Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

Voice-over artist to presenter

A voice-over artist already meets 32% of what the presenter role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From voice-over artist
32 % overlap
Distant match
To presenter
9 You already bring
11 Still to learn
40 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.2/ 100

1 How much of what a presenter is expected to do is already part of a voice-over artist’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 presenter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A presenter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a voice-over artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • adapt to type of media
  • breathing techniques
  • follow directions of the artistic director
  • memorise lines
  • perform improvisation
  • pronunciation techniques

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A presenter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a voice-over artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held rehearse role communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held memorise lines communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform improvisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held breathing techniques arts and humanities
  • already held vocal techniques arts and humanities

All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the presenter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 6 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 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn gather information on theme of the show required
  • still to learn follow the news required
  • still to learn consult information sources required
  • still to learn meet expectations of target audience required
  • optional, not held check correctness of information optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 13 supplementary
  • still to learn follow time cues required
  • still to learn read pre-drafted texts required
  • still to learn develop professional network required
  • optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
  • optional, not held compose playlist optional
  • optional, not held consult with production director optional
  • optional, not held develop program ideas optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held moderate a debate optional
  • optional, not held practice humour optional
  • optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held select music optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
03 arts and humanities 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn audiovisual equipment required
  • still to learn grammar required
  • still to learn spelling required
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn copyright legislation required
  • optional, not held press law optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a presenter 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 adapt to type of media skill
  • already held breathing techniques knowledge
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • already held memorise lines skill
  • already held perform improvisation skill
  • already held pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • already held rehearse role skill
  • already held vocal techniques knowledge
  • already held work with a voice coach skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
  • optional, not held check correctness of information optional
  • optional, not held compose playlist optional
  • optional, not held consult with production director optional
  • optional, not held develop program ideas optional
  • optional, not held interview people optional
  • optional, not held moderate a debate optional
  • optional, not held practice humour optional
  • optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held select music optional
  • optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
  • optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held press law optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
21 held skills the presenter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt to acting roles skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the original actor's way of speaking skill
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with fellow actors skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scenes for filming skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scripted dialogue skill
  • not needed by the target role practise singing skill
  • not needed by the target role rehearse with fellow actors skill
  • not needed by the target role sing skill
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
  • not needed by the target role study roles from scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements skill
  • not needed by the target role use dialect skill
  • not needed by the target role work with an artistic team skill
8 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 equipment required
  • still to learn copyright legislation required
  • still to learn grammar required
  • still to learn spelling required
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held press law optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a voice-over artist become a presenter?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A voice-over artist already covers 32% of what a presenter is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 8 of which the presenter role treats as required.

What skills does a voice-over artist need to become a presenter?

11 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is gather information on theme of the show.

How hard is the move from voice-over artist to presenter?

Its learning distance is 70.2 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.