creative industries

Arts and entertainment

Creative industries are economic sectors that generate value through individual creativity, skill, and talent.

The term groups together fields like film, music, publishing, advertising, design, video games, and architecture—areas where intellectual property is the primary product.

She built her career in the creative industries.

The phrase often appears in policy discussions about cultural economics and urban development.

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photography · visual arts · architecture · branding · virtual reality · theater · animation · interior design · arts funding · music · street art · literature · publishing · advertising · video games · dance · live performances · performing arts

Opposites
economic sector type

creative industriesheavy industry

Capital-intensive manufacturing sector

mining · agriculture · industrial manufacturing · resource extraction · smokestack industries

labor character

creative industriesunskilled labor

Work requiring no expertise

manual labor · blue-collar work · industrial labor

Family

creative, industries

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Rated G