JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in an arts career.
Key: darker areas indicate high demand, lighter ones less demand. That is, if your personality type is a darker area, then this career matches your personality.
Below you will find comments by people in this career. They were asked to rate their job (out of 6) and what they liked or did not like about their job. Their comments are sorted by the rating they assigned. The actual job title they gave is in brackets with, if provided, the personality type they declared.
Rating 6/6
flexible but i need a job to make more money (art entertaining - INFJ)
I like creating I dislike the low pay (Actor - INFP)
love freedom, students, content, co-workers dislike lack of space and resources (art lecturer)
having to promote my work (artist)
Like: drawing, being imaginative. Dislike: lack of funds. (Artist)
Space, time, money and environment constraints. (Artist)
Love my job Hate the instability of it (arts)
Rating 5/6
I’m not making a difference or helping people. I like being stimulated. (Student - ENFP)
I love the creative part of my job. I dislike customer service. (Artist - INFJ)
feeling free to work as i want getting my emotions expressed in a creative way (painter - INFP)
that i have to rely on other people for our work to succeed. (Actor - INTJ)
I like the flexibility of my job, moving from one project to another and working with different crews. (Assistant Film Editor - ISFP)
Instability and difficulties in career progression. (Archaeologist - Project Officer)
irregular income lonely (Artist)
I like creating. I dislike the pay (i.e. none). (Artist/Designer)
Love the creation process, hate the disorganization and lack of understanding of most employers in this field. It is also very difficult to find employment and make decent money in this field (in my demographic). (Graphic Artist)
the freedom of ideas working on my own and with my own values (painter)
I’m not very social and lots of singers and performers are, so I sometimes feel like an outcast when we are in the breakroom. (singer)
Organizing materials. Tying down the creative process with demands. (Traditional Artist)
Rating 4/6
dislike stting at desk (graphic design - ESFP)
I love that I can be creative and use my own ideas. I hate that I have no one to work along side, for support and to have a laugh with. (Card maker and seller - INFJ)
I don’t like the stress of dealing with irrational and egocentric directors. I also dislike not having enough time to myself. (Cinematographer - INFP)
Being outdoors, working with nature, growing plants, seeing the interaction of others with plants and each other grow, helping to build knowledge and confidence in others, (Community Gardener - INFP)
nature and flowers (florist - INFP)
I hate the constant need to market myself and try to find ways to make money. (Photographer - ISFP)
hard to earn money (artist)
I enjoy being creative and working as a team to produce a finished product enjoyed by an audience. (Casual Technician)
Too much alone time (CEO Bathroom Kitchen tile design and installation)
I don’t see a future (student)
Rating 3/6
I like analyzing scripts, talking about creative ideas and putting projects together. I dislike the networking, reading and “hustle” involved. (Film Development Executive - ESTP)
with the receptionist job i like working with people and organising people. i like telling them what needs to be done and motivating them. with the fashion i like researching different ideas and coming up with new ideas of my own. i also like producing beautiful things. (fashion student and receptionist - INFP)
Dislikes: Group work, inconsistency in policies and schedules, long hours, colleagues don’t share values, too fast paced, play readings are uninteresting Likes: Instructors have high expectations, work challenges limits, work is creative (Graduate Acting Student - INFP)
The politics of the environment (Gallery supervisor - ISTJ)
we go over the same things over and over and over again… it’s so tedious (Student - ISTJ)
Rating 2/6
I like creating, inventiveness and a sense of urgency. I dislike being limited in my creativity, having to supervise others’ work and placating inflated egos. (entertainment industry - ENTJ)
I dislike being in middle management where those above use me to implement unpopular decisions which makes unpopular with my direct reports. (Manager, Culture Art and Heritage Program - ENTP)
no future, no value to world (painter - INFJ)
Too much interaction with people, answering customer questions, too much down-time between groups. (Paperwork and Organizer for children sport photoshoots - INTJ)
Trying to balance the responsibilities and deadlines of personal design projects against the management responsibilities of being department head responsible for all people and projects at the same time (creative director - ISTJ)
long hours stress (chef)
Other people and group assignments. (Student)
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