Occupation Atlasmake-up artist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/49713da4-4e97-4f82-bd1c-16ce7f9179b7
make-up artist
Make-up artists assist and support artists before, during and after the performance and filming of movies or television programs to ensure the make-up is in line with the artistic vision of the director and the artistic team. They create images and characters through make-up and prosthetics. They maintain, check and repair prosthetics and assist with quick changes.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
AREArtistic · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic6.72
- R Realistic4.33
- E Enterprising3.08
- C Conventional3.01
- S Social3.00
- I Investigative1.37
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance (39-5091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (26)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- analyse a script
- analyse the need for technical resources
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- cosmetics
- define artistic approach
- determine skin type
- ensure continuous styling of artists
- finish project within budget
- follow directions of the artistic director
- follow work schedule
- gather reference materials for artwork
- make up performing artists
- make-up techniques
- perform quick make-up changeovers
- prepare personal work environment
- repair prostheses
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- skin types
- test make-up
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- understand artistic concepts
- work ergonomically
- work safely with chemicals
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (28)
- advise client on technical possibilities
- apply body paint
- attend rehearsals
- create lifecasts
- decide on make-up process
- design make-up effects
- develop artistic educational activities
- develop artistic project budgets
- develop educational resources
- develop professional network
- develop the look of a production
- document your own practice
- draft styling schedule
- draw make-up sketches
- keep personal administration
- lighting techniques
- maintain prostheses
- maintain wigs
- manage consumables stock
- manage personal professional development
- participate in artistic mediation activities
- photography
- plan art educational activities
- present exhibition
- prevent fire in a performance environment
- work with the camera crew
- work with the director of photography
- work with the lighting crew
O*NET equivalents
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