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AI for Set Designers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Set and Exhibit Designers · O*NET 27-1027.00 · Job Zone 5 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

19 of 31tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

31 matched to the tools set and exhibit designers use. Showing 24.

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  • Microsoft Word

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  • Powerpoint

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  • Adobe Photoshop

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  • Adobe Premiere Pro is a cloud-based video editing software designed to help businesses create and edit professional videos using various built-in tools. Supervisors can import videos on the platform, add transition effects, and export finished footage to the required destination.

  • Adobe Sign

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  • Autodesk

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  • Make (make.com)

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The tools this job actually uses

31 documented for this occupation. Showing 31, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

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  • Adobe Creative Cloud softwarehot
  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Adobe InDesignhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Autodesk AutoCADhot
  • Autodesk Revithot
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorkshot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Oracle Databasehot
  • Structured query language SQLhot
  • Trimble SketchUp Prohot
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  • Act-3D Quest3D
  • Adobe Director
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Autodesk Maya
  • AutoDesSys form Z
  • Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Figure 53 QLab
  • Graphics software
  • Maxon Cinema 4D
  • McNeel Rhinoceros 3D
  • Nemetschek Vectorworks Spotlight

What this job involves

27 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Develop set designs, based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations.
  2. Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed.
  3. Prepare preliminary renderings of proposed exhibits, including detailed construction, layout, and material specifications, and diagrams relating to aspects such as special effects or lighting.
  4. Read scripts to determine location, set, and design requirements.
  5. Submit plans for approval, and adapt plans to serve intended purposes, or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions.
  6. Attend rehearsals and production meetings to obtain and share information related to sets.
  7. Confer with clients and staff to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, or promotion requirements.
  8. Research architectural and stylistic elements appropriate to the time period to be depicted, consulting experts for information, as necessary.
  9. Observe sets during rehearsals in order to ensure that set elements do not interfere with performance aspects such as cast movement and camera angles.
  10. Collaborate with those in charge of lighting and sound so that those production aspects can be coordinated with set designs or exhibit layouts.
  11. Select set props, such as furniture, pictures, lamps, and rugs.
  12. Design and build scale models of set designs, or miniature sets used in filming backgrounds or special effects.
  13. Examine objects to be included in exhibits to plan where and how to display them.
  14. Assign staff to complete design ideas and prepare sketches, illustrations, and detailed drawings of sets, or graphics and animation.
  15. Direct and coordinate construction, erection, or decoration activities to ensure that sets or exhibits meet design, budget, and schedule requirements.
  16. Inspect installed exhibits for conformance to specifications and satisfactory operation of special-effects components.
  17. Estimate set- or exhibit-related costs, including materials, construction, and rental of props or locations.
  18. Coordinate the transportation of sets that are built off-site, and coordinate their setup at the site of use.
  19. Confer with conservators to determine how to handle an exhibit's environmental aspects, such as lighting, temperature, and humidity, so that objects will be protected and exhibits will be enhanced.
  20. Plan for location-specific issues, such as space limitations, traffic flow patterns, and safety concerns.
  21. Select and purchase lumber and hardware necessary for set construction.
  22. Acquire, or arrange for acquisition of, specimens or graphics required to complete exhibits.
  23. Arrange for outside contractors to construct exhibit structures.
  24. Design and produce displays and materials that can be used to decorate windows, interior displays, or event locations, such as streets and fairgrounds.