Hair, makeup & prosthetics · Specialist
Hair and make-up designer
Also called: make-up and hair designer
ELI5
The head creative responsible for the overall hair and make-up approach.
Used in conversation
“Can the hair and make-up designer join the next art-department meeting?”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Hair and make-up designer” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Explains how spaces, objects, clothes, hair and make-up create the physical world.
Sources & evidence · 3
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- ScreenSkills — Online Learning Glossary and Job ProfilesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14