Workshop Employment × 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.

205 jobs found.

Bone Craftsman

A profession that uses animal bones and horns as materials, applying processes such as carving, openwork carving, and polishing with hand tools to produce decorative items and handicrafts.

Bonsai Grower

Bonsai growers select bonsai seedlings, perform wiring, pruning, planting, and maintenance to cultivate trees as artistic works.

Maki-e Decorator (Ceramics Manufacturing)

Traditional craft artisan who decorates the surface of ceramics using lacquer to apply gold powder or gold leaf.

Mannequin Maker

Artisan who handcrafts mannequins for stores and displays from prototype to finish. Handles a wide range from clay or wax prototyping to resin molding, painting, and finishing.

Straw Product Manufacturing Worker

A profession that manufactures products such as baskets and hats by braiding and shaping processing using straw as raw material.

Straw Hat Manufacturer

A profession that handcrafts hats using natural materials such as straw or water plants, from braiding to forming and finishing.

Meito Swordsmith

Traditional craftsperson who handles forging, quenching, engraving, and more in Japanese sword manufacturing.

Cotton Yarn Ikat Tying Worker

A traditional dyeing artisan who uses cotton yarn to create ikat (kasuri) patterns through tie-dyeing techniques. Handles the skill of manually binding threads or fabric, repeatedly dyeing and drying to fix the patterns.

Bentwood Craftsman

Bentwood craftsmen soften wood by steaming, bend and shape it along molds, and perform drying, joining, finishing, and painting. They are artisans who produce bentwood products such as bowls, trays, and buckets.

Woodworking Carpenter (Furniture Manufacturing)

A craftsman who designs, processes, assembles, and finishes furniture using timber.