• Providing creative input during concept development

  • Strong design sensibility with the ability to adapt to a wide range of styles

  • Managing timelines, schedules, and workflow alignment

  • Budget tracking and cost management

  • Serving as a bridge between the key roles in the art department

  • Supervising pre-production preparation and build coordination

  • Overseeing on-site installations and set execution

  • Set dressing, prop selection, and styling decisions

  • Reviewing the set during filming days

Key Skills

Creative & Aesthetic Skills

  • Strong visual sense and thoughtful design approach

  • Adapts confidently to various styles and aesthetics

  • Skilled in set dressing, styling, and prop selection

  • Deep understanding of spatial composition

  • Experienced in period and contemporary design

  • Solid grasp of color, materials, and textures

  • Interprets moodboards and visual references with clarity

Production Skills

  • Confident in budget tracking

  • Comfortable creating timelines and coordinating production schedules

  • Keeps workflows clear, structured, and easy to follow

  • Oversees pre-production prep and on-site execution phases

  • Maintains well-organized breakdowns, dressing lists, and return sheets

  • Coordinates smoothly with designers, vendors, set dressers, and construction teams

  • Ensures all visual and logistical elements align with the overall plan

  • Comfortable developing or refining workflows and team structures

  • Brings clarity to complex processes through visual documentation

Communication Skills

  • Works closely with production designer, art directors, set designers, drafters, and on-site art teams

  • Communicates clearly across departments (camera, grip, lighting, props)

  • Comfortable briefing crew both visually and verbally

  • Skilled at translating abstract design ideas into practical steps

  • Supports smooth collaboration between creative and technical roles

  • Handles fast-paced, high-pressure situations with calm and clarity

  • Team-focused, solution-oriented, and dependable under pressure

Technical Skills

  • Comfortable reading and interpreting construction drawings

  • Understands basic drafting principles (2D/3D layout, orientation, scaling)

  • Familiar with set construction methods and materials

  • Oversees layout and build accuracy on location

  • Aware of scenic finishes, surface treatments, and textures

  • Not a drafter, but communicates clearly with those who are

  • Working knowledge of SketchUp and AutoCAD

  • Confident using Adobe Creative Suite for visual support materials

  • Visual continuity awareness on set

  • Understanding of camera angles and how design appears through lens

  • Culturally fluent; comfortable working across different styles, teams, and production cultures

  • Highly organized and detail-focused

  • Adaptable to changing priorities and fast-paced environments

  • Calm, reliable, and solution-driven under pressure

  • Strong sense of responsibility and follow-through

  • Balanced creative and practical mindset

  • Clear visual thinker with a structured approach to planning and execution

  • Solves on-site challenges with calm and creativity

  • Brings practical solutions without compromising the design vision

  • Thinks ahead and anticipates potential issues before they arise

Soft Skills