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New & Emerging Occupations: Multidisciplinary Occupations

Multidisciplinary Occupations
Title Education and Skills
Animation specialist, game designer Computer graphics, computer programming, art (drawing), graphic design, creative writing
Information architect* Information science, human factors, usability design
Data miner, search engine analyst, corporate blogger, competitive intelligence analyst Information science, marketing, web analytics, statistics
Usability interface designer Web design, usability research, psychology, technical writing
Geographic information system (GIS) analyst, data specialist, remote sensing specialist GIS software, statistics, geography, city planning, cartography, geology
Financial engineer* Computer science, mathematics, finance
Medical (or biomedical) photographer Photographic design software, biology, chemistry, medical imaging, creativity
Medical illustrator* Anatomy, biology, art, communications, education
Researcher (analyst* or associate analyst)
• Water and climate change
• Social and economic policy
• Environmental policy, regulatory analysis, writing economics, finance, biology, physical sciences
• Statistics, demography, education, sociology, economics, public policy, writing
Health policy analyst Public health, psychology, sociology, economics, writing
Biomedical engineer Biology, engineering, health sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, behavioral science, computer science
*Occupations for which a graduate degree is a required qualification or strongly preferred by employers.

 

*Figure 1 from Making Magic: New and Emerging Occupations by Shirley Jones


 
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