creative brain when he’s not a typical ‘creative’ in his artistic abilities?

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StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 16/07/2024 21:29

Tv/radio

Bunnyannesummers · 16/07/2024 21:42

Marketing?

Bunnyannesummers · 16/07/2024 21:42

Architecture? Town planning?

lysistrataaa · 16/07/2024 21:48

Was going to suggest the same as @Bunnyannesummers - architecture / landscape architecture / urban design / planning.

Changingplace · 16/07/2024 21:52

PR/Communications
Radio/TV production
Social media manager/content creative
Marketing
Event production
Festival management
Museum curator
Stage management in theatre

MiniMidiMaxi · 16/07/2024 22:03

Thank you - some great ideas so far! I do know a TV screenwriter and a town planner, so both are people he could have a chat with about what they do, hadn’t really thought about that before. The routes into these type of careers is so unknown to me!

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Changingplace · 16/07/2024 22:14

If he was thinking of TV then all the broadcasters run apprenticeship/work experience opportunities, C4 do a virtual work experience programme.

anonhop · 16/07/2024 23:35

Editor of magazine?
Entrepreneur?

LeooeL · 17/07/2024 05:39

UX design

grassyknees · 17/07/2024 05:58

Advertising

MiniMidiMaxi · 17/07/2024 08:17

Thanks again all, I will pass this on and see what he’d like to explore.

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