Occupation Atlasanimation director
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30b25ee4-da97-4167-8592-460217f6bdcc
animation director
Animation directors supervise and recruit multimedia artists. They are responsible for the quality of the animation, that the production is delivered on time and within budget.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
AECArtistic · Enterprising · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic7.00
- E Enterprising5.24
- C Conventional3.60
- R Realistic2.95
- S Social2.88
- I Investigative2.69
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 Art Directors (27-1011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
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.
- ICT software specifications
- adapt to type of media
- analyse the need for technical resources
- computer equipment
- finish project within budget
- follow a brief
- follow work schedule
- graphic design
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- manage technical resources stock
- motion graphics
- multimedia systems
- perform project management
- recruit employees
Optional (28)
- 3D lighting
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Microsoft Visio
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- analyse a script
- apply 3D imaging techniques
- augmented reality
- computer graphics
- consult with production director
- create 2D painting
- create 3D characters
- create 3D environments
- create moving images
- design graphics
- develop animations
- digital compositing
- edit digital moving images
- graphics editor software
- help the programmer define an artistic vision
- manage contracts
- manage portfolio
- motion capture
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- render 3D images
- study relationships between characters
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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