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Who is a creative worker?

A creative worker is anyone who earns income from creative, cultural or arts-based pursuits, or works within the creative sector as an employee (full-time or part-time), independent contractor, entrepreneur or gig worker.

Creative workers are all individuals who advance arts and culture activity. A non-exhaustive list of titles includes: animators, architects, archivists, art directors, arts educators, artisans, authors, camera operators, ceramicists, choreographers, composers, costumers, creative consultants, cultural producers, curators, dancers, designers, development consultants, editors, engineers, facilitators, filmmakers, finance professionals, front of house workers, glass artists, grant writers, graphic designers, illustrators, interns, marketing and PR experts, multimedia artists, muralists, music directors, painters, photographers, poets, producers, screenwriters, sculptors, security staff, stagehands, teaching artists, techs, ushers, visual artists, wardrobe attendants, and writers.

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