Careers in photography & the creative industries
Click on each of the blocks below to explore what the role might entail
Photographer
![Photographer](https://www.the-aop.org/var/uploads/cache/filemanager/9/9/99316/40cd750bba9870f18aada2478b24840a/malta-morris-travellerdesat50.jpg)
Entry level/Aspirational
Also known as:
• image-maker
• 2D visual artist
• content creator
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Image © Nick Dunmur
Assisting Photographer
![Assisting Photographer](https://www.the-aop.org/var/uploads/cache/filemanager/9/9/99317/40cd750bba9870f18aada2478b24840a/malta-quaysidedesat50.jpg)
Entry level/Continuing
Also known as:
• Assistant
• Photographer's (or Photographic) Assistant
• First/Second/Third Assistant
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Image © Nick Dunmur
Photographer's Agent
![Photographer's Agent](https://www.the-aop.org/var/uploads/cache/filemanager/9/9/99321/40cd750bba9870f18aada2478b24840a/malta-rust-girdersdesat50.jpg)
Aspirational
Also known as:
• Photographic agent
• Agent (or sometimes ‘Representative’)
• Photo-agent
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Image © Nick Dunmur
Set-builder
![Set-builder](https://www.the-aop.org/var/uploads/cache/filemanager/9/9/99314/40cd750bba9870f18aada2478b24840a/malta-caravan-onedesat50.jpg)
Entry level/Aspirational
Also known as:
• scene-builder
• scenic carpenter
• set designer
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