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Where a sound editor can go next

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

Sound editors create the soundtrack and sound effects for motion pictures, television series or other multimedia productions. They are responsible for all the music and sound featured in the movie, series or videogames. Sound editors use equipment to edit and mix image and sound recordings and make sure that the music, sound and dialogue is synchronised with and fits in the scene. They work closely together with the video and motion picture editor.

Also known as sound designer, audio editor, music editor, music supervisor, dubbing manager, automatic dialogue replacement editor, foley editor, dialogue editor, foley artist, ADR editor.

Technicians and associate professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: music arranger, 47%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
music arranger 47% covered music director 35% covered lyricist 34% covered video and motion picture edit… 32% covered hair stylist 29% covered sound editor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sound editor, 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 sound editor 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 sound editor needs 17 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
  • structure soundtrack communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coordinate music with scenes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • attend music recording sessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • film music techniques arts and humanities
  • synchronise sound with images working with computers
  • familiarise with personal directing styles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • search databases working with computers
  • musical theory arts and humanities
  • audio editing software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Sound editor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 sound editor’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.