# Tools & technology — performance lighting director

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 27-1011.00 (Art Directors) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2654; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes |
| Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes |
| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes |
| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes |
| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes |
| Atlassian Confluence | Network conferencing software | yes |
| Atlassian JIRA | Project management software | yes |
| Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes |
| Facebook | Web page creation and editing software | yes |
| Figma | Graphical user interface development software | yes |
| Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes |
| jQuery | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| PHP | Web platform development software | yes |
| WordPress | Web page creation and editing software | yes |
| Adobe ActionScript | Development environment software |  |
| Adobe Director | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| Adobe ImageReady | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apache Flex | Web platform development software |  |
| Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Apple iWork Keynote | Presentation software |  |
| Apple Keynote | Presentation software |  |
| Autodesk 3ds Max Design | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Autodesk Maya | Graphics or photo imaging software |  |
| Computer assisted design software | Computer aided design CAD software |  |
| Data visualization software | Analytical or scientific software |  |
| Drupal | Web platform development software |  |
| Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML | Web platform development software |  |
| Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML | Web platform development software |  |
| Google Slides | Presentation software |  |
| Mag+ | Mobile operator specific application software |  |
| Maxon Cinema 4D | Video creation and editing software |  |
| Mobile application software | Mobile operator specific application software |  |
| Quark enterprise publishing software | Desktop publishing software |  |
| QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software |  |
| Social media software | Web page creation and editing software |  |
| Tablet application software | Mobile operator specific application software |  |
| User interface design software | Program testing software |  |
| Web broswer software | Internet browser software |  |
| WeVideo | Video creation and editing software |  |
| WoodWing | Web platform development software |  |
| YouTube | Video creation and editing software |  |

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

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

### Tools

- MS Office Professional Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word) — **20 %**
- MA Grandma 2 Light — **20 %**
- Microsoft Excel — **20 %**
- Microsoft Outlook — **20 %**
- Microsoft Word — **20 %**
- Vectorworks — **20 %**
- ETC Eos — **20 %**
- Artnet — **20 %**
- DMX — **20 %**
- Genus — **20 %**
- GrandMA 2 / 3 — **20 %**
- Hog Lighting Consoles — **20 %**
- Lightwright — **20 %**

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