Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a spokesperson can go next

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

Spokespeople speak on behalf of companies or organisations. They use communication strategies to represent clients through public announcements and conferences. They promote their clients in a positive light and work to increase an understanding of their activities and interests.

Also known as public relations coordinator, communications officer, press secretary, media coordinator, public relations officer, spokeswoman, spokesman, company spokesperson, media relations specialist.

Professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: public relations officer, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
public relations officer 65% covered advertising manager 51% covered communication manager 47% covered public relations manager 44% covered election agent 27% covered spokesperson You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from spokesperson, 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 spokesperson 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 spokesperson needs 14 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
  • forming of public opinion business, administration and law
  • give interviews to media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • establish relationship with the media communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop communications strategies management skills
  • diplomatic principles social sciences, journalism and information
  • prepare presentation material communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse external factors of companies information skills
  • rhetoric social sciences, journalism and information
  • perform public relations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct public presentations communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Spokesperson 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 spokesperson’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.