Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a make-up artist can go next

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

Make-up artists assist and support artists before, during and after the performance and filming of movies or television programs to ensure the make-up is in line with the artistic vision of the director and the artistic team. They create images and characters through make-up and prosthetics. They maintain, check and repair prosthetics and assist with quick changes.

Also known as make up artist, theatre makeup artist, prosthetics and make up artist, prosthetics & make up artist, prosthetics builder, prosthetics maker, special effects & make up artist, special effects & make-up artist, prosthetics & make-up artist, prosthetics make up artist, special effects make up artist, make-up specialist.

Service and sales workers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: performance hairdresser, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
performance hairdresser 69% covered mask maker 54% covered dresser 54% covered wig and hairpiece maker 53% covered hair stylist 50% covered make-up artist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from make-up artist, 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 make-up artist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A make-up artist needs 26 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
  • perform quick make-up changeovers assisting and caring
  • repair prostheses handling and moving
  • make up performing artists assisting and caring
  • determine skin type assisting and caring
  • ensure continuous styling of artists assisting and caring
  • make-up techniques services
  • test make-up information skills
  • skin types services
  • cosmetics services
  • follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
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Make-up artist is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. 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 a make-up artist’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.