Creative artist resigned maybe (8)
I believe the answer is:
designer
'creative artist' is the definition.
'designer' can be an answer for 'artist' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'creative' bit.
'resigned maybe' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'resigned' with letters rearranged gives 'DESIGNER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for designer that I've seen before include "One who determines the look of something" , "Person who creates or fashions things such as clothes" , "inventor" , "Who draws" , "Theatre set creator" .)