NADD/Occupations
Design and digital culture occupations and professions

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In the NADD Wikidata project, we maintain a curated selection (controlled vocabulary) of names of occupations and professions that are typical for the sector of design and digital culture. Wikidata items for these occupations and professions have the on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008) → NADD occupations (Q133270020) statement.
The Wikidata community has already extensively linked many of these terms with other controlled vocabularies, most notably the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Q611299). Where these are missing, Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (P1014) statements are added as much as possible.

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- All occupations and professions of people relevant for the NADD project, sorted by prominence (number of occurrences) of each occupation or profession
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List of design and digital culture occupations
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This list shows all Wikidata items with the on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008) → NADD occupations (Q133270020) statement,
- sorted alphabetically by the English label
- and showing columns for related vocabularies: Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (P1014), ESCO Occupation ID (P4652), Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ID (P4946)
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number | label/en | alias/en | label/nl | description | Wikidata | Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID | ESCO Occupation ID | Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms ID |
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1 | Delftware master | meester plateelbakker | expert maker of Delftware and officieel member of St. Luke guild | Q69777789 | ||||
2 | patroneur | Textile designer and profession, in the field of textile design | Q2058243 | |||||
3 | artist or smith specialized in metal artwork | Q10547741 | ||||||
4 | Pelterer | bontwerker | furrier and profession | Q21500241 | ||||
5 | advertising designer | ad designer | reclameontwerper | Artists who design for logos, advertisements, illustrations, books, brochures, signs, posters, animation, Web pages, or other displays to promote sale or acceptance of products, services, or ideas | Q110312558 | |||
6 | animator | animation artist cartoonist graphic artist |
animator | person who makes animated sequences out of still images | Q266569 | 300025646 | 48c8eccb-4bd0-487e-a187-4953cbbe956e | |
7 | arcanist | arcanist | person who has knowledge of a secret process of manufacture, especially of the manufacture of porcelain | Q672632 | 300190373 | |||
8 | batik designer | batikontwerper | textile designer specialized in batik | Q84592062 | ||||
9 | bell founder | bell caster bell maker bell-founder bellfounder bellmaker bellsmith |
klokkengieter | profession; someone who makes bells | Q474306 | 300025331 | ||
10 | book designer | boekontwerper | occupation of a person involved in book design | Q28933278 | ||||
11 | bootmaker | boot maker | laarzenmaker | person who makes boots by hand | Q103839759 | |||
12 | brass caster | messinggieter | profession | Q2168912 | ||||
13 | cabinetmaker | cabinet maker cabinet-maker ebeniste ebonist shriner woodworker ébéniste |
ebbenhoutwerker | profession; person practicing cabinetry | Q559597 | 300025373 | e1416610-ad08-4f37-8b46-9f99632a5c0f | |
14 | car designer | automobile designer automotive designer |
auto-ontwerper | profession | Q11295636 | 1d8f8111-79dd-41dc-aa2a-12f3192dde3c | ||
15 | carpets designer | tapestry artist tapestry designer |
tapijtontwerper | People or corporate bodies who specialize in designing tapestries, which are heavy, woven textiles incorporating a design or scene, and used as wall hangings, curtains, upholstery, or for other purposes | Q56236186 | 300386343 | ||
16 | ceramicist | ceramic artist ceramist craft potter |
keramist | practitioner of ceramic arts | Q7541856 | 300025388 | ec0e64c9-6d9b-4a9f-a022-a418f3b381fe | |
17 | ceramics designer | ceramic designer | keramiekontwerper | designers who design ceramic objects, often in a studio or manufactory, working separately from those who execute the design and create the ceramic works | Q106811253 | 300435148 | ||
18 | clockmaker | clock maker watchmaker |
uurwerkmaker | artisan or firm that makes and repairs clocks | Q2700922 | 300025397 | ||
19 | cobbler | cordwainer footwear worker shoe maker shoemaker |
schoenmaker | person who makes or repairs shoes | Q152355 | 300025294 300136719 |
f8e76759-811e-4b39-9adf-3e77429cff8f | |
20 | computer artist | computerkunstenaar | artist who uses a computer as a main tool for creating pieces of art or for performances, mainly in the fields of 2D and 3D graphics, video and multimedia | Q106208189 | 300253822 | |||
