| Lecture: future careers and opportunities: Thinking ahead, what kinds of jobs would you like to do, or at least investigate? Please choose something related to art and the cultural industries. | Choose a future career you would like to do and research into how you could pursue it. |
When I think about future careers and opportunities I enjoy the idea of being self-employed. I understand this is something that I’d have to do in the future when it looks financially viable for me to do so.
I would enjoy going into creative direction as I have a strong background in photography I’ve developed my understanding of what visually works before picking up a camera. Working in commercial kitchens and catering from a young age this has given me a lot of transferable skills. I know how to work fast and productively to be a part of a successful team and thrive under pressure.
Steve Lazarides who runs ‘lazemporium.com’ is someone’s whos career surrounding art interests me as he is known for being closely associated with Banksy and bring his art to the marketplace. Laz Emporium is an online market place selling the art of artists who are street-based. I think its a really clean idea to draw on the contacts he has developed over the years keeping it online is a clever move which keeps his overheads down as opposed to having a physical shop front. Which I think to get a brand established its wise to have a physical presence for people to associate your brand with. Steve Lazarides has built up his brand and connections with artists and within the commercial art space and is respected within he doesn’t need a physical presence which is something that can be only build up though a strong career.
Building up a strong E-commerce site for fine art is something I’d be interested in doing as it could create an opportunity for lesser-known artist to showcase their stuff. I think the key to doing this would be to make it smart slick and of quality. To fund this idea I could turn to freelance work within the creative industries ether using the adobe suite in a graphic design sense or as a photographer.