Where a publications coordinator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a publications coordinator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Publications coordinators are responsible for the production of print and online materials such as news letters, company procedures, technical documents and other publications for institutions and businesses. They supervise the publishing teams and make sure the publications reach their target audience.
Also known as publications director, corporate publications manager, operational publications coordinator, international publications coordinator, head of publications, senior publication coordinator, technical publications coordinator, digital communication coordinator, print publications coordinator, technical publications manager, publications manager, global publications manager.
Managers 40 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: book publisher, 65%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A publications coordinator 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.
- present publishing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- market participants business, administration and law
- publishing market business, administration and law
- execute marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- digital communication and collaboration working with computers
- digital media arts and humanities
- digital marketing techniques business, administration and law
- brand marketing techniques business, administration and law
- social media marketing techniques business, administration and law
- market analysis business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a publications coordinator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- book publisher 61% covered · difficulty 43.8
- digital marketing manager 45% covered · difficulty 58.5
- broadcasting programme director 30% covered · difficulty 71.6
- book editor 28% covered · difficulty 72.3
- online marketer 27% covered · difficulty 73.1
- advertising specialist 26% covered · difficulty 74
- social entrepreneur 26% covered · difficulty 73.7
- advertising copywriter 24% covered · difficulty 75.8
- employer branding manager 19% covered · difficulty 79.4
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a publications coordinator’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.