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

video artisttodigital artist

A video artist already meets 66% of what the digital artist role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video artist
66%
Overlap1
To digital artist
27 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
42.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.6/ 100

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

  • art history
  • computer graphics
  • contextualise artistic work
  • convert into animated object
  • create digital images
  • define artistic approach

What stands in the way is 8 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 digital artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video 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 digital artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create pen-and-paper images required
  • required, not held define creative components required
  • required, not held develop design concept required
  • required, not held discuss artwork required
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held operate 3D computer graphics software optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
02 working with computers 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held digital communication and collaboration required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
  • required, not held use specialised design software required
  • optional, not held prepare digital art for master photograph optional
03 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor developments in technology used for design required
04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a digital 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 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 develop digital content 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 adobe creative suite 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 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
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held operate 3D computer graphics software optional
  • optional, not held prepare digital art for master photograph optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms optional
24 held skills the digital artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
  • not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
  • not needed by the target role colour grade images with digital intermediate skill
  • not needed by the target role consult team on creative project skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with business clients skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with design team skill
  • not needed by the target role create animated narratives skill
  • not needed by the target role create moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role create special effects skill
  • not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
  • not needed by the target role design graphics skill
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage online content skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate object to create illusions skill
  • not needed by the target role mix live images skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare personal work environment skill
  • not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
  • not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
  • not needed by the target role set up projection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role tune a projector 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
  • optional, not held web based collaborative platforms 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.