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What this job is
A screen or live performance designer creates and realises the visual and spatial concepts for theatrical, dance, music, film, or television productions in Australian venues and broadcast settings. They translate creative briefs and directorial vision into detailed production designs, managing budgets, liaising with construction and technical teams, and ensuring designs meet safety standards and production timelines.
Pay
A$1,975 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adapt designers’ work to the performance venuecore
- Adapt to artists' creative demandscore
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Coordinate technical teams in artistic productionscore
- Coordinate with creative departmentscore
- Digital Literacycore
- Negotiationcore
- Organise rehearsalscore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Promote health and safetycore
- Research and Analysiscore
- Stakeholder Communicationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Theatre techniquescore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Write risk assessment on performing arts productioncore
- Written Communicationcore
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Coordinate charity services
- Correspondence Drafting
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Engage artistic staff
- Entertainment industry
- Fine arts
- Goal Setting and Planning
- Invoicing and Billing Administration
- Manage creative department
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Music and video industry
- Negotiate health and safety issues with third parties
- Organise creative performance
- Philanthropy
- Process Documentation
- Represent artistic production
- Risk Identification
- Supervise art gallery staff
- Supplier Communication
- Write technical riders