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Most commonly reported Work Activities
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Selling or Influencing Others Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Assisting and Caring for Others Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Thinking Creatively Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems Analysing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Getting Information Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Organising, Planning, and Prioritising Work Developing specific goals and plans to prioritise, organise, and accomplish your work.
The Work
The Hair Designer leads the hair department. They collaborate with makeup and costume teams to bring characters and period designs to life on screen.
Role and Responsibilities
- The Hair Designer is the Head of the hair department and a senior figure on any film/TV production.
- Liaise with the make-up and costume departments to bring the vision of a film’s characters and period to screen.
- Work closely with the director and head of production design in pre-production to understand the looks required and research and develop those looks in advance of filming.
- Responsible for creating a detailed breakdown of the script and characters as relevant to hair design.
- Recruit, manage, and lead the hair team, negotiating the resources, daily schedules, and budget required.
Works with
- Director
- DOP
- SFX Artists
- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
- Costume Supervisor
- All of the Hair Department
- Actors
Most commonly reported Work Tasks
- Keep work stations clean and sanitise tools, such as scissors and combs.
- Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
- Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type, and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and rasors.
- Schedule client appointments.
- Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
- Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
- Analyse patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
- Shampoo, rinse, condition, and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
- Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
- Order, display, and maintain supplies.
Qualities - Hair Designer
Is this role right for me?
For this role, you need:
An ability to understand the director’s vision and translate it into requirements for hair design and the hair department.
Good styling/design skills, a sense of how people looked in different circumstances or periods, and a great visual eye for both contemporary and period styles.
Great scheduling and organisational skills.
The ability to get cast through the hair department efficiently as per the demands of a busy production schedule.
Strong team leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
Experience in working with wigs, accessories, and other pieces.
Ability to manage staff, budgets, sourcing wigs, stock and other materials.
Interests - Hair Designer
This occupation is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Entry - Hair Designer
Last Updated: May, 2025
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