Editing Lighting design (section)

===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.