Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Art department roles · Core

Set designer

ELI5

A designer creating the architectural and technical design of sets under the production designer and art director.

Used in conversation

“Can the set designer join the next art-department meeting?”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Set 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.

Connected terms

  • DraughtspersonThe search label “Set designer” can route to both entries.
  • Art director (production)Computed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.