Im tired, anxious, depressed, and over it. What other jobs are out there for art director skill set?

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Could you teach art direction at a portfolio school? Or maybe being a graphic designer in the non-advertising space?

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You’ll probably need additional schooling to retool and you likely won’t earn anywhere near where you do now. It also depends on what kind of art direction you’ve done (illustration? Production? Social? TV?) and how much hustle you have, but here are some thought starters:

Florist
Photographer/Videographer
Art teacher
Stylist
Production/set design
Arts nonprofit professional
Product design
Furniture maker (or similar maker)
Social content creator
Curator

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I said that they don’t pay well.

The best option might be starting a job as Art Director who can detach from the work. Not easy to get there but worth it once you do

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To all of those thinking of getting out. I’d say get out while you can if you can. One day, you’ll have a family, and other responsibilities and far less energy to move. So get out while you can.

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If i knew what else to do i would 100% do that

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I pivoted into UX

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Feel free

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Subscribing to this post. Let’s start a side business?

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Soda jerk or night nurse

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I hear that, from the writer side.

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A lot of major companies are expanding their internal design teams to not pay agency or other vendors to do their logo work for all of their brands. Check out PepsiCo, Coke, Mondelez

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Mortuary makeup artist would be a dream for artistic introverts.

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I feel this- there’s so much noise in advertising. Some nice peace & quiet sounds kinda of amazing.

Event planning I’ve had my eye on for a while

Event planning is not the landing pad for someone trying to escape burnout. Though, if it’s a moral burnout, maybe that role could offer some relief.

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I’ve seen a couple of art and creative directors from my shop leave and run in-house teams for marketing and visual communication at healthcare brands and specialized segments of those healthcare brands, specifically focusing on one segment of the body ( neurology, cardiology, etc.) Looks interesting. Consider a company or industry with much deeper pockets than the agency world. Think hospitals, microchip processors, manufacturing businesses, commercial construction, financial sector.

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