The Career of a Makeup ArtistAlexa Marquis

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What is a Makeup Artist and What Do They Do?

• Practice their creative and technical skills in a variety of ways

• Apply makeup to enhance performing artists’ appearances for different productions

Where Can You Work?

• May be self-employed • Work directly for a theater television station,

or production company

What Kind of Education Do You Need?

• Cosmetology school• Background knowledge from practicing on

family/friends.• General film/TV course• Diploma from a recognized school.• Courses that include general instruction in

makeup• High school Diploma• Associates degree

What is Your $alary??

• $33,730 (beginning)-$94,500 yearly (potential)• $16.22-$45.43 hourly• $39,000 average

Career Outlook and Growth Potential

• Current and Projected Employment.

• Growth Rate 17%

2008 Employment 2,800

2018 Employment 3,300

Employment Change 500

Don’t Like This Career? Try These Related Careers!

• Costume attendants• Fine artists (painters, sculptors, and illustrators)• Floral Designers• Jeweler• Barber• Cosmetologists• Personal appearance workers• Nail technician• Personal Stylist• Hairstylist

Careers Child Psychologist Makeup Artist

Job Overview •Diagnose and treat mental disorders•Treat learning disabilities, cognitive, behaviorial and emotional problems using individual child, family, and group therapies.

•Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.•Practice their creative and technical skills in a variety of ways.

Education and Training •Bachelors degree in psychology•Masters degree•Doctoral degree•Associates degree (sometimes)•PhD

•Makeup school•Courses that include general instruction in makeup•High school Diploma•Associates degree

Related Careers •Clinical psychologist•Counseling psychologists•School psychologist

•Costume attendents•Barber•Cosmetologists•Personal appearance workers

Salary $33.74-$46.77 hourly$70,190- $97,300 yearly

$33,730-$94,500 yearly$16.22-$45.43 hourly$39,000 average

Outlook About as fast as average Stable

Growth Potential 11.1% 0.0%-1.1%

Additional Information

• Fashion Week is the most important week of the fashion industry

• Salons provide a great environment for recruiting future stylists

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but

a habit.”~Aristotle