Families / perform

Perform

Work delivered live, to an audience or a brief.

• Chef de Cuisine

  kitchen · $52k–$100k · 8y to competence · no licence

  Designs menus and runs a line to a nightly standard. Every service is a live performance with a hard start time.

• Working Musician

  stage · $28k–$85k · 10y to competence · no licence

  Performs, records and teaches across several income streams at once. Practice is the job; the gig is the exam.

• Audio Engineer

  studio · $42k–$95k · 6y to competence · no licence

  Records, mixes and masters for music, film and live rooms. Ears plus signal-chain knowledge, compounding over years.

• Cinematographer

  mixed · $55k–$160k · 9y to competence · no licence

  Designs and executes the image for film and commercial work. Crew leadership matters as much as the lens choice.

• Illustrator

  studio · $35k–$90k · 7y to competence · no licence

  Makes images to brief for publishing, games and brands. Style is the asset and the constraint.

• Nonfiction Writer

  desk · $32k–$110k · 8y to competence · no licence

  Researches and writes long-form work under contract or subscription. Distribution now belongs to the writer.

• Stage Actor

  stage · $26k–$70k · 9y to competence · no licence

  Rehearses and performs live to a paying room. Training is continuous and employment is by production.

• Choreographer

  stage · $30k–$80k · 12y to competence · no licence

  Makes and stages movement work for companies, film and commercial clients. A dancer's body first, an author's career second.

• Commercial Photographer

  mixed · $38k–$100k · 6y to competence · no licence

  Produces images for clients on schedule and to brief. Half the work is lighting, half is running a small business.