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Competences — digital media designer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d5a43cd3-230e-46d0-ba05-d67d61e5cfbb).

Essential

  • adobe creative suite (knowledge)
  • authoring software (knowledge)
  • convert into animated object (skill/competence)
  • copyright legislation (knowledge)
  • create website wireframe (skill/competence)
  • design graphics (skill/competence)
  • develop digital content (skill/competence)
  • digital content creation (nan)
  • digital media (knowledge)
  • digital systems (knowledge)
  • graphics editor software (knowledge)
  • integrate content into output media (skill/competence)
  • interactive media (knowledge)
  • manage online content (skill/competence)
  • perform image editing (skill/competence)
  • provide multimedia content (skill/competence)
  • publishing strategy (knowledge)
  • style sheet languages (knowledge)
  • task algorithmisation (knowledge)
  • tools for software configuration management (knowledge)
  • use e-services (skill/competence)
  • use markup languages (skill/competence)
  • web based collaborative platforms (knowledge)
  • web programming (knowledge)

Optional

  • 3D printing process (knowledge)
  • ABAP (knowledge)
  • Adobe Illustrator (knowledge)
  • Adobe Photoshop (knowledge)
  • AJAX (knowledge)
  • analyse business requirements (skill/competence)
  • Ansible (knowledge)
  • Apache Maven (knowledge)
  • APL (knowledge)
  • apply technical communication skills (skill/competence)
  • ASP.NET (knowledge)
  • Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • audio editing software (knowledge)
  • augmented reality (knowledge)
  • build business relationships (skill/competence)
  • C# (knowledge)
  • C++ (knowledge)
  • Capture One (knowledge)
  • COBOL (knowledge)
  • CoffeeScript (knowledge)
  • Common Lisp (knowledge)
  • computer programming (knowledge)
  • conduct content quality assurance (skill/competence)
  • CSS (knowledge)
  • define technical requirements (skill/competence)
  • digitization (knowledge)
  • edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
  • Erlang (knowledge)
  • GIMP (graphics editor software) (knowledge)
  • give live presentation (skill/competence)
  • Groovy (knowledge)
  • Haskell (knowledge)
  • ICT software specifications (knowledge)
  • Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • JavaScript (knowledge)
  • Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • JSSS (knowledge)
  • LESS (knowledge)
  • Lisp (knowledge)
  • MATLAB (knowledge)
  • Microsoft Visio (knowledge)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
  • ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • multimedia systems (knowledge)
  • Objective-C (knowledge)
  • OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
  • Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • perform online data analysis (skill/competence)
  • perform resource planning (skill/competence)
  • perform video editing (skill/competence)
  • Perl (knowledge)
  • PHP (knowledge)
  • problem-solving with digital tools (nan)
  • Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Puppet (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • R (knowledge)
  • Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Salt (tools for software configuration management) (knowledge)
  • SAP R3 (knowledge)
  • SAS language (knowledge)
  • Sass (knowledge)
  • Scala (knowledge)
  • Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • SketchBook Pro (knowledge)
  • Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • STAF (knowledge)
  • study media sources (skill/competence)
  • Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
  • Synfig (knowledge)
  • take pictures (skill/competence)
  • TypeScript (knowledge)
  • use content management system software (skill/competence)
  • use presentation software (skill/competence)
  • VBScript (knowledge)
  • Visual Basic (knowledge)
  • visual presentation techniques (knowledge)
  • WebCMS (knowledge)
  • WordPress (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 4 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • graphic design — 75 %
  • video production — 50 %
  • visual design — 25 %
  • video editing — 25 %
  • web accessibility — 25 %
  • digital advertising — 25 %
  • motion graphics — 25 %
  • print production — 25 %
  • project management — 25 %
  • multimedia design — 25 %
  • animation — 25 %
  • brand concept development — 25 %
  • brand identity development — 25 %
  • campaign development — 25 %
  • content creation — 25 %
  • content optimization — 25 %
  • creative direction — 25 %
  • digital content creation — 25 %
  • digital storytelling — 25 %

Methods

  • e-commerce best practices — 25 %
  • design thinking — 25 %
  • audience engagement strategies — 25 %
  • agency-level creative — 25 %
  • AI-assisted workflows — 25 %
  • accessibility-minded design — 25 %
  • performance-based design — 25 %
  • visual storytelling principles — 25 %
  • seo best practices — 25 %

Responsibilities

  • social media content creation — 25 %
  • social media content design — 25 %
  • storytelling experience development — 25 %
  • template creation — 25 %
  • training development — 25 %
  • video editing — 25 %
  • web landing page design — 25 %
  • motion graphic design — 25 %
  • sales support — 25 %
  • quality improvement — 25 %
  • multimedia content creation — 25 %
  • digital asset management — 25 %
  • in-game campaign assets — 25 %
  • logo creation — 25 %
  • mentor designers — 25 %
  • banner creation — 25 %
  • client communication — 25 %
  • collaboration on brand concepts — 25 %
  • creation of digital content — 25 %
  • creative counsel — 25 %
  • asset design — 25 %
  • creative review — 25 %
  • email asset creation — 25 %