As a set designer, also known as the scenic designer, I am responsible for designing the scenery—and more broadly, the artificial environment —in which a stage, television, or film performance takes place.  My work is to immerse the audience and actors in the world of the characters.

In my work as a set designer, I will also be  responsible for the worlds that the characters on the stage and screen inhabit: from the rooms, buildings, and outdoor spaces they move through, to the pieces of furniture that fill them, and even aspects of presentation like the set's angle. All of it tells a story to the audience, and it's the job of the set designer to ensure that the director's vision comes across in the visual language of scenic design. As the set designer I am member of the productions core design team, a group which might include  the  Director, Lighting Designer, Costume Designer, Sound Designer, Stage Manager, Playwrighter or Librettist.