Engineering & Manufacturing × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation
For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation
This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.
Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.
The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.
406 matching jobs found.
Chaser Craftsman (Sheet Metal)
Specialist profession that uses traditional techniques to cut, bend, hammer out, engrave, and otherwise process metal sheets to produce decorative metal fittings for architecture, furniture, and artwork.
Confectionery Wood Mold Maker
Artisan who designs and carves wooden molds used in confectionery manufacturing, creating molds for shaping wagashi and similar sweets.
Kasuri Weaver
Kasuri weavers pre-dye sections of warp and weft yarns separately and weave to express unique kasuri patterns, a traditional hand-weaving technical occupation.
Plastic Engraving Worker
A manufacturing job that engraves and shapes plastics and other malleable materials using hand tools or machine processing to produce decorative items and prototype parts.
Pattern Paper Engraver
Traditional craft artisan who precisely engraves Japanese patterns and designs onto paper stencils used in manufacturing processes such as dyeing and katazome.
Armor Craftsman
A profession that crafts armor as martial equipment using materials such as iron and leather with ancient techniques.
Cut Glass Worker
A profession that performs precise cutting and grinding processing on decorative glass products using diamond wheels or rotating grinding stones.
Wig Maker
Artisan who uses human hair or synthetic fibers as materials to handcraft and repair wigs and hairpieces from mold taking to finishing.
Cherry Bark Craftsman (Sakura Bark Craft)
Artisan who creates crafts such as vessels and decorative items using the bark of mountain cherry trees. Requires manual skills utilizing the properties of natural materials and finishing techniques such as lacquer coating.
Hand Papermaker
Hand papermakers are papermaking artisans possessing traditional techniques to dissolve fiber pulp in water, scoop it up sheet by sheet by hand using a wooden frame, and perform drying and finishing.