21 | copper engraver | chalcographer copperplate engraver engraver |
kopergraveur | artisan or artist who uses the technique of engraving images or text into a copper plate, which is then used to produce prints | Q13365770 | 300420015 | ||
22 | coppersmith | redsmith | koperslager | person who makes artifacts from copper | Q1551626 | 300025318 | ||
23 | cover artist | album artist album cover designer book cover designer cover designer record cover designer |
omslagontwerper | artist who designs and creates cover artwork for books, record albums, etc | Q27472738 | |||
24 | currier | leather currier whittawer |
leerbewerker | person who dresses and colors tanned leather | Q1326835 | 300025290 | ||
25 | decorative artist | decoration artist | decoratiekunstenaar | artist who creates decorations | Q56673616 | 300386189 | ||
26 | decorative painter | decoration painter decorative painting artist |
decoratieschilder | painter who specialize in creating embellishments, adornments, or ornamentation | Q1183704 | 300435166 | 41a51397-089d-459d-9b7e-f1cdee5ad6bb | |
27 | decorator | decorateur | person who decorates for a living | Q22811707 | ||||
28 | design director | design director | designation in various creative industries | Q6342372 | ||||
29 | design engineer | construction engineer designing engineer |
constructeur | professional who applies engineering principles to the design and development of products, systems, or structures | Q1779650 | |||
30 | designer | design expert | ontwerper | person who designs | Q5322166 | 300025190 | dg2015060769 | |
31 | digital artist | digitaal kunstenaar | Artists who create artistic works that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative or presentation process | Q11079476 | 300386183 | d5c4ab26-c293-4f4d-ad89-fe776f49a67f | dg2015060746 | |
32 | dressmaker | couturier mantua maker modiste |
couturier | person who designs, makes or adjusts custom clothing for men and women | Q2034021 | 300343831 | 5589e8e0-48d9-4193-8c85-86ba9f17e0e9 | dg2015060771 |
33 | embroiderer | broderer embroideress stitch maker |
borduurder | person engaged in embroidery | Q1509440 | 300025352 | 7324e9f5-0f94-497e-af2f-42142e939a94 | dg2015060473 |
34 | enameler | enamel artist enamelist enameller enamellist |
emailleerder | person specialized in the craft of enameling | Q21148249 | 300025258 | 066fe11d-10e4-4fec-bd27-3e78797500b9 | |
35 | exhibition designer | display designer exhibit designer |
tentoonstellingsontwerper | professional who creates fixtures and display stands for events | Q5420222 | 300025195 | ||
36 | eyeglass maker | eyeglasses maker maker of eyeglasses maker of spectacles spectacle maker spectacles maker |
brillenmaker | profession | Q98218956 | |||
37 | fan maker | waaiermaker | artisan specializing in hand fans | Q64008862 | ||||
38 | fashion designer | clothing designer couturier |
modeontwerper | one who designs clothing and related items | Q3501317 | 300025198 | 77bfd6e7-5598-4818-84cb-31e2651eb046 | dg2015060771 |
39 | fashion entrepreneur | mode-ondernemer | entrepreneur, fashion person, and profession | Q5436768 | ||||
40 | fashion illustrator | fashion illustrators | modeillustrator | person who creates drawings or paintings of fashionable clothing and accessories for advertising or editorial use | Q27943388 | 300025126 | ||
41 | fashion tailor | mode kleermaker | profession of tailoring, which deals with the design and manufacture of garments | Q113109 | ||||
42 | furniture designer | meubelontwerper | one who creates furniture or designs for its manufacture | Q11455387 | 300386292 | bc4d1659-6860-488e-bc13-e87eb0e36f67 | dg2024060111 | |
43 | furniture maker | furnisher | meubelmaker | People or corporate bodies who make furniture | Q19382184 | 300386289 | ||
44 | game designer | game creator puzzle creator |
spelontwerper | person who designs games | Q3630699 | |||
45 | garden designer | tuinontwerper | profession of a person who designs gardens | Q15432439 | 300386168 | |||
46 | gilder | gilders | vergulder | artisan who gilds | Q281795 | 300025261 | ||
47 | glass designer | glass designers | glasontwerper | people or corporate bodies who design glassware or other objects to be executed in glass | Q113995863 | 300386223 | ||
48 | glass engraver | glass carver glass cutter |
glasgraveerder | craftsman who carves, engraves, or cuts designs into glass | Q18510097 | 300386226 | 3a55bf97-a0d2-47a0-a8b3-b248d32c7969 | |
49 | glass painter | float glass painter | glasschilder | artist or artisan who specializes in painting on glass surfaces, often creating decorative or functional artwork | Q18431816 | 300263758 | 6d16c41d-81a7-44a9-836d-7aed46ccb955 | |
50 | glassmaker | glass maker | glasmaker | profession | Q12184432 | 300025285 | 64a68a43-24be-4929-95ce-5b14617199d1 | |
51 | goldsmith | goudsmid | metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals | Q211423 | 300025319 | 8a007cd3-ba40-4c55-b238-587bd59e74b2 | ||
