The Career of a Makeup ArtistAlexa Marquis

February 24, 2011E-Hipp

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?

• Makeup 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 Income?

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

Career Growth Potential and Outlook

• 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 ArtistJob Overview •Diagnose and treat mental

disorders•Treat learning disabilities, cognitive, behaviorial and emotional problems using individual child, family, and group therapies. •May design and implement behavior modification programs.

•Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.•Apply makeup to stage performers, film performers, TV performers, and models.•Make actors look beautiful and beastly.

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

•Makeup school•Background knowledge from practicing on family/friends.•General film/TV course•Diploma from a recognized school.

Related Careers •Clinical psychologist•Counseling psychologists•School psychologist•Special education teacher

•Costume attendents•Fine artists (painters, sculptors, and illustrators)•Floral Designers•Jewler

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 StableGrowth 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