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Where a performance production manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a performance production manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Performance production managers take care of a range of practical issues concerning the production of a performance or entertainment event. They deal with matters ranging from the recruitment of staff, procurement of materials and services, to freight, customs coordination, telecommunications, labor relations, logistics, information technology, government liaison, venue booking, scheduling, operations management, mending delay problems and workplace safety.

Also known as theatre production manager, film production manager, theater production manager, live event production manager.

Managers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: cultural centre director, 49%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
cultural centre director 49% covered cultural facilities manager 47% covered artistic director 47% covered botanist 41% covered gambling manager 32% covered performance production ma… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from performance production manager, 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 a performance production manager 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

A performance production manager needs 33 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
  • organise performance space management skills
  • estimate needs of artistic production information skills
  • plan artistic production activities management skills
  • coordinate rehearsals management skills
  • assess production needs to plan a production schedule management skills
  • coordinate pre-show checks management skills
  • create production schedules management skills
  • develop cultural activities management skills
  • coordinate with creative departments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with cultural venue specialists communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a performance production manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Performance production manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 a performance production manager’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.