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

stop-motion animatortocartoonist

A stop-motion animator already meets 28% of what the cartoonist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From stop-motion animator
28%
Overlap1
To cartoonist
6 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
70.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.1/ 100

1 Share of the cartoonist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stop-motion animator 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 cartoonist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a stop-motion animator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt to type of media
  • copyright legislation
  • finish project within budget
  • follow a brief
  • follow work schedule
  • study media sources

What stands in the way is 11 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cartoonist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stop-motion animator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held study media sources information skills
  • already held follow a brief communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held finish project within budget management skills
  • already held adapt to type of media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow work schedule management skills
  • already held copyright legislation business, administration and law

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the cartoonist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 5 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held create animated narratives required
  • required, not held create sketches required
  • required, not held interpret illustration needs required
  • required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
  • required, not held practice humour required
  • required, not held select illustration styles required
  • required, not held consult with editor required
  • required, not held develop creative ideas required
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held use traditional illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held write captions optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held analyse texts to be illustrated required
  • required, not held follow the news required
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
04 working with computers 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cartoonist 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to type of media skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held finish project within budget skill
  • already held follow a brief skill
  • already held follow work schedule skill
  • already held study media sources skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held create original drawings optional
  • optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held use traditional illustration techniques optional
  • optional, not held write captions optional
  • optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional
  • optional, not held use CAD software optional
20 held skills the cartoonist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
  • not needed by the target role create clay figures skill
  • not needed by the target role create puppets skill
  • not needed by the target role design objects to be crafted skill
  • not needed by the target role design puppets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop animations skill
  • not needed by the target role handle different pottery materials skill
  • not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage portfolio skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate puppets skill
  • not needed by the target role motion capture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
  • not needed by the target role operate lighting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role select camera apertures skill
  • not needed by the target role set up animation elements skill
  • not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
  • not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
  • not needed by the target role types of pottery material knowledge
4 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
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from stop-motion animator

Full index of moves from stop-motion animator

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.