RecordMove

Publications coordinator to broadcasting programme director

A publications coordinator already meets 42% of what the broadcasting programme director role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From publications coordinator

Partial match

To broadcasting programme director

9 You already bring

7 Still to learn

31 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.5/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a broadcasting programme director is expected to do is already part of a publications coordinator’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 broadcasting programme director role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A broadcasting programme director role treats 9 of its required skills as things a publications coordinator 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 7 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A broadcasting programme director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a publications coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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 9 the broadcasting programme director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 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 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn evaluate broadcast programs required
still to learn monitor broadcast programming required
still to learn inspect data required

optional, not held screen television series pilots optional
optional, not held calculate production costs optional

02 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn develop programming schedule required

optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
optional, not held prepare casting budget optional
optional, not held create production schedules optional

03 arts and humanities 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn audiovisual products required

optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
optional, not held photography optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

still to learn obtain relevant licenses required

05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

still to learn supervise video quality required

06 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary

optional, not held develop program ideas optional
optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
optional, not held select video shots optional
optional, not held work closely with news teams optional
optional, not held negotiate with artists optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a broadcasting programme director 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 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to pick up Tier

07 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
optional, not held perform video editing optional

08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held audio editing software optional

15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held screen television series pilots optional
optional, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule optional
optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
optional, not held develop program ideas optional
optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
optional, not held perform video editing optional
optional, not held prepare casting budget optional
optional, not held select video shots optional
optional, not held work closely with news teams optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held calculate production costs optional
optional, not held create production schedules optional
optional, not held negotiate with artists optional
optional, not held photography optional

31 held skills the broadcasting programme director role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
not needed by the target role conserve new media skill
not needed by the target role content marketing strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role desktop publishing knowledge
not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
not needed by the target role digital marketing techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
not needed by the target role execute marketing plan skill
not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
not needed by the target role market participants knowledge
not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
not needed by the target role present publishing plan skill
not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role proofread text skill
not needed by the target role publishing market knowledge
not needed by the target role read manuscripts skill
not needed by the target role rewrite manuscripts skill
not needed by the target role select manuscripts skill
not needed by the target role social media marketing techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role spelling knowledge

4 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 audiovisual products required
optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held photography optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a publications coordinator become a broadcasting programme director?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A publications coordinator already covers 42% of what a broadcasting programme director is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 9 of which the broadcasting programme director role treats as required.

What skills does a publications coordinator need to become a broadcasting programme director?

7 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is supervise video quality.

How hard is the move from publications coordinator to broadcasting programme director?

Its learning distance is 59.5 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.