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Want more resistant bulletproof vests? Add carbon nanotubes! That’s the job of a nanotechnology engineer, manipulating physical structures to bring about technological innovations.

The role of data protection officer represents an emerging career. They combine their IT and technical knowledge with legal and regulatory expertise.

Music, art, theatre, publishing, sport... talent agents are specialists in specific industries, which they know like the back of their hand. Without them, most of the world’s biggest stars wouldn’t be where they are today.

Whether running their own business or on behalf of an owner or big corporation, restaurant managers play a key role in organising and coordinating the entire site. In short, they run the show (well, the restaurant).

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!

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.

Counterfeiting and industrial espionage are their sworn enemies: as specialists in intellectual property, a patent engineer’s ultimate mission is to protect their company’s inventions.

Whether based in a factory or at a company’s head office, management controllers are chiefly responsible for producing key financial indicators and data that help company directors monitor performance and take informed decisions. Their tasks range from producing annual figures to analysing and interpreting them.

Customer files, sales figures, employee contact details... data is what keeps businesses afloat these days! And database administrators are there to ensure data is kept safe, secure and accessible at all times.

Communications directors organise the entire communications strategy for their company, institution or organisation. They play with the public’s unconscious mind to get them to identify with a brand, name or idea.

“Just do it”. “Because you’re worth it”. “Think different”. Just a few phrases that have been forever etched on our brains and have become part of everyday life, which get quoted all the time.

Whether packaging up books in a warehouse or working on online deliveries for a big supermarket brand, order pickers collect and pack products with one primary goal in mind: customer satisfaction.

The fact you can call your grandma any time, day or night, is thanks to them. Telecoms engineers design the devices that allow information to flow from A to B.

Video games designers come up with stories, characters and rules. Their job is to create an entirely original, entertaining and captivating universe. A bit like screenwriters, but for gaming.

Over 50% of products manufactured worldwide need to be soldered or welded, from cars and planes to computers and everything in between. Welders are responsible for assembling, installing and maintaining metal components.