RecordMove

Publications coordinator to radio producer

A publications coordinator already meets 34% of what the radio producer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From publications coordinator

Distant match

To radio producer

7 You already bring

6 Still to learn

31 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a radio producer 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 radio producer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A radio producer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a publications coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

apply organisational techniques
copyright legislation
manage budgets
manage staff
perform market research
project management principles

What stands in the way is 6 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radio producer 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 project management principles business, administration and law
already held copyright legislation business, administration and law
already held apply organisational techniques management skills
already held perform market research information skills
already held manage budgets management skills

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the radio producer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 24 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 7 supplementary

still to learn develop program ideas required
still to learn develop creative ideas required
still to learn negotiate with artists required

optional, not held create script for artistic production optional
optional, not held edit scripts optional
optional, not held interview people optional
optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
optional, not held select music optional
optional, not held select scripts optional
optional, not held manage feedback optional

02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

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

optional, not held manage digital archives optional
optional, not held assess financial viability optional

03 assisting and caring 1 required

still to learn obtain relevant licenses required

04 arts and humanities 3 supplementary

optional, not held broadcast equipment optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional
optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional

05 management skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
optional, not held identify music with commercial potential optional
optional, not held supervise sound production optional

06 constructing 1 supplementary

optional, not held assess sound quality optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a radio producer 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 7 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held copyright legislation knowledge
already held manage budgets skill
already held manage staff skill
already held perform market research skill
already held project management principles knowledge
already held brand marketing techniques knowledge

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary

optional, not held audio editing software optional

08 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held edit recorded sound optional

18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held assess sound quality optional
optional, not held broadcast equipment optional
optional, not held create script for artistic production optional
optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
optional, not held edit scripts optional
optional, not held identify music with commercial potential optional
optional, not held interview people optional
optional, not held manage digital archives optional
optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
optional, not held select music optional
optional, not held select scripts optional
optional, not held assess financial viability optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held manage feedback optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional
optional, not held supervise sound production optional
optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional

33 held skills the radio producer 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 finish project within budget 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 analysis knowledge
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 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 recruit employees 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

optional, not held broadcast equipment optional
optional, not held audio editing software optional
optional, not held multimedia systems optional
optional, not held types of audiovisual formats optional

Index

Other moves recorded from publications coordinator

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a publications coordinator become a radio producer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A publications coordinator already covers 34% of what a radio producer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 6 of which the radio producer role treats as required.

What skills does a publications coordinator need to become a radio producer?

6 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is develop program ideas.

How hard is the move from publications coordinator to radio producer?

Its learning distance is 63.3 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.