sound artisttodrawing artist
A sound artist already meets 34% of what the drawing artist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
34%
67.8/ 100
1 Share of the drawing artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sound 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 this move works
A drawing artist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a sound artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- discuss artwork
- intellectual property law
- labour legislation
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drawing artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sound artist background worth leading with.
- already held plan art educational activities management skills
- already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess conservation needs information skills
- already held develop artistic project budgets information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 5 the drawing artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 2 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.
- required, not held perform ideation activities required
- required, not held create original drawings required
- required, not held create sketches required
- required, not held describe artistic experience required
- required, not held develop an artistic framework required
- required, not held develop visual elements required
- required, not held draw up artistic project proposals required
- required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
- required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
- required, not held select illustration styles required
- required, not held use traditional illustration techniques required
- required, not held create digital images required
- required, not held select subject matter required
- optional, not held design greeting cards optional
- optional, not held identify artistic niche optional
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
- required, not held use digital illustration techniques required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a drawing artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform ideation activities skill · occupation specific
- 02 create original drawings skill · sector specific
- 03 create sketches skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held art history knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- already held discuss artwork skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held assess conservation needs 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
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design greeting cards optional
- optional, not held identify artistic niche optional
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
23 held skills the drawing artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse own performance skill
- not needed by the target role confer with event staff skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate audio system programmes skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
- not needed by the target role manage electronic logistics for sound equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role mix multi-track recordings skill
- not needed by the target role mix sound in a live situation skill
- not needed by the target role operate sound live skill
- not needed by the target role operate the sound in the rehearsal studio skill
- not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
- not needed by the target role perform soundchecks skill
- not needed by the target role program sound cues skill
- not needed by the target role propose improvements to artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
- not needed by the target role record music skill
- not needed by the target role set up a multi-track recording skill
- not needed by the target role set up basic recording skill
- not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
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.