Career Exploration Activity

Directions Use the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook and other print and online
resources to create a profile of that career. YOU MUST DO THIS FOR TWO CAREERS! ONE THAT YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN, AND ONE FROM VIDEO PRODUCTION.
CAREER TITLE
Multimedia artist
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REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS CAREER

__I like to design stuff and it seemed to interest me so I chose it.

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JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. What are the main tasks and responsibilities in this career?

Multimedia artists and animators create animation and visual effects for television, movies, video
games, and other forms of media.
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SKILLS

2. What transferable skills are required for this career?

Need knowledge on Computer graphics and such things as art and creativity.
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3. What job-specific skills are required for this career?

__Creat8ie mind and be good with computers and ytechnology in
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WORKING CONDITIONS

5. What health and safety risks does the job have?

__None really just work in a office or from home

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6. What are the typical working hours?

_weedays and like 8-5 normal working days

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

7. What specific high school courses and activities could help you to prepare for this career?

Take classes that have to do with like web pages and just designing things to get more of a
creative mind.
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8. What postsecondary course of study or training is required for this career?

_ just collage classes, not really training, you just learn from classes and then go to work.
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9. Describe a program that offers training relevant to this career.

___none just classes and collages experience and things like that
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10. What lifelong-learning strategies should you pursue to grow and develop in this career?

_to have a creative mind and to learn as much about it as i can before I start.
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SALARY AND BENEFITS

11. What is the salary range for this career?

_70.550 per year or 33.91 per hour

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12. What benefits, such as paid health care and vacation time, do workers in this
career generally receive?
_It did not list any but you don't usually work weekends unless your behind and the deadline is
coming up
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OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK

13. Is the demand for workers in this career expected to increase, decrease, or stay the
same over the next decade? Why?
Increase because consumers are in demand for more realistic video games and tv shows/,movies.
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14. List three employers in your state or community that hire workers in this career field.

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ASSESSMENT

15. What aspects of this career seem like a particularly good match for you? Why?

I like to make things and that's what you do with this job and be creative.
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16. What aspects of this career are not a good match for you? Why?

Sitting down all the time i wouldn't really like but I could get used to it. But also may be wrong
weekends wouldn't be good for me.
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