# Market evidence report — set-designer

Source: **22 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 22), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 11 | 50 % |
| mid | 10 | 45 % |
| junior | 1 | 5 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vectorworks | 4 | 18 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set design | 13 | 59 % |
| 2 | scenic design | 8 | 36 % |
| 3 | rendering | 7 | 32 % |
| 4 | build plan creation | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | furniture coordination | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | prop coordination | 3 | 14 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | production meeting attendance | 5 | 23 % |
| 2 | builder coordination | 3 | 14 % |
| 3 | lighting coordination | 3 | 14 % |
| 4 | set design collaboration | 3 | 14 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 22 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Immersive Event Set Designer | 2 |
| Set Designer | 2 |
| Set Designer, Musical | 2 |
| Associate Scenic Designer for Theater & Immersive | 1 |
| Collaborative Set Designer for Live Theatre | 1 |
| Collaborative Set Designer Theatre | 1 |
| Dance Theater - Set Design | 1 |
| Musical Set Designer | 1 |
| Network Technical Theatre Lead High-Impact Stage Design | 1 |
| Paid Set Designer - CAD Modeling In the Works Productions Staten Island, NY US 12/28/2025 | 1 |
| Resident Designer: Scenic, Lighting & Projections | 1 |
| Scenic Artist | 1 |
| Scenic Charge Artist | 1 |
| Scenic Designer | 1 |
| Scenic Designer (Remote - 3-4 month Contract) | 1 |
| Set Designer - Repertory Theater | 1 |
| SET DESIGNER at Green Leaf Productions Inc Bethlehem, PA | 1 |
| Studio / Set Designer (Contract — First Month + On-Call) | 1 |
| Theatre Set Designer & Production Collaborator | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.