Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Digital media designer to webmaster

A digital media designer already meets 55% of what the webmaster role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From digital media designer
55 % overlap
Partial match
To webmaster
59 You already bring
14 Still to learn
94 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.3/ 100

1 How much of what a webmaster is expected to do is already part of a digital media designer’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 webmaster role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A webmaster role treats 9 of its required skills as things a digital media designer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • authoring software
  • develop digital content
  • digital systems
  • graphics editor software
  • problem-solving with digital tools
  • style sheet languages

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 59 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A webmaster role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital media designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held problem-solving with digital tools working with computers
  • already held authoring software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held web based collaborative platforms information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held LESS information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held Sass information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held style sheet languages information and communication technologies (icts)

All 59 carried skills, including the 9 the webmaster role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 35 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with computers 8 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn troubleshoot website required
  • still to learn digital communication and collaboration required
  • still to learn implement front-end website design required
  • still to learn maintain ICT server required
  • still to learn use scripting programming required
  • still to learn use software libraries required
  • still to learn apply tools for content development required
  • still to learn use ICT ticketing system required
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held conduct search engine optimisation optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 12 supplementary
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn proxy servers required
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
  • optional, not held system backup best practice optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn apply ICT system usage policies required
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • still to learn maintain responsive design required
06 information skills 1 required
  • still to learn study website behaviour patterns required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a webmaster role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 59 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held authoring software knowledge
  • already held develop digital content skill
  • already held digital systems knowledge
  • already held graphics editor software knowledge
  • already held problem-solving with digital tools skill
  • already held style sheet languages knowledge
  • already held use markup languages skill
  • already held web based collaborative platforms knowledge
  • already held web programming knowledge
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held CSS knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held JSSS knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held LESS knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held R knowledge
  • already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SAP R3 knowledge
  • already held SAS language knowledge
  • already held Sass knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Synfig knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held manage online content skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cyber security optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held cyber security optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
  • optional, not held implement a virtual private network optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held manage changes in ICT system optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held use an application-specific interface optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held conduct search engine optimisation optional
  • optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
  • optional, not held system backup best practice optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
44 held skills the webmaster role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Ansible knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Apache Maven knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Capture One knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role STAF knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WebCMS knowledge
  • not needed by the target role WordPress knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adobe creative suite knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct content quality assurance skill
  • not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create website wireframe skill
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role design graphics skill
  • not needed by the target role digital content creation skill
  • not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate content into output media skill
  • not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform image editing skill
  • not needed by the target role perform online data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
  • not needed by the target role publishing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role take pictures skill
  • not needed by the target role task algorithmisation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tools for software configuration management knowledge

4 further entries not listed here

16 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn domain name service required
  • still to learn proxy servers required
  • still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
  • optional, not held ICT debugging tools optional
  • optional, not held ICT performance analysis methods optional
  • optional, not held ICT recovery techniques optional
  • optional, not held Joomla optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held cyber security optional
  • optional, not held data models optional
  • optional, not held information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held online analytical processing optional
  • optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
  • optional, not held system backup best practice optional
  • optional, not held web analytics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital media designer

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a digital media designer become a webmaster?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A digital media designer already covers 55% of what a webmaster is expected to do: 59 skills carry over, 9 of which the webmaster role treats as required.

What skills does a digital media designer need to become a webmaster?

14 required skills are missing, plus 21 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is maintain responsive design.

How hard is the move from digital media designer to webmaster?

Its learning distance is 59.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

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.