Creative Arts • Go Government

The Department of the Army has over 200,000 creative arts employees for duties such as designing our many personnel uniforms.

Creative arts jobs give you the ability to combine a love of arts and a plethora of other areas of interest, such as history, defense, marketing, or human rights campaigns. No matter your passion, there is a job to fit you in the creative arts field in the federal government.

There are jobs in all regions of the country, but over half of the federal creative arts jobs are in the South Atlantic.

Agency: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Salary Range: $103,842 to $158,793 / per year
Location(s): Redstone Arsenal, AL

As a Writer- Editor, you will:

Serve as the Writer-Editor (Speechwriter) for the Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, and provide editorial support for the command.
Review all written material for the organization for editorial quality, consistency, and compliance with established style, format, and content to ensure that products adhere to government style and format requirements.
Edit and write other material, including Congressional testimony on the agency position on matters before Congress, and correspondence to the Secretary of the Army, Secretariat, and members of Congress.

Agency: Department of Interior, National Park Service
Salary Range: $40,684 to $52,893 / per year
Location(s): Seneca Falls, NY

As a Visual Information Specialist, you will:

Support content maintenance and development of the park’s web pages and social media sites focusing on topics which include women’s suffrage, human rights, civil rights, natural and historic features, and cultural history of the region.
Create printed materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and posters and provides visual and audio production services to park divisions using nationally established guidelines and industry standards.
Provide current and accurate information for both formal and informal interpretation to visitors on tours and at the visitor center desk, other park locations, and at off-site locations and assists with, and supports, interpretive projects and special events.

Are you interested in pursuing a career in creative arts? The federal government needs new talent in a variety of creative fields like photography, writing, graphic design and audiovisual production.

As an interior designer for the Department of State, you can design and decorate embassies. As an exhibits lighting specialist for the Smithsonian Institution, you can determine the look and feel of numerous national art galleries.

Top Creative Arts Positions by Region	Percentage
South Atlantic	55.8%
Pacific West	9.2%
Mountain West	6.5%
West South Central	5.6%
East North Central	5.3%
Mid-Atlantic	4.4%
East South Central	3.4%
West North Central	2.9%
Northeast	1.9%
Positions Overseas	1.5%