{"id":2820,"date":"2021-12-13T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2021-12-13T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T20:01:25","slug":"future-in-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/articles\/future-in-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Future in the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Bachelor of Arts \/ BA in South Africa – the average monthly salary in South Africa:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Animator = R17300pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphic Designer – Junior = R13000pm to R22700pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motion Graphic designer =R15500pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High school Art teacher = R21000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior designer = R15000pm – R27000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copy Writer = R16000pm – R29000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer = R15100pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital designer = R15000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital marketing manager R25900pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UX Designer = R22600pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design manager =R28750pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalists = R15000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor = R22500pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor (Magazine) = R27400pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film and video editor = R15700pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Film and video production (management) = R31250pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video producer = R19800pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brand Manager = R31750pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brand strategist = R29000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multi Media Designer = R16750pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Director = R16000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructional designer = R18500pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative director = R42750pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buyer = R19000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Designers = R18300<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talent acquisition specialist = R15000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product owner = R40250pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software developer = R23000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fashion merchandiser = R10200pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fashion Designer = R12000 to R17500pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News Anchor = R12700pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3D Artist = R11250pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software Engineer, Developer\/ Programmer = R63700pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographer = R13700pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layout Artist = R14400pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interior Architect =R15500pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jewellery designer= R10250pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructional designer (training and development) =R20216pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Librarian = R25900pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Therapist = R15000 to R19000pm (depending on experience)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performing Arts Teacher = R22600pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events\/ Hotel management = R13000 to R21250 (depending on experience)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architect (you will need a Bachelor Architecture) = R95000pm<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Based on formal training experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dance Instructor = R150 (3-4 years\u2019 practical experience) to R350per hour for experienced teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choreographer = R170 to R300per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music teacher = R18000 to R28000pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What if you are extremely creative but do not have the funds or grades for university?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except for the Architecture and School teacher degrees, you can enter almost any of the above positions as an intern and work yourself up provided you are willing to work for a much lower rate. There are various short courses and higher certificate courses at South African learning institutions that will give you the opportunity to up your earning potential. Hard work and passion can make all the difference. Many successful entrepreneurs do not have any degree or certificate they worked their way up the ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is rather obvious that most of the jobs above might not pay you an astronomical salary but creative satisfaction is guaranteed. Is it worth it to compromise income for passion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You decide\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most artists dream of a career in art but most multi creatives land up in a 9 to 5 job feeling that they sold their soul to the devil. School levers that are interested in arts and culture always wonder if it would even be possible to work in a field that they actually got passion for and wonder what they can earn per month if they do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-arts-culture"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-scaled.jpg",2560,1708,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-768x513.jpg",640,428,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-2048x1367.jpg",2048,1367,true],"magazine-7-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-1536x1020.jpg",1536,1020,true],"magazine-7-slider-center":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-936x897.jpg",936,897,true],"magazine-7-featured":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"magazine-7-medium":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"magazine-7-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-pixabay-358010-675x450.jpg",675,450,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Marinda Sauerman"]},"category_info":"Articles & Advertisers<\/a> Arts & Culture<\/a>","tag_info":"Arts & Culture","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2820\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}