Publishing rights manager to broadcasting programme director
A publishing rights manager already meets 25% of what the broadcasting programme director role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.7/ 100
1 How much of what a broadcasting programme director is expected to do is already part of a publishing rights manager’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 this move works
A broadcasting programme director role treats 5 of its required skills as things a publishing rights manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- copyright legislation
- finish project within budget
- manage staff
- market analysis
- perform market research
What stands in the way is 11 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 6 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 publishing rights manager background worth leading with.
- already held negotiate with artists communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 perform market research information skills
- already held manage staff management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the broadcasting programme director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 9 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 develop programming schedule required
- still to learn apply organisational techniques required
- still to learn manage budgets required
- still to learn recruit employees 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
- 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
- still to learn audiovisual products required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- still to learn obtain relevant licenses required
- still to learn brand marketing techniques required
- still to learn supervise video quality required
3 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 supervise video quality practise this
- 02 audiovisual products study this
- 03 develop programming schedule 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held market analysis knowledge
- already held perform market research skill
- already held negotiate with artists skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- 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 edit recorded sound optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
- optional, not held audio editing software optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 photography optional
12 held skills the broadcasting programme director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with book publishers skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate publishing rights skill
- not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
5 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 audiovisual products required
- still to learn brand marketing techniques required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held audio editing software optional
- optional, not held photography optional
Common questions about this move
Can a publishing rights manager become a broadcasting programme director?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A publishing rights manager already covers 25% of what a broadcasting programme director is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the broadcasting programme director role treats as required.
What skills does a publishing rights manager need to become a broadcasting programme director?
11 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is supervise video quality.
How hard is the move from publishing rights manager to broadcasting programme director?
Its learning distance is 72.7 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.