Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an animation director can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an animation director already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Animation directors supervise and recruit multimedia artists. They are responsible for the quality of the animation, that the production is delivered on time and within budget.

Also known as director of animations, animation process director, technical animation supervisor, animation technical director, mechanical animation director, character animation director, cartoon animation director, director of animation, film animation director, supervising animator, animation design director, animations director.

Professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: special effects artist, 82%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
animator 77% covered animation layout artist 67% covered special effects artist 82% covered stop-motion animator 52% covered 3D animator 44% covered animation director You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from animation director, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an animation director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An animation director needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • motion graphics arts and humanities
  • computer equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
  • follow a brief communication, collaboration and creativity
  • finish project within budget management skills
  • manage technical resources stock management skills
  • adapt to type of media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • graphic design arts and humanities
  • analyse the need for technical resources information skills
  • multimedia systems arts and humanities
  • follow work schedule management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an animation director does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Animation director is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an animation director’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.