Broadcasting programme director to publications coordinator
A broadcasting programme director already meets 30% of what the publications coordinator role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
71.6/ 100
1 How much of what a publications coordinator is expected to do is already part of a broadcasting programme director’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the publications coordinator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A publications coordinator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a broadcasting programme director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply organisational techniques
- brand marketing techniques
- copyright legislation
- finish project within budget
- manage budgets
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A publications coordinator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a broadcasting programme director background worth leading with.
- already held brand marketing techniques business, administration and law
- already held market analysis business, administration and law
- already held finish project within budget management skills
- already held copyright legislation business, administration and law
- already held apply organisational techniques management skills
- already held perform market research information skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the publications coordinator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn digital marketing techniques required
- still to learn publishing market required
- still to learn content marketing strategy required
- still to learn market participants required
- still to learn marketing principles required
- still to learn project management principles required
- still to learn social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- still to learn present publishing plan required
- still to learn apply social media marketing required
- still to learn execute marketing plan required
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held select manuscripts optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- still to learn digital communication and collaboration required
- still to learn develop digital content required
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
- still to learn digital media required
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
- still to learn perform project management required
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
- optional, not held conserve new media optional
- optional, not held read manuscripts optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a publications coordinator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 digital communication and collaboration practise this
- 02 digital marketing techniques study this
- 03 present publishing plan practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held brand marketing techniques knowledge
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held market analysis knowledge
- already held perform market research skill
- already held recruit employees skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conserve new media optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held read manuscripts optional
- optional, not held rewrite manuscripts optional
- optional, not held select manuscripts optional
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held manage accounts optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
22 held skills the publications coordinator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
- not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role audiovisual products knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate production costs skill
- not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
- not needed by the target role develop program ideas skill
- not needed by the target role develop programming schedule skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate broadcast programs skill
- not needed by the target role inspect data skill
- not needed by the target role monitor broadcast programming skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with artists skill
- not needed by the target role obtain relevant licenses skill
- not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare casting budget skill
- not needed by the target role screen television series pilots skill
- not needed by the target role select video shots skill
- not needed by the target role supervise video quality skill
- not needed by the target role work closely with news teams skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn digital marketing techniques required
- still to learn publishing market required
- still to learn content marketing strategy required
- still to learn digital media required
- still to learn market participants required
- still to learn marketing principles required
- still to learn project management principles required
- still to learn social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held accounting techniques optional
- optional, not held desktop publishing optional
- optional, not held grammar optional
- optional, not held spelling optional
Other moves recorded from broadcasting programme director
Common questions about this move
Can a broadcasting programme director become a publications coordinator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A broadcasting programme director already covers 30% of what a publications coordinator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 8 of which the publications coordinator role treats as required.
What skills does a broadcasting programme director need to become a publications coordinator?
14 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is digital communication and collaboration.
How hard is the move from broadcasting programme director to publications coordinator?
Its learning distance is 71.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.