LA Region Creative Economy
Interesting factoids thanks to the Otis College report on the Creative Economy (Otis):
- Employment in direct jobs the creative industry is 342,300 with 858,500 total jobs in LA County; 44,500 direct creative jobs in OC with total creative jobs in OC at 92,500 (Otis, 7)
- Employment in creative jobs is "sideways" since 2003 (Otis, 10).
- Sub-industries (my word) include fashion, toys, digital media, product and industrial design, architecture and interior design, communication arts, art galleries, fine and performing arts, furniture and home furnishings, entertainment (Otis, 15-24).
- Overall trends in creative economy employment are minus 2.3% through 2013 (Otis, 24).
- LA County has eighteen universities, colleges, trade and technical schools with degree programs in creative programs; Orange County has three (Otis, 30).
Florida (reference in Mixner) posits that the core - the measure - of an economy is its level of creativity. The implication is that the emphasis of workforce preparedness should include not only science, technology, engineering and math, but also creativity. If in fact creativity numbers are in decline in the LA region, we've got something more to consider in workforce planning.
Mixner, Jack Watching Your Best People Leave Town. 12 December 2009. http://mixnerstrategy.com/blog/2009/12/watching_your_best_people_leav.html
Otis College of Art and Design with Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, Economic Information & Research Department. Report on The Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region. November 2009. http://www.otis.edu/about/creative_economy_report_2008.html