sound mastering engineertopodcast producer
A sound mastering engineer already meets 22% of what the podcast producer role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
78.5/ 100
1 Share of the podcast producer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sound mastering engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A podcast producer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a sound mastering engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- audio editing software
- audio mastering
- audio post-production
- audio technology
- audiovisual products
- edit recorded sound
What stands in the way is 16 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 podcast producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sound mastering engineer background worth leading with.
- already held audio mastering arts and humanities
- already held audio post-production arts and humanities
- already held audio technology arts and humanities
- already held audiovisual products arts and humanities
- already held audio editing software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held edit recorded sound working with computers
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the podcast producer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held coordinate activities in audio recording studio required
- required, not held plan audiovisual recording required
- required, not held plan digital marketing required
- required, not held plan marketing strategy required
- required, not held supervise sound production required
- optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
- optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
- required, not held marketing principles required
- required, not held social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- required, not held prepare broadcasts required
- required, not held implement marketing strategies required
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
- required, not held manage sales channels required
- required, not held assess studio production required
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- required, not held record audio materials required
- optional, not held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials optional
- optional, not held monitor quality of broadcasts optional
- optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
- optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
- optional, not held set up basic recording optional
- required, not held media formats required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a podcast producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 record audio materials skill · occupation specific
- 02 use microphone skill · occupation specific
- 03 e-commerce systems knowledge · sector specific
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 audio editing software knowledge
- already held audio mastering knowledge
- already held audio post-production knowledge
- already held audio technology knowledge
- already held audiovisual products knowledge
- already held edit recorded sound skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples required
- required, not held use microphone required
- required, not held e-commerce systems required
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials optional
- optional, not held monitor quality of broadcasts optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
- optional, not held operate audio equipment optional
- optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
- optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
- optional, not held set up basic recording optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
12 held skills the podcast producer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role assess sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role convert different audiovisual formats skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate audio system programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role musical genres knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate an audio mixing console skill
- not needed by the target role operate audio-signal processors skill
- not needed by the target role types of audiovisual formats knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held e-commerce systems required
- required, not held media formats required
- required, not held marketing principles required
- required, not held social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
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.