Career Overlap Transition record
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Publishing rights manager to video and motion picture producer

A publishing rights manager already meets 25% of what the video and motion picture producer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From publishing rights manager
25 % overlap
Distant match
To video and motion picture producer
9 You already bring
13 Still to learn
40 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

75.4/ 100

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

Why

Why this move works

A video and motion picture producer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a publishing rights manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • assess financial viability
  • copyright legislation
  • develop professional network
  • liaise with financiers
  • perform market research

What stands in the way is 13 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 video and motion picture producer 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held negotiate publishing rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held liaise with financiers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan marketing strategy management skills
  • already held marketing principles business, administration and law
  • already held financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
  • already held assess financial viability information skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the video and motion picture producer role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn consult with production director required
  • still to learn select scripts required
  • still to learn take artistic vision into account required
  • still to learn work with motion picture editing team required
  • still to learn work with playwrights required
  • still to learn work with video and motion picture production team required
  • still to learn implement strategic planning required
  • optional, not held attend read-through optional
  • optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
  • optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
  • optional, not held edit scripts optional
  • optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
02 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn manage budgets required
  • still to learn perform project management required
  • optional, not held carry out auditions optional
  • optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
  • optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn accounting techniques required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
04 arts and humanities 2 required
  • still to learn audiovisual products required
  • still to learn film production process required
05 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held search for a suitable filming location optional
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
  • optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a video and motion picture 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held liaise with financiers skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • already held marketing principles knowledge
  • already held negotiate publishing rights skill
  • already held plan marketing strategy skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create rough cut 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 attend read-through optional
  • optional, not held carry out auditions optional
  • optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
  • optional, not held create rough cut optional
  • optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
  • optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
  • optional, not held edit recorded sound optional
  • optional, not held edit scripts optional
  • optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
  • optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
  • optional, not held search for a suitable filming location optional
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
  • optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
  • optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
9 held skills the video and motion picture producer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • 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 manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with artists 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn audiovisual products required
  • still to learn film production process required
  • still to learn accounting techniques required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a publishing rights manager become a video and motion picture producer?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A publishing rights manager already covers 25% of what a video and motion picture producer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 5 of which the video and motion picture producer role treats as required.

What skills does a publishing rights manager need to become a video and motion picture producer?

13 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 audiovisual products.

How hard is the move from publishing rights manager to video and motion picture producer?

Its learning distance is 75.4 out of 100, which is the career change 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.