Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-1027.00
Set and Exhibit Designers
Design special exhibits and sets for film, video, television, and theater productions. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
- US jobs
- 10,630
- Median wage
- $75,240 a year
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of set and exhibit designers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Design, media, and writing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 12%Communicate with others about specifications or project detailsNot measured
- 11%Create artistic designs or performancesNot measured
- 10%Create visual designs or displaysNot measured
- 9%Direct construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 8%Inspect completed work or finished productsNot measured
- 6%Select materials or equipment for operations or projectsNot measured
- 5%Study details of artistic productionsNot measured
- 5%Explain technical details of products or servicesNot measured
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Typical tasks
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- Develop set designs, based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations.
- Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed.
- Prepare preliminary renderings of proposed exhibits, including detailed construction, layout, and material specifications, and diagrams relating to aspects such as special effects or lighting.
- Read scripts to determine location, set, and design requirements.
- Submit plans for approval, and adapt plans to serve intended purposes, or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions.
- Attend rehearsals and production meetings to obtain and share information related to sets.
- Confer with clients and staff to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, or promotion requirements.
- Research architectural and stylistic elements appropriate to the time period to be depicted, consulting experts for information, as necessary.
- Observe sets during rehearsals in order to ensure that set elements do not interfere with performance aspects such as cast movement and camera angles.
- Collaborate with those in charge of lighting and sound so that those production aspects can be coordinated with set designs or exhibit layouts.
- Select set props, such as furniture, pictures, lamps, and rugs.
- Design and build scale models of set designs, or miniature sets used in filming backgrounds or special effects.
Other job titles for this occupation (30)
Designer · Display Coordinator · Exhibit Coordinator · Exhibit Designer · Exhibit Preparator · Historical Society Window Dresser · Installations Designer · Projection Designer · Scenic Designer · Set Designer · Creator · Display Designer · Event Decorator · Event Designer · Exhibit Specialist · Exhibit Technician (Exhibit Tech) · Exhibitions Coordinator · Exhibitor · Exhibits Manager · Exhibits Specialist · Food Stylist · Lighting Designer · Miniature Set Designer · Museum Exhibit Designer · Presentation Specialist · Room Designer · Set Decorator · Stage Scenery Designer · Stage Set Designer · Theater Set Production Designer