Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

Arts, Entertainment, & Design: Design & Digital Arts Save Table: XLSX CSV

Careers encompassing the creation and production of visually engaging digital content such as animation, visual marketing, graphic design, print media, augmented and virtual reality, web design, game design, and user interfaces/user experiences.
This Sub-Cluster combines artistic talent and technology to produce interactive content, entertainment, commercial product and packaging design, and promotional materials.
Example programs of study:
  • Digital Animation
  • Graphic Arts
CodeOccupation
27-1029.00Designers, All Other
27-4032.00Film and Video Editors
27-1024.00Graphic Designers
11-9199.00Managers, All Other Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
39-3021.00Motion Picture Projectionists
27-4021.00Photographers
15-1252.00Software Developers Bright Outlook
27-1014.00Special Effects Artists and Animators
15-1255.01Video Game Designers Bright Outlook
15-1255.00Web and Digital Interface Designers Bright Outlook
15-1254.00Web Developers Bright Outlook

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).