Arts, Media and Entertainment

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Want to Turn Your Creativity Into an Exciting Career?

Join the SMUSD CTE Design, Visual, & Media Arts Career Pathway

  • Media and Design Arts
  • Performing Arts
  • Production and Managerial Arts
  • Filmmaking Academy

The Arts, Media, and Entertainment sector in the US offers occupations that require a vast array of creative and technical knowledge and skills and:
     • Makes up a third of the global media and entertainment industry
     • Spans the performing arts; film, video and music production; and print
        and digital publishing
     • Requires creative and highly skilled individuals

Median salaries for high school graduates are around $30,000 and climb up to a median of $59,000 with a bachelor's degree.  This sector employs around 1.6 million individuals with popular occupations such as:

     • photographers
     • sound engineers
     • editors
     • graphic designers
     • actors
     • technical writers
     • animators
     • lighting technicians

 

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