Being a creative student will open many doors working in a wide range of roles from art director to web designer. Many companies are looking for creative input and fresh ideas to reenergise their companies. Often these positions may be in product development or within marketing teams. Doing a creative course will allow you to take up a wide variety of innovative positions, often depending on what you learnt in accordance with your main subject. Whether you want to become a specialist or just want to progress your career it is always advisable to keep your portfolio growing and enter into competitions to gain recognition. Through your studies you will have had to analyse, plan and create visual solutions showing that you are articulate and a great communicator where you can work on creating promotions material to building marketing campaigns.Many students gain wide knowledge in computer software such as Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, which can often be of great use. Always try to think laterally and show what transferable skills you have gained such as your research, time management, self management and communication skills and this will open up many more options for you.

However, according to graduates of 2010 marketing and arts are not necessarily the two sectors most arts graduates end up in: a quarter of employed arts and design 2010 graduates were working in the retail and catering industry six months after graduation. A third were working as arts, design or culture and sports professionals - many as artists.

Figures are taken from the 2011 edition of "What Do Graduates Do?".