Expressive Performer

Music, stage, screen and photography

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Sitting within the 'Communication & Social Influence' family, the 'Expressive Performer' occupational archetype brings creativity, emotional expressiveness, and a total disregard for convention. Legendary. Driven by their expressiveness and comfort in embracing their emotional experiences (Emotionality) and guided by their imagination and eye for beauty (Aesthetic Creativity), these occupations are filled with incredible creatures who live for the response of an audience and the opportunity to collaborate with other artists.

Legends of uninhibited performance, those aligned with the 'Expressive Performer' archetype will generally thrive in unconventional and imaginative work that avoids rigid routines and rules, maximising creative freedom and allowing them to explore their more aesthetic and emotional experiences.

The roles that sit within this archetype are listed below, with links to the ISCO source for a different angle on where these occupations sit, and what is involved.

How it stands apart

Key facetAesthetic creativity: Imaginative
Supporting facetEmotionality: Expressive

Openness and Extraversion stand out relative to the rest of the profile, while Conscientiousness sits lower, with emotional responsiveness running higher than average for these people. This combination sees that they are on average more curious and accepting, and open to change and new knowledge, that they tend to be more energetic and action-oriented than others, while remaining flexible in how they approach things rather than comfortably being pinned down to a specific process or set of rules, and maintaining their rapid responsiveness to blockers and frustrations with their emotional expressiveness.

What sets this archetype apart within its family is an eye for beauty, design and imagination.
It is further set apart from its nearest neighbours by depth of feeling and emotional responsiveness.

Occupations

The occupations this archetype holds, each linked to its occupation group in ESCO, the European Commission’s classification of occupations.

Nearby archetypes

Archetypes are positioned in physical space, according to behavioural and personality features, on the Family Wheel. This means that occupations in Archetypes that are physically nearby will showcase and require similar natuiral styles, behavioural preferences, and naturally occuring behaviours, meaning they will also be somewhat comfortable fits for you.

In Communication & Social Influence

2.3

Persuasive Storyteller

Marketing, journalism, public relations and training

2.5

Warm Connector

Hospitality, childcare, customer and fitness roles built on warmth

2.1

Community Facilitator

Counselling, consulting, planning and community-facing roles

In other families

1.4

Aesthetic Creator

Design, architecture, visual art and writing

Learning, Ideas & Culture

1.3

Curious Scholar

Ideas, languages and teaching at advanced levels

Learning, Ideas & Culture

1.6

Methodical Artisan

Applied arts, crafts, studio and cultural production

Learning, Ideas & Culture

2.3 Persuasive Storyteller 2.5 Warm Connector

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