52 | grand couturier | List of grand couturiers | grand couturier | fashion designer who is a member of the French Chambre syndicale de la haute couture | Q4845479 | |||
53 | graphic artist | graphical artist | graficus | artist who makes lines on paper through various drawing and print techniques, or the digital equivalent | Q1925963 | 300264850 | dg2015060757 | |
54 | graphic designer | grafisch ontwerper | professional who assembles images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design | Q627325 | 300025119 | 69bcbb0a-8d80-4ecd-b0a4-9adea2a40de2 | dg2015060772 | |
55 | handicrafter | craftsman craftswoman |
kunsthandwerker | profession | Q11479517 | |||
56 | illustrator | book illustrator | illustrator | narrative artist who makes images for printed and electronic products | Q644687 | 300025123 | 1b949bae-882f-40ff-9fe7-3c8ede5e38b5 | dg2015060133 |
57 | industrial designer | applied designer industrial artist |
industrieel ontwerper | professional who designs products and objects | Q11287574 | 300025203 | ab7bccb2-6f81-4a3d-a0c0-fca5d47d2775 | dg2015060773 |
58 | installation artist | installatiekunstenaar | artist specialized in installation art | Q18074503 | 300265517 | |||
59 | interaction designer | interaction designer | professional who focuses on designing the interaction between users and digital or physical products, systems, or services | Q11977439 | ||||
60 | interior architect | binnenhuisarchitect | architect focusing on the arrangement and layout of spaces and architectural details inside architectural structures | Q103893954 | 300395661 | efa81635-9125-4276-8902-9deb12170ea7 | ||
61 | interior designer | interior architect interior decorator internal design |
interieurarchitect | person who designs the interior decoration of a room or building; who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such projects | Q2133309 | 300162547 300395661 300025205 |
73e776fb-4d99-4031-bad4-7716f121155d | dg2015060776 |
62 | internet artist | net artist | internetkunstenaar | artist who uses the Internet as a medium | Q106208042 | 300443912 | ||
63 | jewelry designer | jeweler jeweller jewellery artist jewellery designer jewellery maker jewelry maker |
sieraadontwerper | one who creates jewelry or designs for its manufacture | Q2519376 | 34c57104-ff9b-4003-809e-56eece3cb4d5 | ||
64 | knitter | breister | occupation | Q58321742 | ||||
65 | lace maker | lace worker lacemaker laceworker |
kantwerker | person who make lace | Q3023339 | 300025358 | ||
66 | mechanical designer | mechanical designer | professional engineer who designs machines, engines or other mechanical components | Q83788030 | ||||
67 | medalist | medallist сoin designer |
medailleur | artist who designs medals or medallions | Q1708232 | 300025337 | ||
68 | metal engraver | metal engraver | engraver and profession, in the field of metal engraving | Q114049711 | ||||
69 | metalsmith | smith smith (metalwork) |
metaalsmid | craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals | Q838566 | 300025297 | ||
70 | metalworker | metal worker metal workers metalworkers steelworker |
metaalbewerker | craft/trade; one who works with metal to create art, tools, or other objects | Q15980591 | 300025297 | ||
71 | modiste | milliner | modist | person who makes or sells women's clothing, especially dresses or hats | Q18199649 | 300025356 | ||
72 | mosaicist | mosaic artist | mozaïekkunstenaar | artist who designs or builds mosaics | Q282718 | 300025276 | dg2015060758 | |
73 | motion graphic designer | motion designer | motion graphic designer | videographer, profession, and occupation, in the field of motion graphic design | Q110652362 | |||
74 | multimedia artist | multi-media artist | multimedia-kunstenaar | artist working with different media | Q6934789 | 300386236 | ||
75 | musical instrument maker | instrument builder instrument craft instrument maker |
muziekinstrumentenmaker | manufacturer of musical instruments | Q1955150 | 300386303 | ||
76 | needleworker | needle-worker needlewoman |
naaldwerker | person who does needleworking, especially as an occupation | Q28966333 | 300252058 | dg2015060471 | |
77 | new media artist | media artist | mediakunstenaar | artist who primarily uses (new) media art in their work | Q7016454 | 300386815 | ||
78 | organ builder | organ constructor organ maker |
orgelbouwer | profession that designs, builds, and maintains pipe organs | Q1937431 | 300237243 | c7b31477-88e3-400f-988f-3baa090de173 | |
79 | piano maker | piano builder | pianobouwer | profession | Q885122 | 97dd9a0c-dd6b-416d-9537-655a08dd2895 | ||
80 | postage stamp designer | stamp designer | postzegelontwerper | person who designs postage stamps | Q2000124 | |||
81 | postcard publisher | prentbriefkaartuitgever | person that publishes postcards | Q84473837 | ||||
82 | poster artist | poster designer poster painter |
affichist | person who designs poster | Q739437 | 300386240 300266026 |
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83 | potter | pottery maker | pottenbakker | someone who makes pottery | Q3400050 | 300025414 | dg2015060764 | |
