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

stage directortoart director

A stage director already meets 25% of what the art director role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From stage director
25%
Overlap1
To art director
16 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
81.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

81.2/ 100

1 Share of the art director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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 art director role treats 9 of its required skills as things a stage director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
  • analyse a script
  • assemble an artistic team
  • cue a performance
  • direct an artistic team
  • follow time cues

What stands in the way is 17 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stage director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain blocking notes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cue a performance management skills
  • already held manage prompt book communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assemble an artistic team management skills
  • already held work with playwrights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held carry out auditions management skills

All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the art director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 66 missing skills fall into 11 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 10 required, 14 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with motion picture producer required
  • required, not held determine visual concepts required
  • required, not held develop design concept required
  • required, not held familiarise with personal directing styles required
  • required, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work required
  • required, not held select artwork developed by staff members required
  • required, not held create new concepts required
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held develop creative ideas required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
  • optional, not held contact talent agents optional
  • optional, not held coordinate with creative departments optional
  • optional, not held define artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held work with motion picture editing team optional
  • optional, not held work with pre-production team optional
  • optional, not held work with video and motion picture production team optional
  • optional, not held approve advertising campaign optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with artists optional
  • optional, not held translate artistic concepts to technical designs optional
02 arts and humanities 2 required, 12 supplementary
  • required, not held theatre techniques required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held cinematography optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held trends in fashion optional
03 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the need for technical resources required
  • required, not held keep up with trends required
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held evaluate advertising campaign optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
04 management skills 1 required, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held finish project within budget required
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technical teams in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held discover acting talent optional
  • optional, not held plan musical performances optional
  • optional, not held check material resources optional
  • optional, not held coordinate advertising campaigns optional
  • optional, not held create production schedules optional
  • optional, not held lead cast and crew optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held assemble an artistic team skill
  • already held cue a performance skill
  • already held direct an artistic team skill
  • already held follow time cues skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held read scripts skill
  • already held work with playwrights skill
  • already held carry out auditions skill
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • already held evaluate art quality skill
  • already held maintain blocking notes skill
  • already held manage prompt book skill
  • already held organise rehearsals skill
  • already held select music for performance skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise equipment optional
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
10 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
11 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held search databases optional
49 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
  • optional, not held cinematography optional
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
  • optional, not held contact talent agents optional
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate technical teams in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held coordinate with creative departments optional
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
  • optional, not held define artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held discover acting talent optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held plan musical performances optional
  • optional, not held promote cultural venue events optional
  • optional, not held work with motion picture editing team optional
  • optional, not held work with pre-production team optional
  • optional, not held work with video and motion picture production team optional
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held approve advertising campaign optional
  • optional, not held check material resources optional
  • optional, not held coordinate advertising campaigns optional
  • optional, not held create production schedules optional
  • optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
  • optional, not held evaluate advertising campaign optional
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
  • optional, not held lead cast and crew optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held negotiate with artists optional

9 further entries not listed here

9 held skills the art director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt a script skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate expectations of fight actions skill
  • not needed by the target role determine context to present the work skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
  • not needed by the target role identify technical resources for performances skill
  • not needed by the target role prompt performers skill
  • not needed by the target role write technical riders skill
24 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 theatre techniques required
  • required, not held business strategy concepts required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
  • optional, not held cinematography optional
  • optional, not held computer equipment optional
  • optional, not held cultural projects optional
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held marketing management optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held social media marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held technical drawings optional
  • optional, not held trends in fashion optional
Index

Other moves recorded from stage director

Full index of moves from 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.