Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a radio producer can go next

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

Radio producers are responsible for organising the making of radio shows. They oversee aspects of radio shows such as content, audio production, resource planning and personnel supervision.

Also known as producer, radio broadcast producer, radio content and production manager, content and production manager, radio programme producer, radio show production manager, producer in radio, radio show producer, radio production manager.

Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: broadcasting programme director, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
broadcasting programme direct… 54% covered music producer 39% covered publishing rights manager 36% covered sound mastering engineer 28% covered book publisher 27% covered radio producer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from radio 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 radio producer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A radio producer needs 12 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
  • evaluate broadcast programs information skills
  • develop program ideas communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor broadcast programming information skills
  • negotiate with artists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop creative ideas communication, collaboration and creativity
  • obtain relevant licenses assisting and caring
  • project management principles business, administration and law
  • copyright legislation business, administration and law
  • apply organisational techniques management skills
  • perform market research information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Radio 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 radio 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.