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Where a production designer can go next

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

Production designers are responsible for the complete look (style, colouring and locations) of television programmes, series, motion pictures and commercials. They create the visual concept for the entire production such as set design, lighting, costumes and camera angles. Production designers work together with the director, designers and oversee the art department. They also create sketches, drawings, do colouring and location research and advise props and stage settings to the director.

Professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: location manager, 41%

Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from production designer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a production designer 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 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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production designer 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 production designer 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.