Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism and entertainment services.
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In each pathway, you’ll find roles with similar goals, outcomes, or required skills.
Journalism and Broadcasting (19)
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Broadcast News Analysts
Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Broadcast Technicians
Set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to acquire, edit, and transmit audio and video for radio or television programs. Control and adjust incoming and outgoing broadcast signals to regulate sound volume, signal strength, and signal clarity. Operate satellite, microwave, or other transmitter equipment to broadcast radio or television programs.
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture
Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.
Performing Arts (18)
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Actors
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.
Casting Agents
Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.
Choreographers
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
Printing Technology (5)
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Desktop Publishers
Format typescript and graphic elements using computer software to produce publication-ready material.
Prepress Technicians and Workers
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.
Telecommunications (2)
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
Visual Arts (16)
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3D Modelers
Design three-dimensional models of objects, virtual environments, layouts, characters, and virtual animated agents.
Art Directors
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.
Character Animators
Use computer programs to make images come to life on screen by adding emotions, mood, behaviors, movements, personalities, and attitudes to character objects.
Quick facts:
Large economic impact
The arts contribute more than $800 million a year to U.S. economic output, according to a 2019 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Employment numbers
Almost 3 million people work in arts, A/V technology and communications fields in the U.S.
Freelance opportunities
Freelance work is common in many of these careers. Some jobs require frequent travel and have irregular work hours.
Shift from print to web
As demand for printed media trends downward, news organizations focus more on developing web-based content like podcasts, video, and social media.
