Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an artistic director can go next

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

Artistic directors are in charge of the programme of an artistic project or a cultural organisation. They are responsible for the strategic vision, the visibility and the quality of all kind of artistic activities and services such as theatre and dance companies. Artistic directors also manage staff, finances and policies.

Also known as art director, opera director, director of programming, theatre director, venue programming director, orchestra artistic director, artistic director for dance company, ballet director, venue programming manager, artistic consultant, festival director.

Managers 49 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: performance production manager, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
performance production manager 55% covered cultural centre director 52% covered cultural facilities manager 51% covered botanist 41% covered exhibition curator 39% covered artistic director You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from artistic 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 artistic director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An artistic director needs 37 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
  • determine context to present the work management skills
  • represent artistic production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • contribute to the programmer's reflection process communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor artistic activities information skills
  • identify artistic niche communication, collaboration and creativity
  • approve reports for artistic project information skills
  • define artistic vision communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
  • direct an artistic team management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Artistic director is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 artistic 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.