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Where a performance video designer can go next

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

Performance video designers develop a projected image design concept for a performance and supervise the execution of it. Their work is based on research and artistic vision. Their design is influenced by and influences other designs and must be conform with these designs and the overall artistic vision. Therefore, the designers work closely with artistic directors, operators and the artistic team. Performance video designers prepare media fragments to be used in a performance, which can involve recording, composing, manipulating and editing. They develop plans, mapping, cue lists and other documentation to support the operators and production crew. They sometimes also work as autonomous artists, creating video art outside a performance context.

Also known as projection designer, video & graphics designer, video designer, video & projection designer, visual designer, graphics and video designer, video and graphics designer, video jockey, video and projection designer, projection and video designer, graphics & video designer, projection & video designer.

Professionals 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: puppet designer, 67%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
puppet designer 67% covered pyrotechnic designer 65% covered make-up and hair designer 63% covered event electrician 62% covered performance lighting designer 61% covered performance video designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from performance video designer, 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 performance video designer 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 performance video designer needs 27 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
  • run a media server working with computers
  • tune a projector working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • research new ideas information skills
  • verify feasibility information skills
  • analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions information skills
  • propose improvements to artistic production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse the scenography communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop design ideas cooperatively communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse music score information skills
  • assess power needs management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Performance video designer 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 a performance video designer’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.