creativejobs

Remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? There's a good chance that your childhood career dreams were a lot more creative- and, well, a lot more fun than your job prospects or your current job reality. Some of you went straight to the Plan B career. Others explored a job in the arts but never quite managed to get past the starving artist stage.

Today, there are limitless opportunities for creatives to embark on careers that are rewarding both creatively and financially. On this week's episode of Creative Happy Hour, get drunk on the creative possibilities of creative careers including jobs in the tech sector. Tech companies are more and more turning to creatives to gain a competitive advantage.

Tune in and learn how to get your creative dream job.

More creatives than ever are deciding to jump ship from corporate jobs and try to make a living from their art or just generally as a creative. Today we’re going to be talking about how to actually be a creative entrepreneur in 2021, i.e how to make money as a creative, artist, crafter, designer, musician, etc. This is a very highly searched for subject on the internet, and many of the popular tips and ideas you find for how to make money are just plain wrong. We’ll be debunking some myths, doling out some tough love, and getting drunk on the creative possibilities. We'll also be talking about the best drinks to have on a budget.

Today on the podcast is Billy Tan, a comic book illustrator for Marvel and DC and now owner of his own comic company called Tan Comics based in China.

In this episode, Billy speaks with student co-hosts Eli and Alex about his life and career, including what it takes to be a professional illustrator in such a highly-competitive industry.

Video game careers are "pretty awesome" according to our guest, an associate video game producer at a major video game developer. He tells Marc Luber of Careers Out There about how to get a job as a video game tester, becoming a video game producer and much more.

Jobs in event planning are explored in this episode of Careers Out There. We talk to a young event coordinator who tells us that event planning careers are a great path for creative, organized people.

We talk to freelance writer and children’s author Brad Herzog in this Careers Out There episode exploring careers in writing. Brad tells us what it’s like to build a writing career and how you can too.