hair stylist

Hair stylists wash, dry, cut and style the hair of singers and presenters and various types of actors, including stage, movie, tv and music video actors. They work together with the art director to design the look of every person. Hair stylists also dress wigs and hairpieces. They standby during these artistic activities to touch up the actors' hair or wigs.

The most in-demand skills for this role include hairdressing, style hair, follow work schedule, consult with production director, familiarise with personal directing styles, ensure continuous styling of artists. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives hair stylist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.