Many production designers and art directors can advance by seeking employment with larger production companies and better-known directors and producers. Some production designers start their own freelance businesses. A few become directors or producers.
- Actors
- Animators
- Architects
- Art Directors
- Art Teachers
- Artist and Repertoire Workers
- Artists
- Audio Recording Engineers
- Augmented Reality Developers
- Automotive Designers
- Bloggers
- Book Editors
- Broadcast Engineers
- Camera Operators
- Cartoonists
- Choreographers
- Cinematographers and Directors of Photography
- Circus Performers
- Clowns
- Columnists
- Comedians
- Comic Book Artists
- Comic Book Writers
- Composers and Arrangers
- Computer and Video Game Designers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Content Management Specialists
- Copy Editors
- Copywriters
- Costume Designers
- Dancers
- Digital Agents
- Digital Designers
- Disc Jockeys
- Drafters
- Editors
- Ergonomists
- Exhibit Designers
- Fabric Designers
- Fashion Designers
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Photographers
- Fashion Stylists
- Fashion Writers and Editors
- Film and Television Directors
- Film and Television Editors
- Film and Television Extras
- Film and Television Producers
- Film and Video Librarians
- Food Writers and Editors
- Foreign Correspondents
- Furniture Designers
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Graphic Designers
- Graphics Programmers
- Greeting Card Designers and Writers
- Home Stagers
- Illustrators
- Industrial Designers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Internet Content Curators
- Internet Developers
- Jewelers and Jewelry Repairers
- Landscape Architects
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Lighting Technicians
- Literary Agents
- Magazine Editors
- Magicians
- Makeup Artists
- Medical Illustrators and Photographers
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Multimedia Artists and Animators
- Multimedia Sound Workers
- Music Agents and Scouts
- Music Conductors and Directors
- Music Journalists
- Music Producers
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- Music Video Directors and Producers
- Music Video Editors
- Musicians
- News Anchors
- Newspaper Editors
- Non-Fungible Token Artists
- Online Journalists
- Online Producers
- Photo Editors
- Photographers
- Photojournalists
- Playwrights
- Podcasters
- Political Reporters
- Pop/Rock Musicians
- Product Designers
- Production Assistants
- Publicity Photographers
- Radio and Television Announcers
- Radio and Television Program Directors
- Radio Producers
- Real-Time Captioners
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Reporters
- Science and Medical Writers
- Screenwriters
- Show Runners
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Singers
- Smart Building Systems Designers
- Social Media Workers
- Software Designers
- Songwriters
- Special and Visual Effects Technicians
- Sports Broadcasters and Announcers
- Sports Photographers
- Sportswriters
- Stage Directors
- Stage Managers
- Stage Production Workers
- Stunt Performers
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Talent Agents and Scouts
- Tattoo Artists
- Theater Managers
- Video Game Art Directors
- Video Game Producers
- Video Game Testers
- Visual Interaction Designers
- Webmasters
- Writers