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

artistic directortoexhibition curator

A artistic director already meets 39% of what the exhibition curator role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From artistic director
39%
Overlap1
To exhibition curator
13 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
67.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.7/ 100

1 Share of the exhibition curator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the artistic 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.

Why

Why this move works

A exhibition curator role treats 13 of its required skills as things a artistic director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advertise an art collection
  • apply strategic thinking
  • art history
  • art-historical values
  • cope with challenging demands
  • cultural projects

What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A exhibition curator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a artistic director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advertise an art collection communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held organise an exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cope with challenging demands communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held museum databases social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held art-historical values arts and humanities

All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the exhibition curator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 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 8 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held consult exhibition organisers required
  • required, not held coach employees required
  • required, not held create new concepts required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held interact with an audience required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held train employees required
  • optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
02 management skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work independently on exhibitions required
  • required, not held coordinate operational activities required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • required, not held work in an organised manner required
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
03 arts and humanities 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inheritance council practices required
  • required, not held art collections required
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
04 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use ICT resources to solve work related tasks required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held ensure safety of exhibition required
06 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held evaluate art quality required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a exhibition curator 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advertise an art collection skill
  • already held apply strategic thinking skill
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held art-historical values knowledge
  • already held cope with challenging demands skill
  • already held cultural projects knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held museum databases knowledge
  • already held organise an exhibition skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held plan resource allocation skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
  • already held provide project information on exhibitions skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on cultural exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held support public access to exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
  • optional, not held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
36 held skills the exhibition curator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role describe artistic experience skill
  • not needed by the target role determine context to present the work skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
  • not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
  • not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
  • not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
  • not needed by the target role help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor artistic activities skill
  • not needed by the target role organise cultural events skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role represent artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role represent company in exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role set organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
  • not needed by the target role use intuition in booking projects skill
  • not needed by the target role work with cultural venue specialists skill
5 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
  • required, not held inheritance council practices required
  • required, not held art collections required
  • optional, not held natural history optional
  • optional, not held anthropology optional
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from artistic director

Full index of moves from artistic 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.