Makeup Artists, Theatrical & Performance
Commercial Makeup Artist, Hair and Makeup Designer, Makeup Artist, Special Effects Makeup Artist
What they do:
Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
On the job, you would:
- Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers to determine desired effects.
- Duplicate work precisely to replicate characters' appearances on a daily basis.
- Establish budgets, and work within budgetary limits.
Business
- customer service
- management
Arts and Humanities
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
- English language
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Initiative
- Innovation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- DatInf DigiMakeup
Web page creation and editing software
- Blogging software
- Facebook
Accounting software
- Clear Books
- Intuit QuickBooks
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certificate after high school or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$60,970
per year, on average
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