Where a magazine editor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a magazine editor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Magazine editors decide which stories are interesting enough and will be covered in the magazine. They assign journalists to each item. Magazine editors determine the length of each article and where it will be featured in the magazine. They also ensure that publications are finished on time for publishing.
Also known as magazine supplements editor, magazine features editor, features editor.
Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: editor-in-chief, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A magazine editor needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- create editorial board communication, collaboration and creativity
- ensure consistency of published articles communication, collaboration and creativity
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists assisting and caring
- participate in editorial meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
- editorial standards social sciences, journalism and information
- press law business, administration and law
- writing techniques arts and humanities
- adapt to type of media communication, collaboration and creativity
- consult information sources information skills
- copyright legislation business, administration and law
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a magazine editor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- journalist 80% covered · difficulty 22.1
- business journalist 69% covered · difficulty 32.9
- entertainment journalist 69% covered · difficulty 32.9
- political journalist 69% covered · difficulty 32.9
- sports journalist 69% covered · difficulty 32.9
- broadcast news editor 69% covered · difficulty 34.2
- crime journalist 68% covered · difficulty 34.4
- picture editor 63% covered · difficulty 39.4
- presenter 35% covered · difficulty 63.9
- editorial assistant 35% covered · difficulty 63.8
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Magazine editor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a magazine editor’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.