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

assistant stage directortoartistic director

A assistant stage director already meets 15% of what the artistic director role asks for. The move turns on 31 required skills not yet in the profile.

From assistant stage director
15%
Overlap1
To artistic director
7 Skills carried over
31 Required, not held
87.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

15%

Learning distance A rebuild

87.5/ 100

1 Share of the artistic director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistant stage 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 artistic director role treats 6 of its required skills as things a assistant stage director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art-historical values
  • coordinate artistic production
  • define artistic approach
  • define artistic vision
  • develop an artistic framework
  • direct an artistic team

What stands in the way is 31 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A artistic director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assistant stage director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held find a replacement for stage manager management skills
  • already held define artistic vision communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held direct an artistic team management skills
  • already held art-historical values arts and humanities
  • already held coordinate artistic production management skills
  • already held develop an artistic framework communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the artistic director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 42 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 12 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held contribute to the programmer's reflection process required
  • required, not held cope with challenging demands required
  • required, not held describe artistic experience required
  • required, not held identify artistic niche required
  • required, not held liaise with cultural partners required
  • required, not held promote cultural venue events required
  • required, not held provide project information on exhibitions required
  • required, not held represent artistic production required
  • required, not held work with cultural venue specialists required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • required, not held liaise with local authorities required
  • required, not held represent the organisation required
  • optional, not held advertise an art collection optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held organise an exhibition optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held present exhibition optional
  • optional, not held represent company in exhibitions optional
02 management skills 12 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held determine context to present the work required
  • required, not held organise cultural events required
  • required, not held apply strategic thinking required
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage logistics required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held manage supplies required
  • required, not held perform project management required
  • required, not held set organisational policies required
  • required, not held strive for company growth required
  • required, not held supervise daily information operations required
  • optional, not held use intuition in booking projects optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held plan resource allocation optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held approve reports for artistic project required
  • required, not held monitor artistic activities required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held museum databases optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held art history required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a artistic director 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held art-historical values knowledge
  • already held coordinate artistic production skill
  • already held define artistic approach skill
  • already held define artistic vision skill
  • already held develop an artistic framework skill
  • already held direct an artistic team skill
  • already held find a replacement for stage manager skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held corporate social responsibility required
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held use intuition in booking projects optional
  • optional, not held advertise an art collection optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held museum databases optional
  • optional, not held organise an exhibition optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held present exhibition optional
  • optional, not held represent company in exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held plan resource allocation optional
16 held skills the artistic director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble an artistic team skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate pre-show checks skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role follow time cues skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise between theatre direction and design team skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain a production book skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain blocking notes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage prompt book skill
  • not needed by the target role prompt performers skill
  • not needed by the target role read scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
  • not needed by the target role understand artistic concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
4 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 art history required
  • required, not held corporate social responsibility required
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held museum databases optional
Index

Other moves recorded from assistant stage director

Full index of moves from assistant stage 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.