Compare Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and... & Art Directors District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

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Art Directors $165,000

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Instructing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Very Low
Instructing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Very Low
Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Persuasion Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Very Low
Persuasion Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Coordination Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Low
Coordination Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Negotiation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Very Low
Negotiation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Systems Evaluation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Very Low
Systems Evaluation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Writing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Low
Writing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Fine Arts Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Medium
Fine Arts Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
High

Fine Arts
Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

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Speaking Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Low
Speaking Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
Medium

Speaking
Talking to others.


Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Art Directors
Art Directors

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Art Directors
Art Directors

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

1 related certifications

Certification for Art Directors
Art Directors

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