Dive into jobroles

While traders on the floor are busy shouting orders to buy and sell over the phone, rapidly firing off emails and even just yelling across the room, it’s no secret that without a well-run back office, the entire financial market would grind to a halt!

We all have adverts or slogans that stick in our minds... and that means a creative director somewhere has done their job properly! A key role within communications agencies, they offer their creative vision and oversee teams.

These creative professionals use all their talents to help companies with their branding. As at ease with a blank piece of paper as they are behind a screen, graphic designers come up with all manner of colourful posters, websites and original logos!

Having an idea is good. Great, even. But how can you convey it visually? How can you catch someone’s eye? To answer all these questions and more, we call upon artistic directors.

The right to housing is an inherent one, as mentioned in several international agreements and constitutions. And that’s exactly what housing officers are tasked with.

As a doctor’s right hand, nurses are THE essential link on any medical team. They deliver various forms of care and treatment, ensuring patients are monitored and looked after. Their mantra? Prevent, relieve, comfort, heal.

The word oenologist comes from the Ancient Greek for wine, oînos, plus the suffix -ology, meaning the study of something. They’re the people who oversee and coordinate wine production and guarantee its quality.

True scientists of language, linguists analyse, dissect and describe languages to help us better understand how they work. They work on both ancient languages and entirely contemporary ones.

Carpenters design, shape and install the components that define a building’s structure, whether it's a home, commercial building or factory. They use all their experience, creative muscle and knowledge of geometry and mathematics in perfecting their craft.

As digital and technological experts, IT project managers take the lead from the moment their colleague or customer first expresses their needs all the way through to the systems being introduced and signed off. Their typical projects generally include the following three stages.

Passionate booklovers as well as outstanding leaders, library managers deal with political, cultural, social and economic issues on a daily basis.

Sometimes known as yield managers, revenue managers play around with pricing levels to try to sell as many tickets or services as possible.

In a musician’s hands, an instrument can come to life. Perfectionists and creative types, a good musician only needs to play a few notes to reel us in, make us dream, dance, sing and cry.

Fine strategists, keen observers and fantastic organisers, pre-sales engineers seize every opportunity that comes their way and convince their customers of the quality of their company’s products.

A control tower, conductor and linchpin all rolled into one... the analogies are endless when it comes to chief financial officers. Say what you like about them, in business, they’re the captains of the ship!