Editing Lighting design (section)

==Additional members of the lighting design team==
If the production is large or especially complex, the lighting designer may hire additional lighting professionals to help execute the design.

===Associate lighting designer===
The associate lighting designer (associate LD) will assist the lighting designer in creating and executing the lighting design. While the duties that an LD may expect the associate LD to perform may differ from person to person, usually the Ass't LD will do the following:
* Attend design and production meetings with or in place of the LD
* Attend rehearsals with or in place of LD and take notes of specific design ideas and tasks that the lighting department needs to accomplish
* Assist the LD in generating the light plot, channel hookup and sketches
* If needed, the Associate may need to take the set drawings and put them into a CAD program to be manipulated by the LD (however, this job is usually given to the assistant LD if there is one).
* The assistant LD may be in charge of running focus, and may even direct where the lights are to be focused.
* The associate is generally authorized to speak on behalf of the LD and can make creative and design decisions when needed (and when authorized by the LD).  This is one of the biggest differences between the Associate and the Assistant.

===Assistant lighting designer===
The assistant lighting designer (assistant LD) assists the lighting designer and associate lighting designer. Depending on the particular arrangement the ALD may report directly to the LD, or they may in essence be the Associate's assistant.  There also may be more than one assistant on a show depending on the size of the production.  The ALD will usually:
* Attend design and production meetings with the LD or the associate LD
* Attend rehearsals with the LD or the associate LD
* Assist the LD in generating the light plot and channel hookup.  If the plot is to be computer generated, the ALD is the one who physically enters the information into the computer.
* The ALD may run errands for the LD such as picking up supplies or getting the light plot printed in large format.
* The ALD will help the Associate LD in running focus.
* The ALD may take [https://web.archive.org/web/20101119033446/http://www.mckernon.com/_/Focus_Charts.html Focus Charts] during focus.
* Track and coordinate [[followspot]]s (if any exist for the production) and generate paperwork to aid in their cueing and color changes.
* In rare instances the ALD may be the light board operator.