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

digital artisttovideo artist

A digital artist already meets 52% of what the video artist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital artist
52%
Overlap1
To video artist
27 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
58.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.5/ 100

1 Share of the video artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital artist 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 video artist role treats 15 of its required skills as things a digital artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adobe creative suite
  • art history
  • computer graphics
  • contextualise artistic work
  • convert into animated object
  • create digital images

What stands in the way is 14 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held digital arts arts and humanities
  • already held design materials for multimedia campaigns communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held convert into animated object communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held adobe creative suite information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held create digital images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held digital content creation working with computers

All 27 carried skills, including the 15 the video artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 5 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, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
  • required, not held create animated narratives required
  • required, not held create moving images required
  • required, not held create special effects required
  • required, not held edit digital moving images required
  • required, not held mix live images required
  • required, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions required
  • required, not held design graphics required
  • optional, not held consult team on creative project optional
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held consult with design team optional
  • optional, not held create storyboards optional
  • optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain audiovisual equipment required
  • required, not held set up cameras required
  • required, not held tune a projector required
  • optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
  • optional, not held set up projection equipment optional
03 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage online content required
  • required, not held provide multimedia content required
  • optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held prepare personal work environment required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held digitization optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a video artist 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 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adobe creative suite knowledge
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held computer graphics knowledge
  • already held contextualise artistic work skill
  • already held convert into animated object skill
  • already held create digital images skill
  • already held define artistic approach skill
  • already held develop an artistic framework skill
  • already held develop animations skill
  • already held digital arts knowledge
  • already held digital content creation skill
  • already held digital media knowledge
  • already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held assess conservation needs skill
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held design materials for multimedia campaigns skill
  • already held develop artistic educational activities skill
  • already held develop artistic project budgets skill
  • already held develop digital content skill
  • already held develop educational resources skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held plan art educational activities skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
  • already held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
  • optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
  • optional, not held consult team on creative project optional
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held consult with design team optional
  • optional, not held create storyboards optional
  • optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held set up projection equipment optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
14 held skills the video artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess each stage of the creative process skill
  • not needed by the target role create pen-and-paper images skill
  • not needed by the target role define creative components skill
  • not needed by the target role design greeting cards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
  • not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
  • not needed by the target role discuss artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
  • not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare digital art for master photograph skill
  • not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
  • not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
  • not needed by the target role web based collaborative platforms knowledge
1 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 digitization optional
Index
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.