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Set and Exhibit Designers

Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theater sets. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

First Interest High-Point

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Second Interest High-Point

Third Interest High-Point

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Designers

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Art and Design Workers

Examine objects to be included in exhibits in order to plan where and how to display them.

Acquire, or arrange for acquisition of, specimens or graphics required to complete exhibits.

Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed.

Confer with clients and staff in order to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, and/or promotion requirements.

Estimate set- or exhibit-related costs including materials, construction, and rental of props or locations.

Develop set designs based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations.

Direct and coordinate construction, erection, or decoration activities in order to ensure that sets or exhibits meet design, budget, and schedule requirements.

Inspect installed exhibits for conformance to specifications, and satisfactory operation of special effects components.

Plan for location-specific issues such as space limitations, traffic flow patterns, and safety concerns.

Submit plans for approval, and adapt plans to serve intended purposes, or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions.

Prepare preliminary renderings of proposed exhibits, including detailed construction, layout, and material specifications, and diagrams relating to aspects such as special effects and/or lighting.

Select and purchase lumber and hardware necessary for set construction.

Collaborate with those in charge of lighting and sound so that those production aspects can be coordinated with set designs or exhibit layouts.

Research architectural and stylistic elements appropriate to the time period to be depicted, consulting experts for information as necessary.

Design and produce displays and materials that can be used to decorate windows, interior displays, or event locations such as streets and fairgrounds.

Coordinate the removal of sets, props, and exhibits after productions or events are complete.

Select set props such as furniture, pictures, lamps, and rugs.

Confer with conservators in order to determine how to handle an exhibit's environmental aspects, such as lighting, temperature, and humidity, so that objects will be protected and exhibits will be enhanced.

Assign staff to complete design ideas and prepare sketches, illustrations, and detailed drawings of sets, or graphics and animation.

Observe sets during rehearsals in order to ensure that set elements do not interfere with performance aspects such as cast movement and camera angles.

Design and build scale models of set designs, or miniature sets used in filming backgrounds or special effects.

Read scripts in order to determine location, set, and design requirements.

Attend rehearsals and production meetings in order to obtain and share information related to sets.

Arrange for outside contractors to construct exhibit structures.

Provide supportive materials for exhibits and displays, such as press kits and advertising, posters, brochures, catalogues, and invitations and publicity notices.

Incorporate security systems into exhibit layouts.

Coordinate the transportation of sets that are built off-site, and coordinate their setup at the site of use.

Airbrush paint applicators

All-purpose scissors

Claw hammers

Digital still cameras

Electric arc welding equipment

Furniture staplers

General purpose paintbrushes

Handsaws

Laptop computers

Liquid crystal display LCD projectors

Paint application rollers

Personal computers

Pneumatic nail guns

Portable air compressors

Portable stepladders

Rotary saws

Sewing machines

Sound mixing boards

Synthetic web slings

Tablet computers

Act-3D Quest3D

Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Systems Adobe Director

Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Maya

Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite

Figure 53 QLab

McNeel Rhino software

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Nemetschek Vectorworks Spotlight

Trimble SketchUp Pro

Just relax and open up your eyes because you will realize that you have pathways opened up just by being you. 

I'm a first generation resident of this country because my parents were immigrants.

I direct all educational and content development processes, including design, editorial, interactives, and media production. I also provide individual consultation and creative direction on numerous exhibit projects throughout the country.

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