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From animation layout artist to animator

11 of the 17 essential skills of a animator are already essential for a animation layout artist — about 65% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

11
skills carry over
6
would be new
65%
of the target job covered
17
essential skills of a animator

What a animator does

Animators use software to create animations, these are rapidly sequenced together images to create an illusion of movement.

What would be new

6 skills

Essential for a animator and not for a animation layout artist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from animation layout artist

1 roles

animation layout artistanimatorThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a animator?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.