Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a set designer can go next

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

Set designers develop a set 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. During rehearsals and performance they coach the operators to obtain optimal timing and manipulation. Set designers develop sketches, design drawings, models, plans or other documentation to support the workshop and performance crew. They may also design exhibition stands for fairs and other events.

Also known as scene designer, scenic artist and designer, scenographer, exibition designer, scenery artist, scenic artist, scenic designer, scenic designer and artist, theater designer, scenic designer & artist, set designer, builder & dresser, scenic artist & designer.

Technicians and associate professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: performance lighting designer, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
performance lighting designer 80% covered performance video designer 79% covered costume designer 78% covered sound designer 75% covered stage machinist 68% covered set designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from set 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 set designer 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 set designer needs 44 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
  • define set materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • sketch set images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • model sets handling and moving
  • define prop materials communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create set models handling and moving
  • design props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draw prop sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • draw stage layouts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop the look of a production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct costume research information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Set designer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 set 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.