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

cartoonisttoillustrator

A cartoonist already meets 55% of what the illustrator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cartoonist
55%
Overlap1
To illustrator
21 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
50 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 50

This move: 50 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the illustrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cartoonist 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A illustrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cartoonist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse texts to be illustrated information skills
  • already held interpret illustration needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create animated narratives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create original drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use traditional illustration techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held select illustration styles communication, collaboration and creativity

All 21 carried skills, including the 9 the illustrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform ideation activities required
  • required, not held consult with business clients required
  • required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held develop educational resources optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held contextualise artistic work required
  • required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
  • optional, not held gather reference materials optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held intellectual property law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held art history required
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
06 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held edit negatives optional
  • optional, not held edit photographs optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a illustrator 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 21 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse texts to be illustrated skill
  • already held consult with editor skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • 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 interpret illustration needs skill
  • already held select illustration styles skill
  • already held ICT software specifications knowledge
  • already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
  • already held create 2D painting skill
  • already held create animated narratives skill
  • already held create original drawings skill
  • already held create sketches skill
  • already held design graphics skill
  • already held desktop publishing knowledge
  • already held multimedia systems knowledge
  • already held perform image editing skill
  • already held use digital illustration techniques skill
  • already held use traditional illustration techniques skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held edit negatives optional
  • optional, not held edit photographs optional
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held develop educational resources optional
  • optional, not held gather reference materials optional
8 held skills the illustrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role follow the news skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain an artistic portfolio skill
  • not needed by the target role practice humour skill
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
  • not needed by the target role write captions skill
3 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 intellectual property law required
  • required, not held labour legislation required
Index

Other moves recorded from cartoonist

Full index of moves from cartoonist

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.