Job options
Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Actor
- Broadcast presenter
- Community arts worker
- Dramatherapist
- Runner, broadcasting/film/video
- Theatre director
- Theatre stage manager
Jobs where your degree would be useful include:
- Arts administrator
- Choreographer
- Further education teacher
- Media researcher
- Music producer
- Secondary school teacher
- Special effects technician
- Talent agent
- Television floor manager
- Theatre manager
Typical employers
Organisations that often employ drama graduates include:
- educational institutions
- arts organisations
- media companies
- hospitality and leisure organisations.
Drama qualifications also provide you with broad skills that are in demand across all industries, including:
- teamwork, to create group performances
- working well under pressure and meeting deadlines, from learning lines and producing live work
- creative/critical thinking skills, to interpret scripts and bring them to life
- presentation and verbal communication, through frequent performing
- written communication skills, through producing academic work and possibly scripts
- quick thinking and improvisation skills, to ensure live performances and assessments run smoothly
- self-motivation, to rehearse and continuously develop performance
- negotiation and conflict management skills, to create a shared concept within groups.
