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Arts, Media and Entertainment
Those with a passion for music, painting, drawing, dancing or performing can tap into the opportunities in the Arts, Media and Entertainment industry. This exciting pathway offers careers in front of or behind the scenes. In addition, companies need multimedia production and graphic designers to create websites and game designers and programmers to keep gamers playing. Arts, Media and Entertainment are big business throughout California and the world. The sector requires the greatest cross-disciplinary interaction because the work has a propensity to be largely project-based, requiring both independent work and interdependent management skills for career success.
iNformation
What interests you?
- Drawing and painting
- Creative problem solving
- Playing an instrument or dancing
- Using the computer to create great graphics and websites
Check out these careers:

$32,260 - $97,290

$36,400 - $208,000

$11 to $91 per hour

$33,220 - $110,230

$28,720 - $98,970

$48,360 - $200,430
Explore
Do you...
- Enjoy performing in front of an audience
- Have a vivid imagination
- Like to develop artistic design concepts
- Create computer-generated graphics and animation
Gain Some Experience
- Try out for a school play
- Intern with a graphic designer
- Use multimedia for a school project
- Join the school newspaper or yearbook
- Job shadow on a movie set or theater
- Draw detailed or technical illustrations
- Volunteer to set up the sound and computer for a school play or performance






School
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Work
Career Interviews
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