art director
ISCO: 2654. Skills: 82. Essential: 26.
Essential skills
- adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
- analyse a script
- analyse the need for technical resources
- assemble an artistic team
- business strategy concepts
- consult with motion picture producer
- create new concepts
- create solutions to problems
- cue a performance
- design principles
- determine visual concepts
- develop creative ideas
- develop design concept
- develop professional network
- direct an artistic team
- familiarise with personal directing styles
- finish project within budget
- follow time cues
- health and safety regulations
- keep up with trends
- manage budgets
- provide input to collaborators to guide their work
- read scripts
- select artwork developed by staff members
- theatre techniques
- work with playwrights
Supporting skills
- advertising techniques
- approve advertising campaign
- assess each stage of the creative process
- audiovisual equipment
- carry out auditions
- carry out interviews to select artistic team members
- check material resources
- cinematography
- computer equipment
- contact talent agents
- coordinate advertising campaigns
- coordinate artistic production
- coordinate technical teams in artistic productions
- coordinate with creative departments
- create production schedules
- cultural projects
- define artistic vision
- digital marketing techniques
- discover acting talent
- ensure visual quality of the set
- estimate duration of work
- evaluate advertising campaign
- evaluate art quality
- film production process
- graphic design
- history of fashion
- lead cast and crew
- liaise with cultural partners
- lighting techniques
- maintain blocking notes
- manage contracts
- manage prompt book
- manage staff
- marketing management
- marketing principles
- multimedia systems
- music and video industry
- musical genres
- musical instruments
- negotiate with artists
- organise rehearsals
- perform project management
- photography
- plan musical performances
- promote cultural venue events
- search databases
- select music for performance
- social media marketing techniques
- supervise equipment
- technical drawings
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- trends in fashion
- use technical documentation
- work with motion picture editing team
- work with pre-production team
- work with video and motion picture production team