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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: art-director
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'art director' (also: stage director, maestro, advertising art director, designer, visual art director, creative director). Use when the user asks for typical art director work such as: Research current trends and new technology, such as printing production techniques, computer software, and design trends.; Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.; Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members."
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# Art Director
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Art directors shape the visual layout of a concept. They create innovative designs, develop artistic projects and manage the cooperation between all aspects involved. Art directors may perform creative work in theatre, marketing, advertising, video and motion picture, fashion or online companies. They ensure that the work performed is visually appealing to audiences.
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## Core workflow
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1. Research current trends and new technology, such as printing production techniques, computer software, and design trends.
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2. Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
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3. Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members.
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4. Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
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5. Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
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6. Present final layouts to clients for approval.
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7. Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
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8. Hire, train, and direct staff members who develop design concepts into art layouts or who prepare layouts for printing.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) โ matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- adapt designersโ work to the performance venue
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- analyse a script
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- analyse the need for technical resources
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- assemble an artistic team
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- business strategy concepts
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- consult with motion picture producer
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- create new concepts
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- create solutions to problems
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- cue a performance
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- design principles
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- determine visual concepts
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- develop creative ideas
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- develop design concept
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- develop professional network
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- direct an artistic team
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## Hot technologies
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- Adobe InDesign
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Figma
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- Adobe Creative Cloud software
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- Adobe Illustrator
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- Adobe Photoshop
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- Atlassian Confluence
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- jQuery
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- Microsoft Office software
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cb93fd23-1f51-4495-867a-936c1967066b), O*NET 30.3 (27-1011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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