84 | product designer | product-designer | productontwerper | professional responsible for designing and developing products | Q18915967 | |||
85 | production designer | PD | production designer | responsible for developing the visual concept of a film, television show, or theater production | Q2962070 | 4d4b243f-6c3b-48c3-a564-2e7f2d592a3c | ||
86 | puppet designer | doll maker | poppenmaker | person who makes puppets | Q2217284 | 300025399 | 07c2287f-3caa-4128-b7c8-59801084d931 | |
87 | raffiavlechter | Braider, textile artist, and profession | Q122931344 | |||||
88 | reed weaver | coir fibre worker | rietvlechter | Braider and profession | Q110367998 | |||
89 | scientific illustrator | wetenschappelijk illustrator | person who paints, sketches or otherwise illustrates scientifical subjects | Q19507792 | 300025129 | |||
90 | shoe designer | footwear designer | schoenontwerper | person who designs footwear | Q67175841 | 34c57104-ff9b-4003-809e-56eece3cb4d5 | ||
91 | silversmith | zilversmid | craftsperson who makes objects from silver or gold | Q2216340 | 300025323 | |||
92 | sound designer | geluidsontwerper | person that works in the field of sound design | Q3024424 | 790c8dca-f624-4bdc-ac16-27bc13ead188 | |||
93 | stained-glass artist | stained glass artist stained glass maker stained glass window designer |
glazenier | artist active in (flat, window) glass | Q2205972 | 300386222 | 6d16c41d-81a7-44a9-836d-7aed46ccb955 | |
94 | steel engraver | staalgraveur | artist, engraver, and profession, in the field of steel engraving | Q80167875 | ||||
95 | tapestry maker | wandkleedmaker | artisan who makes tapestry from textiles, leather or other materials | Q64351975 | ||||
96 | tapestry weaver | gobelin maker lissier tapisser tapissier |
wandtapijtwever | artisan or artist who makes woven tapestries | Q21117684 | 300025366 | ||
97 | textile designer | textielontwerper | person who designs printed, woven, or knitted textiles for production | Q18611810 | 300386335 | 0f7c84c5-1c0d-4fc1-8949-07dbe8bd34ef | ||
98 | textile industrial | textielondernemer | industrialist, profession, and proprietor, in the field of textile industry | Q58455065 | ||||
99 | textile manufacturer | textielfabrikant | businessperson in textile production | Q23754015 | ||||
100 | textile print artist | textieldrukkunstenaar | Textile artist and profession | Q131340079 | ||||
101 | theatre designer | scenic designer set designer stage designer stage set designer theater decorator theater designer theatre decorator theatrical designer |
theaterdecorontwerper | person who designs the visual environment of the stage in a play or opera | Q11613590 | |||
102 | tile painter | tegelschilder | Ceramic painter and profession, in the field of tegelschilderen | Q107736890 | ||||
103 | tinsmith | pewterer tinman tinner tinplate worker tinsmith |
tingieter | person who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals | Q852718 | 300025324 | ||
104 | tinsmith | tingieter | profession | Q22671340 | ||||
105 | trimmings manufacturer | passementwerker | historical profession; fabricator of trimmings (ribbons, braids, tassels, cords, borders, etc.) | Q87206308 | ||||
106 | type designer | font designer typeface designer typeface designers typography designer typography designers |
letterontwerper | person who designs typefaces | Q354034 | 300417840 | ||
107 | typographer | typograaf | typography worker; for the designer of fonts and type, see Q354034 | Q1229025 | 300025745 | |||
108 | user experience designer | UX Designer | user experience designer | person who designs user experiences | Q68200826 | |||
109 | user interface designer | UI designer interface designer user interface engineer |
gebruikersinterface-ontwerper | person working in the field of user interface design | Q29381289 | 96e20037-0a25-4bf6-a25e-808d1605d890 | ||
110 | video artist | videokunstenaar | person who creates video art | Q18216771 | 300253827 | 7beefadd-ea05-4f59-bc4b-01075f27b937 | ||
111 | video installation artist | video-installatiekunstenaar | artist who uses video as the primary medium within spatial installations | Q106227216 | ||||
112 | watchmaker | horlogemaker | artisan who makes and repairs watches | Q157798 | 300025398 | 11eb55d3-4dbe-45c5-a6ce-f04ae843c938 | ||
113 | weaver | wever | craftsperson or artist who creates fabrics or textile artworks using weaving techniques | Q437512 | 300025367 | 02375132-3290-4221-bf55-d93ec61a3bf3 | dg2016060532 | |
114 | web developer | Web developer webdev |
webdesigner | programmer who specializes in World Wide Web applications | Q6859454 | c40a2919-48a9-40ea-b506-1f34f693496d | ||
115 | website designer | web designer | website designer | professional who designs websites | Q11288554 | |||
116 | woodwind instrument maker | woodwind instrument maker | Musical instrument maker and profession, in the field of musical instrument making | Q120845099 |
∑ 116 items.