Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a cartoonist can go next

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

Cartoonists draw people, objects, events, etc. in a comical or derogatory way. They exaggerate physical features and personality traits. Cartoonists also portray political, economic, cultural ans social events in a humoristic way.

Also known as satirical cartoonist, caricaturist, strip cartoonist, political cartoonist, comic artist, topical cartoonist, pocket cartoonist.

Professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: illustrator, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
illustrator 55% covered storyboard artist 49% covered animator 41% covered special effects artist 39% covered desktop publisher 39% covered cartoonist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from cartoonist, 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 a cartoonist 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

A cartoonist needs 17 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
  • analyse texts to be illustrated information skills
  • practice humour communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret illustration needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create animated narratives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • select illustration styles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • consult with editor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study media sources information skills
  • maintain an artistic portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow the news information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cartoonist’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.