Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an editorial assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an editorial assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Editorial assistants support the editorial staff at all stages of the publication process of newspapers, websites, online newsletters, books and journals. They collect, verify and process information, acquire permits and deal with rights. Editorial assistants act as point of contact for the editorial staff, schedule appointments and interviews. They proofread and give recommendations on the content.

Also known as travel and property editorial assistant, editorial production assistant, digital editorial assistant, magazine editorial assistant, children's editorial assistant, beauty editorial assistant, editorial arts assistant, commercial editorial assistant, fashion editorial assistant, editorial intern, online editorial assistant, editorial aide.

Technicians and associate professionals 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: magazine editor, 35%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
magazine editor 35% covered newspaper editor 35% covered fact checker 34% covered editor-in-chief 28% covered columnist 28% covered editorial assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from editorial assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an editorial assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An editorial assistant needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage information sources information skills
  • media law business, administration and law
  • follow newspaper house style assisting and caring
  • digital journalism social sciences, journalism and information
  • structure information information skills
  • database management systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • editorial standards social sciences, journalism and information
  • press law business, administration and law
  • check correctness of information information skills
  • linguistics arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an editorial assistant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Editorial assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an editorial assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.