1. The Arts.
2. Education.
3. Publishing.
4. Commercial photography.
5. Photo labs.
6. Non-photographic.
Here are some important things I picked up from each groups research, and also a more in depth section about our group who researched commercial photography - which will have to go in a different blog post as this one is getting a bit long.
The Arts:
Creative Choices is a website dedicated to helping creative people find jobs and also gives some advice on what to do if you've just graduated and really want to become an artist earning money from your work. The Arts Council also helps develop art projects and creative ideas, as well as supplying the grant for the arts - which we found out about last year. I have also added the Artquest website myself, as we had a talk last year about it, and they seemed really helpful people - supplying us with information about jobs, new projects, galleries, answering FAQs about the art scene etc. It was also highlighted how broad the arts are. Tom made a very useful spider diagram showing all the different kind of jobs and what categories they fall into - such as physical (performance, dance), visual (photography, drawing) and aural (music, opera) - although some of these areas obviously overlap.
Education:
Jobs.ac.uk provides information about how to become a university lecturer and what is required. To study an MA (which is needed to become a university lecturer) you will need at least a 2:2 at degree level or a 2:1 - depending on the university. An MA usually takes 1 year full time and 2 years part time, and isn't funded. Gov.uk provides information about how to get funding for postgraduate study. All teaching qualifications now need a PCGE, which are available to do straight after your degree at some universities (UCS offers them). You can apply for funding to do this whilst studying for your degree. To get a job as a teacher you'll also need to have achieved QTS (Qualified Teacher Status).
Publishing:
This massive long list compiled by the University of Kent puts together a list of all the jobs you could work in if you wanted to go into publishing, and the requirements of each job. Jobs specific to photography could include a press photographer, a publisher (and getting your own photographic work published) and being a photo editor - for newspapers, magazines, websites etc etc. It was also mentioned in our lecture that people are employed to find images for companies and articles. This would involve looking through stock libraries.
Photo Labs:
The main photographic lab that we all know about is Metro Imaging based in London. Jobs in/involving photographic labs are ones such as a forensic photographer, lab manager, processing machine operator, photographic process worker, film processing technician, a printer, a scanner and a lab assistant. The College Grad website provides information about where different lab jobs are if you're interested in working in that area (although they all seem to be in America? I'm not sure if this website is specific to America).
Non-photographic:
This section is so broad, it could mean anything - from working at Tesco to being a football player. However having a photography degree could help in the following jobs - even though they are not directly associated with the photography industry. Becoming a writer. You do not necessarily need a creative writing degree or any degree at all to become a writer, and it's a good way of earning money. Our lecturer said he used to write reviews before becoming a lecturer for a bit of extra cash. Cinematography is something that is very closely linked to photography. Directors of photography are always listed in the credits of films and television programmes. Some current vacancies can be seen here. Other jobs outside of photography are art directors, curators, illustrators and (completely out of our comfort zone) jobs in science!
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