Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

animation directortoanimator

A animation director already meets 77% of what the animator role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From animation director
77%
Overlap1
To animator
35 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
30.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 30.1

This move: 30.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animation director profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animation director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held help the programmer define an artistic vision communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held motion capture arts and humanities
  • already held create 3D environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create 3D characters working with computers
  • already held digital compositing arts and humanities

All 35 carried skills, including the 14 the animator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held create animated narratives required
  • optional, not held animate 3D organic forms optional
  • optional, not held convert into animated object optional
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held create sketches optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held manage feedback optional
02 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held provide multimedia content required
  • optional, not held rig 3D characters optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held study media sources required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held Capture One optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 35 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT software specifications knowledge
  • already held adapt to type of media skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held computer equipment knowledge
  • already held computer graphics knowledge
  • already held create moving images skill
  • already held design graphics skill
  • already held develop animations skill
  • already held finish project within budget skill
  • already held follow a brief skill
  • already held follow work schedule skill
  • already held graphic design knowledge
  • already held motion graphics knowledge
  • already held multimedia systems knowledge
  • already held 3D lighting knowledge
  • already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
  • already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
  • already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • already held Synfig knowledge
  • already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held consult with production director skill
  • already held create 2D painting skill
  • already held create 3D characters skill
  • already held create 3D environments skill
  • already held digital compositing knowledge
  • already held graphics editor software knowledge
  • already held help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • already held manage portfolio skill
  • already held motion capture knowledge
  • already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
  • already held render 3D images skill
  • already held study relationships between characters skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Capture One optional
  • optional, not held animate 3D organic forms optional
  • optional, not held convert into animated object optional
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held create sketches optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held manage feedback optional
  • optional, not held rig 3D characters optional
8 held skills the animator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage technical resources stock skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Capture One optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from animation director

Full index of moves from animation director

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.