Vista College
http://www.vistacollege.edu/blog/careers/the-7-best-careers-
for-visual-thinkers
• Visual thinking: Also called
visual/spatial learning, picture
thinking, or right brained
learning, is the phenomenon of
thinking through visual
processing. Visual thinking has
been described as seeing words
as a series of pictures
• Photography
• Business consulting
• Massage therapy
• Construction technology
• Graphic design
• Interior design
 Key Skills: attention to detail, visualization, spatial
reasoning, hands on skills
 Industries like construction and architecture
require blend of art and functionality
 Requires ability to think three dimensionally
 Key Skills: attention to detail, visualization,
remembering images, artistic abilities
 Create things like, logos, print ads and websites
 Consider if you see things and know immediately
how you could make it look better
 Key Skills: attention to detail, spatial reasoning,
hands on skills
 Design everything from roller coasters to rockets
 Lots of industrial applications: chemical, electrical,
environmental etc.
 Consider if you liked taking things apart and
putting back together as a kid
 Key Skills: attention to detail, remembering
patterns, spatial reasoning
 Ability to identify visual cues
 Also other industry options like massage therapy,
physical therapy or emotional therapy
 Key Skills: attention to detail, strategic planning,
remembering patterns
 Ability to understand relationships between large
numbers of variables
 Helps if you can think out of the box
 Consider starting with business degree and
working into management
 Key Skills: attention to detail, remembering
images, spatial reasoning, artistic abilities
 Ability to tell stories with images
 Can be used in art, or commercial industries
 Key Skills: attention to detail, visualization,
pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, artistic
abilities
 Know how to create layouts that are visually
pleasing and functional
 Filmmaking
 Fashion design
 Advertising
 Chef

The 7 Best Careers for Visual Thinkers

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    • Visual thinking:Also called visual/spatial learning, picture thinking, or right brained learning, is the phenomenon of thinking through visual processing. Visual thinking has been described as seeing words as a series of pictures
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    • Photography • Businessconsulting • Massage therapy • Construction technology • Graphic design • Interior design
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     Key Skills:attention to detail, visualization, spatial reasoning, hands on skills  Industries like construction and architecture require blend of art and functionality  Requires ability to think three dimensionally
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     Key Skills:attention to detail, visualization, remembering images, artistic abilities  Create things like, logos, print ads and websites  Consider if you see things and know immediately how you could make it look better
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     Key Skills:attention to detail, spatial reasoning, hands on skills  Design everything from roller coasters to rockets  Lots of industrial applications: chemical, electrical, environmental etc.  Consider if you liked taking things apart and putting back together as a kid
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     Key Skills:attention to detail, remembering patterns, spatial reasoning  Ability to identify visual cues  Also other industry options like massage therapy, physical therapy or emotional therapy
  • 9.
     Key Skills:attention to detail, strategic planning, remembering patterns  Ability to understand relationships between large numbers of variables  Helps if you can think out of the box  Consider starting with business degree and working into management
  • 10.
     Key Skills:attention to detail, remembering images, spatial reasoning, artistic abilities  Ability to tell stories with images  Can be used in art, or commercial industries
  • 11.
     Key Skills:attention to detail, visualization, pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, artistic abilities  Know how to create layouts that are visually pleasing and functional
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     Filmmaking  Fashiondesign  Advertising  Chef