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

location managertoproduction designer

A location manager already meets 30% of what the production designer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From location manager
30%
Overlap1
To production designer
13 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
69.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.5/ 100

1 Share of the production designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the location manager 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 production designer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a location manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse a script
  • analyse logistic needs
  • consult with production director
  • film production process

What stands in the way is 12 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 production designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a location manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held arrange permits information skills
  • already held make photographic storyboards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held make film shooting schedule management skills
  • already held search for a suitable filming location information skills
  • already held analyse logistic needs information skills
  • already held work with the camera crew communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 4 the production designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 4 required, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue required
  • required, not held develop design concept required
  • required, not held develop the look of a production required
  • required, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work required
  • optional, not held design lighting optional
  • optional, not held design props optional
  • optional, not held develop a specific interior design optional
  • optional, not held ensure visual quality of the set optional
  • optional, not held make set construction drawings optional
  • optional, not held select costumes optional
  • optional, not held use storyboards optional
  • optional, not held attend rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held collaborate on costume and make-up for performances optional
  • optional, not held draw design sketches optional
02 management skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise costume workers required
  • required, not held create production schedules required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held conduct research on trends in design required
  • required, not held estimate duration of work required
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held CAD software required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use CAD software required
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create set models optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a production designer 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 analyse a script skill
  • already held analyse logistic needs skill
  • already held consult with production director skill
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held arrange permits skill
  • already held lighting techniques knowledge
  • already held make film shooting schedule skill
  • already held make photographic storyboards skill
  • already held photography knowledge
  • already held search for a suitable filming location skill
  • already held work with the camera crew skill
  • already held work with the director of photography skill
  • already held work with the lighting crew skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
  • optional, not held create set models optional
  • optional, not held design lighting optional
  • optional, not held design props optional
  • optional, not held develop a specific interior design optional
  • optional, not held ensure visual quality of the set optional
  • optional, not held make set construction drawings optional
  • optional, not held select costumes optional
  • optional, not held use storyboards optional
  • optional, not held attend rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held collaborate on costume and make-up for performances optional
  • optional, not held draw design sketches optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
13 held skills the production designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage location logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare road directions skill
  • not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise site maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role work with pre-production team skill
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
  • required, not held CAD software required
Index

Other moves recorded from location manager

Full index of moves from location manager

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.