Caricaturist - Salary and Career
Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property

Caricaturist - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They conceive and develop works of art and design projects, design and execute projects for the restoration and preventive conservation of movable and integrated cultural assets. To this end, they carry out research, prepare proposals and publicize their works of art, products and services.

How much does an Caricaturist earn

A Caricaturist earns between $1.250 and $8.621 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.028 and a median salary of $2.000 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 1.726 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Caricaturist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.028 36.339 757 15
1º Quartile 1.250 14.996 312 6
Median Salary 2.000 24.000 500 10
3º Quartile 6.575 78.895 1.644 32
Higher Salary 8.621 103.449 2.155 42


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • communicators, artists and religious
      • performance and arts professionals
        • visual artists, industrial designers, and conservator-restorers of cultural property

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Main workplaces

Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property visual artists and industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers have in common the creation process and the use of sets of techniques specific to their respective areas of activity. They basically differ in terms of the purpose of the work: while visual artists create and produce unique or limited-run pieces, in response to an order or not, industrial designers always respond to an order and are focused on designing pieces that will be series produced. On the other hand, the conservators-restorers use a set of specific techniques for the restoration of cultural assets. The way of working also presents similarities and differences, namely: industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers and conservator-restorers work with occasional supervision while visual artists work without supervision and at irregular hours. In all occupations, the self-employed predominate. Visual artists work individually while industrial designers in a multidisciplinary team and conservator-restorers can work either individually or as a team. In the exercise of some activities, visual artists and conservators-restorers can work in uncomfortable positions. All occupations are subject to exposure to toxic materials.


What does it take to work in the field of Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property

The training required for industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers, also known as designers, is a degree in Technology in the field or bachelor's degree. In the case of visual artists and conservators-restorers, schooling is not an essential requirement. There are also well-known professionals. There is a trend towards professionalization in the area of the arts, with formal or informal qualifications being desirable. The full performance of activities, for visual artists, conservators-restorers, industrial product designers and industrial graphic designers, takes five years of professional experience, while for industrial fashion product designers it takes between three and four years.


Functions and activities of Caricaturist

Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property must:

  • executing works of art and design project;
  • elaborate proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural assets;
  • conceiving artwork or design project;
  • perform preventive conservation;
  • execute works of art and design project;
  • perform search;
  • design artwork or design project;
  • elaborate proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural asset;
  • develop design project, artwork and conservation-restoration;
  • conceber artistic work or design project;
  • conceiving artistic work or design project;
  • execute artwork and design project;
  • develop design project, work of art and conservation-restoration;
  • elaborate proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural asset;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • elaborate artistic work proposal, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural asset;
  • conservation-restoration of cultural heritage;
  • conceiving artistic work or design project;
  • elaborate a proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural assets;
  • disclose design project, artistic work and conservation-restoration works;
  • perform searches;
  • executing artwork and design project;
  • communicate;
  • perform research;
  • perform artwork and design project;

  • Activities

    • establish contractual conditions;
    • evaluate client request ;
    • perform field search;
    • training teams;
    • analyze the state of conservation of the cultural asset;
    • request the opinion of other professionals;
    • search themes;
    • elaborate diagnoses;
    • participate in the development of conservation policies;
    • analyze history and style of cultural property;
    • develop technical and technological solutions for design, artwork and conservation-restoration;
    • define environmental, spatial, cultural, social and economic;
    • identify degradation factors;
    • document data of the cultural asset;
    • propose technical and technological solutions for design, artwork and conservation-restoration;
    • compose teams;
    • research history of art, technique and materials;
    • interact with other languages (illustration, multimedia, etc...);
    • place works in public and private collections ;
    • present papers at conferences, seminars;
    • apply specific techniques relevant to the project;
    • participate in fairs;
    • participate in artist selection committees , works and products;
    • perceiving an image that is emerging in the elaboration of the work;
    • deliver lectures, courses and workshops;
    • format customer request ;
    • issue technical opinion;
    • demonstrate hand skill;
    • submit proposal;
    • applying sculpture techniques;
    • develop packaging for moving, handling and transporting artwork, cultural asset and product;
    • identify public needs target;
    • presenting works at conferences, seminars;
    • identify problem;
    • try materials;
    • demonstrate fine motor skills;
    • develop solutions for packaging and storing cultural goods;
    • apply sculpting techniques;
    • check the quality standard of the product, work and intervention ;
    • prepare reports(dossiers);
    • educate professionals on the correct use of safety equipment;
    • apply painting techniques;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • elaborate promotional material;
    • applying ceramic techniques;
    • search themes;
    • elaborate diagnostics;
    • monitor environmental conditions;
    • submit projects to bodies officers;
    • provide consultancy;
    • execute model, prototype or pilot part;
    • commercialize product, work and services of conservation-restoration;
    • search for images suitable for the order;
    • participate in the risk management process;
    • identify cultural asset;
    • register stages of the creative process;
    • analyze material and techniques;
    • promote events;
    • participate in heritage education actions;
    • perform tests and trials on materials and products;
    • define supports and materials to be used;
    • contact customers;
    • put product or work in electronic media , print, television;
    • participate in exhibition boards and juries , contests, etc...;
    • search for reproducibility patterns;
    • apply two and three-dimensional modeling techniques;
    • evaluating proposed ideas or concepts;
    • search specific literature in the area;
    • applying digital techniques;
    • elaborate plastically the image arising in the elaboration of the work;
    • apply intervention technique;
    • demonstrate perception ability;
    • configure ideas in different media;
    • define technologies and materials;
    • set quality standards for the product, work and intervention ;
    • demonstrate visual acuity;
    • research the history of art, technique and materials;
    • try ideas;
    • define production processes;
    • perform market research;
    • contact galleries;
    • work as a team;
    • establish contacts with institutions linked to the area;
    • define methodologies and criteria;
    • interact with institutions and professionals in the field;
    • issue a technical conservation report;
    • demonstrate attention ability;
    • control conditions of transport, packaging, storage and packaging;
    • demonstrate spatial imagination ability;
    • determining idea or concept to be adopted;
    • establish contacts with art intermediaries;
    • participate in competitions;
    • define descriptive memorial;
    • elaborate plastically the image that emerged in the elaboration of the work;
    • demonstrate synthesis ability;
    • exhibit in exhibitions, halls and spaces public;
    • giving visibility to an emotional and rational impulse;
    • apply engraving techniques;
    • elaborate budgets and schedule ;
    • select techniques and materials for intervention;
    • identify needs of others experts involved in the process;
    • apply digital techniques;
    • follow safety standards and procedures;
    • specify measures for the protection of cultural property during interventions in the environment;
    • define public profile target;
    • coordinate teams;
    • define finishing techniques;
    • attend exhibitions and shows;
    • demonstrate affinity with new technologies;
    • submit projects to the bodies officers;
    • recommend post-intervention preservation measures;
    • try out ideas;
    • elaborate books, articles, etc;
    • set environmental control parameters;
    • register a patent or copyright;
    • apply tapestry techniques;
    • identify project feasibility ;
    • developing work in performance and installation;
    • apply drawing techniques;
    • identify target audience;
    • define the quality standard of the product, work and intervention ;


    Sectors that hire Caricaturist the most in the job market

    • development of computer programs and software in general
    • advertising agencies
    • movie, video and television program production activities
    • temporary labor lease
    • portals, content providers and other information services on the internet
    • development and licensing of non-customizable computer programs
    • stationery retail trade
    • printing material for advertising use
    • book edition
    • retailer of other products




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