Developing our state’s creative industries
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A slide presentation titled Developing our state's creative industries, by Shannon Roach Halberstadt, Creative Economy Industry Sector Lead, Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness, Washington State Department of Commerce, dated March 13, 2025. The slides cite the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account and the Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan, and state that Washington has the second strongest video game market in the nation after California. The slides list strategic priorities of the Washington creative economy plan, including Equity and Access and Learning and Skills, and sections on connecting industry for music, video games and film.
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“Developing our state’s creative industries.”
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Developing our state’s creative industries
Shannon Roach Halberstadt
CREATIVE ECONOMY INDUSTRY SECTOR LEAD , OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS
MARCH 13, 2025
Creative
Industries
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 2
Washington’s Creative Industries lead in Economic Value
Source: Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2022 | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Published March 25, 2024
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 3
Creative Industry Jobs in Each Region
Source: Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan, Published December 2023
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 4
Creative Jobs by Industry Statewide
Source: Washington Creative Economy Strategic Plan, Published December, 2023
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 5
Digital Media leads Global Entertainment Economy
US dollars millions
Source: UNCTAD, based on PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook, Published July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 6
Video Game Industry Impact US + WA
WASHINGTON HAS THE SECOND STRONGEST VIDEO GAME MARKET IN THE NATION AFTER CALIFORNIA
Source: Entertainment Software Association 2024 Economic Impact Report 2024 Economic Impact Report - the ESA
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 7
https://choosewashingtonstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WACESP-FinalReport-122623-reduced.pdf
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8
WA Creative Economy Plan’s Strategic Priorities
Equity and Access Learning and Skills
Focused support to Pathways to creative skills
underinvested communities and careers
Infrastructure Sector and Workforce
and Investment Development
Increased resources at the Hub development and creative
state and local levels apprenticeships
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 9
CONNECTING INDUSTRY:
MUSIC
• Innovation Cluster
Accelerator Program
• 2025 Washington Music
Census
• Cascadia Music Corridor
• National Music Policy
Forum
Photo provided courtesy of ArtsWA, Burien Creative District, 2023–Burien, WA
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 10
CONNECTING INDUSTRY:
VIDEO GAMES
• Game Developer’s Conference
and Gamescom 2024
• Support games industry
stakeholder initiatives, including
• Seattle Indies’ successful bid
in the 2024 Innovation
Cluster Accelerator Program
2.5
• Innovation/incubation hub
• Games industry association
• B2B Indie Games Conference
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 11
CONNECTING INDUSTRY:
FILM
Photo courtesy of Thai Guys, The Cast and Crew of ‘An Old Friend”, 2024
• Motion Picture Competitiveness program
• Filming in rural jurisdictions and stories of
historically underrepresented communities
• Workforce development
• Support for small budget productions
• Film infrastructure development
• Film talent pipeline development Photo courtesy of Rising Reels, Visit to Harbor Isiland Studio, 2024
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 12
Developing the Creative
Economy Pipeline
• State and national creative
apprenticeships
• Work with agency partners to formally
recognize high-growth creative industries
and jobs
• Connect with existing programs such as
Career Connect WA, Skills Centers, Career
and Technical Education
• Participate in Arts4All Washington
Photos courtesy of BRIC Foundation, Washington Creative Economy& Education Day, 2024
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 13
Results
• Increased development of
creative industry clusters
• Increased transparency in the
creative economy career
pipeline and apprenticeship
opportunities
• Increased connection between
creative industries and
economic development
programs
• Increased economic prosperity
for Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Individuals
Photo courtesy of ArtsWA, Emerald City Ballet, 2023–Bellevue, WA (SEDI) and communities, an
integral part of the state’s
creative economy
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 14
www.commerce.wa.gov
Shannon Roach Halberstadt
CREATIVE ECONOMY INDUSTRY SECTOR LEAD
shannon.halberstadt@commerce.wa.gov
206-579-9527
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