Set & Exhibit Designers

Also called: Display Coordinator, Exhibit Designer, Scenic Designer

Career Cluster: Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
What they do:
Design special exhibits and sets for film, video, television, and theater productions. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
On the job, you would:
  • Develop set designs, based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations.
  • Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed.
  • Prepare preliminary renderings of proposed exhibits, including detailed construction, layout, and material specifications, and diagrams relating to aspects such as special effects or lighting.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • design
  • computers and electronics
Communications
  • multimedia
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
  • music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
  • history and archeology
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information
People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • come up with lots of ideas
  • create new and original ideas
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Innovation
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk Revit
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
EDUCATION


bachelor's degree or master's degree
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $113,740.00
Median: $59,490.00
Low: $32,240.00
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