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Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance
Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Clean supplies such as makeup brushes.No rating yet
- 02Duplicate work precisely to replicate characters' appearances on a daily basis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Apply makeup to enhance or alter the appearance of people appearing in productions such as movies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Analyze a script, noting events that affect each character's appearance, so that plans can be made for each scene.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Alter or maintain makeup during productions as necessary to compensate for lighting changes or to achieve continuity of effect.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers to determine desired effects.Mostly human for now
- 07Requisition or acquire needed materials for special effects, including wigs, beards, and special cosmetics.Mostly human for now
- 08Study production information, such as character descriptions, period settings, and situations, to determine makeup requirements.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Establish budgets, and work within budgetary limits.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Select desired makeup shades from stock, or mix oil, grease, and coloring to achieve specific color effects.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
34%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 43% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 39% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers to determine desired effects.
- Requisition or acquire needed materials for special effects, including wigs, beards, and special cosmetics.
- Select desired makeup shades from stock, or mix oil, grease, and coloring to achieve specific color effects.