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Overview
The work starts from the script and production design. Set buyers identify props, compare suppliers, manage budgets, handle price changes, check deliveries and coordinate with prop, set-building and production design teams.
In job descriptions, look for script analysis, props, set dressing, supplier contacts, purchasing, rentals, antiques, budget tracking, delivery checks, film production and coordination with scenic teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Set buyers work from scripts, scene lists and the production designer's visual direction. They source the objects, furnishings and set details that make a film, stage or screen environment believable.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes script analysis, identifying props, supplier relationships, purchasing, rental choices, antiques, budget control, delivery checks and coordination with set-building teams. Knowledge of cinematography and room aesthetics helps the buying choices fit the scene.
Salary context
Salary context depends on production scale, budget responsibility, rarity of props, supplier network, travel or delivery pressure, number of scenes and whether the role commissions fabrication as well as buying and renting.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward props buyer, set decorator, props master support, production buyer, art department coordinator, scenic procurement or broader production design coordination.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name scripts, scene breakdowns, prop lists, supplier sourcing, rental houses, antique items, delivery checks, price changes and budget sign-off. Clear roles separate set buying from general procurement.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Other support activities to arts and performing arts
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is costume buyer.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
13-1023.00
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The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
90.39Other support activities to arts and performing arts
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Occupation group
Buyers (3323)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9b3c6dd8-4d3b-4a12-8bb8-55bb2e92c3a6 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3323.3 |
| ISCO group | 3323 |
| Concept type | Occupation |