Collaborate with others to prepare or perform artistic productions
Little of this can be handed to software today.
This work is the relationship itself. An agent can prepare for it and write up what happened afterwards, which is real time saved, but the encounter needs a person present and answerable.
| How automatable | Barely automatable |
|---|---|
| Kind of work | Relationships, negotiation and public-facing presence |
| Jobs that do it | 9 occupations |
| Tool categories that apply | None |
| O*NET activity | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (4.A.4.a.8) |
What this looks like on the job
Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 9 occupations that perform it.
- Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.
- Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
- Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.
- Prepare actors for auditions by providing scripts and information about roles and casting requirements.
- Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.
- Meet with soloists and concertmasters to discuss and prepare for performances.
- Collaborate with other writers on specific projects.
- Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate passages of music and develop production scores.
- Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
- Collaborate with other colleagues, such as copyists, to complete final scores.
What we would actually use
Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.
Buy nothing. An assistant can prepare you for the encounter and write up what happened afterwards, which is real time saved, but the encounter itself is the work and it needs you in it.
Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.
Who does this work
9 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.
Work that goes with it
O*NET groups these under “Present arts or entertainment performances”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.
| Activity | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Audition for roles | 3 |
| Perform music for the public | 3 |
| Entertain public with comedic or dramatic performances | 3 |
| Perform for recordings | 2 |
| Perform dances | 1 |
Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.