Where a publishing rights manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a publishing rights manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Publishing rights managers are responsible for the copyrights of books. They organise the sale of these rights so books can be translated, made into movies, etc.
Also known as digital rights director, publishing rights coordinator, publishing rights director, rights and publishing manager, rights & publishing manager, rights director, rights executive, domestic rights director, senior rights manager, rights manager, publishing and rights director, rights coordinator.
Technicians and associate professionals 18 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: music producer, 38%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A publishing rights manager needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- negotiate publishing rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- negotiate with artists communication, collaboration and creativity
- finish project within budget management skills
- financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
- follow work schedule management skills
- assess financial viability information skills
- copyright legislation business, administration and law
- develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage staff management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a publishing rights manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- producer 69% covered · difficulty 26.7
- music producer 61% covered · difficulty 34.1
- video and motion picture producer 53% covered · difficulty 40
- book publisher 47% covered · difficulty 45
- broadcasting programme director 39% covered · difficulty 51.7
- script writer 39% covered · difficulty 51.7
- radio producer 36% covered · difficulty 54
- book editor 31% covered · difficulty 58.1
- talent agent 25% covered · difficulty 62
- commercial director 22% covered · difficulty 64.4
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Publishing rights manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 publishing rights 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.