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Do you love to create art? Fine artists typically display their work in museums, commercial art galleries, corporate collections, and private homes. Some of their artwork may be commissioned (done on request from clients), but most is sold by the artist or through private art galleries or dealers. Only the most successful fine artists are able to support themselves solely through the sale of their works. Most fine artists must work in an unrelated field to support their art careers.
Do you have strong opinions that you convey with pictures? Cartoonists draw political, advertising, social, and sports cartoons. Some cartoonists work with others who create the idea or story and write the captions. Most cartoonists have comic, critical, or dramatic talents in addition to drawing skills.
Education required: a Bachelor's degree is preferred
Are you interested in different ways to convey information? In audio visual design, the artist generally creates educational or sales presentations. A client submits a script which must be illustrated with a series of drawings, collages, or typographic images calculated to reproduce well in slide form. These pictures symbolically or illustratively present the ideas put forth in the script. The designer sees the slides through the production phase, organizes them to follow the script, and adds the sound track necessary to complete the presentation.
Do you love to look at art? Do you have an opinion about it? Art directors develop design concepts and review material that is to appear in periodicals, newspapers, and other printed or digital media. They decide how best to present the information visually, so that it is eye catching, appealing, and organized. Art directors decide which photographs or artwork to use and oversee the layout design and production of the printed material. They may direct workers engaged in artwork, layout design, and copywriting.
Education required: Bachelor's degree (usually a Bachelor of Fine Arts)
Can you see yourself running an animal shelter-a place that rescues and nurtures stray animals and tries to find them good homes? Animal shelter managers are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the shelter. They do the hiring, supervising, and training employees and volunteers. The job can vary from shelter to shelter. Some shelter managers have euthanasia certification and are more hands-on with the animals. Other managers handle PR and media relations.
Education Required: 3-5 years animal shelter experience, Bachelor's degree recommended
Do you ever wonder how guide dogs, also known as seeing-eye dogs, end up with their owners? Guide dogs are bred, raised and trained by licensed instructors for the specific purpose of providing people who are blind or visually impaired with a means of greater mobility. Usually, guide dog instructors work in small groups and formally train a "string" of 10 to 30 dogs to become guide dogs. They also train the future owners of the guide dogs so they are confident once they leave the campus and return home.
Education Required: Three-year apprenticeship program; License
Can you picture yourself fighting the fight for animal rights? Animal rights lobbyists try to influence legislators to pass legislation that will benefit animals. New York State was recently passed that made "intentional animal cruelty" a felony, punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and/or up to two years of prison. Lobbyists work for animal rights societies, and many lobbyists are lawyers who work for humane organizations or on behalf of animals, trying to ensure that the laws lobbyists work so hard to get passed are enforced in court.
Education Required: None
Do you think you know why animals do the things they do? You might be a future animal behaviorist. Animal behaviorists, also called therapists, observe animals' behaviors and environments. Then they develop strategies for "normalizing" their behaviors. For example, if someone's dog exhibits strange or difficult behavior, an animal behaviorist might come into the home and observe the animal as well as its owners and try to figure out why the dog is doing what s/he is doing.
Do you like the sound of saying "I'm an animal cop?" Perhaps you would enjoy being a special investigator for the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) or working as an animal cop for another law enforcement group. Animal cops respond to reports of crimes against animals, like abuse and extreme neglect, and arrest the people responsible. Animal cops got a lot of notice in the fall of 2001 when they saved many animals that were abandoned in and around buildings after September 11th.
Here's animals cops do every day:
Have you ever watched a movie where an animal almost stole the show and think, "How in the world did they get that cat to do that?" This is the job of an animal trainer, someone who trains animals to behave in certain ways. A film director may ask for a dog that has to perform on cue in a movie-the production would hire an animal trainer, who would find a dog and rehearse with the script. Sometimes the trainers even cue the animals during actual performances on film and television. Water shows also use animal trainers to train dolphins, whales, seals, and other marine mammals.