Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a podcast producer can go next

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

Podcast producers supervise the entire production process of a podcast. This process involves planning the episodes, supporting audio recording and editing, production tasks and publishing the final version of the product. They also develop promotion and marketing strategies based on podcast market trends and target audience.

Also known as podcaster, producer of podcasts.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sound mastering engineer, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sound mastering engineer 38% covered employer branding manager 34% covered recording studio technician 26% covered broadcast technician 22% covered online sales channel manager 22% covered podcast producer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from podcast producer, 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 podcast producer 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 podcast producer needs 22 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
  • assess studio production information skills
  • record audio materials working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use microphone handling and moving
  • audio mastering arts and humanities
  • audio post-production arts and humanities
  • prepare broadcasts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • media formats arts and humanities
  • manage sales channels information skills
  • audio technology arts and humanities
  • coordinate activities in audio recording studio management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Podcast producer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 podcast producer’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.