Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a creative director can go next

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

Creative directors manage the team that is responsible for the creation of advertisements and commercials. They oversee the whole creation process. Creative directors pitch the designs of their team to the client.

Professionals 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: advertising copywriter, 51%

advertising copywriter 51% covered advertising specialist 50% covered advertising media buyer 41% covered advertising media planner 40% covered advertising assistant 33% covered creative director You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from creative director. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a creative director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a creative director already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.