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puppet-designer Occupational skill for the role 'puppet designer' (also: puppet maker, puppet designer & maker, puppet builder, puppet designer and maker, puppet designer & builder, puppet designer/maker). Use when the user asks for typical puppet designer work such as: typical puppet designer responsibilities

Puppet Designer

Puppet designers design and create puppets and manipulable objects for performers. Their work is based on research and artistic vision. Their design is influenced by and influences other designs and must be conform with these designs and the overall artistic vision. Therefore, the designers work closely with artistic directors, operators and the artistic team. Puppet designers make puppets and manipulable objects out of a variety of materials, and may build robotic elements into them. Puppet designers sometimes also work as autonomous artists, creating outside a performance context.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • adapt existing designs to changed circumstances
  • adapt to artists' creative demands
  • analyse a script
  • analyse music score
  • analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions
  • analyse the scenography
  • attend rehearsals
  • coach staff for running the performance
  • communicate during show
  • conduct costume research
  • contextualise artistic work
  • create puppets
  • define artistic approach
  • design puppets
  • develop design concept

Hot technologies

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Autodesk Revit
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/07c2287f-3caa-4128-b7c8-59801084d931), ONET 30.3 (27-1022.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*