Professional sculptors may exhibit in galleries or outdoor public venues. They may use their skills as part of an architectural team, in fabrication work or fine art casting, to create installations or props for photography or film, or as part of many other variations on the discipline. They use the craft of their medium and their personal vision to demonstrate awareness of the function of sculpture in a public context.

- Art consultant
- Art director
- Art studio manager
- Artist-in-residence
- Curator

- Exhibition designer
- Exhibition preparer
- Foundry supervisor
- Freelance artist
- Gallery owner or assistant
- Independent studio sculptor

- Mold-maker
- Motion picture sculptor/modeler
- Museum specialist
- Product designer
- Public installations consultant
SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
Some employers of SCAD sculpture alumni
- Animation, film and television model-making
- Colleges and universities
- Community arts organizations
- Galleries
- Industrial and product design companies
- Medical/technical companies
- Museums