Career Role Encyclopedia
What 79+ common job roles actually involve day to day, the tasks, tools, and typical entry paths, without salary figures or hiring predictions. A major shapes what you study; a role is what you'd actually do, and they don't map one-to-one.
8 roles in Design & Creative
Graphic Designer
Creates visual content for print, digital, and branding purposes.
Illustrator / Animator
Creates original drawn or animated visual content for media, games, or publishing.
Industrial Designer
Designs physical products, balancing form, function, and manufacturability.
Photographer
Captures images for editorial, commercial, portrait, or documentary purposes.
Product Designer
Combines UX and visual design to shape an entire digital product's experience.
UX Designer
Designs how digital products work and feel from the user's perspective.
UX Writer / Content Designer
Writes the words inside a product, buttons, error messages, onboarding, that guide users.
Video Editor
Assembles raw footage into a finished, coherent video.