assistant stage directortoperformance production manager
A assistant stage director already meets 15% of what the performance production manager role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
15%
86.1/ 100
1 Share of the performance production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistant stage director 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 performance production manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a assistant stage director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- coordinate artistic production
- coordinate pre-show checks
- coordinate with creative departments
- develop artistic project budgets
What stands in the way is 28 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 performance production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assistant stage director background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate pre-show checks management skills
- already held assemble an artistic team management skills
- already held coordinate with creative departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held coordinate artistic production management skills
- already held develop artistic project budgets information skills
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the performance production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 6 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 organise performance space required
- required, not held assess production needs to plan a production schedule required
- required, not held coordinate rehearsals required
- required, not held manage artistic project required
- required, not held organise cultural events required
- required, not held organise rehearsals required
- required, not held create production schedules required
- required, not held develop cultural activities required
- required, not held establish daily priorities required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held plan artistic production activities required
- required, not held set organisational policies required
- required, not held strive for company growth required
- required, not held supervise daily information operations required
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- required, not held liaise with cultural partners required
- required, not held promote cultural venue events required
- required, not held work with cultural venue specialists required
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- required, not held represent the organisation required
- required, not held follow company standards required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
- required, not held draw up artistic production required
- required, not held estimate needs of artistic production required
- optional, not held document safety actions optional
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- required, not held cultural projects required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a performance production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 organise performance space skill · occupation specific
- 02 assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill · sector specific
- 03 coordinate rehearsals skill · 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 adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held coordinate artistic production skill
- already held coordinate pre-show checks skill
- already held coordinate with creative departments skill
- already held develop artistic project budgets skill
- already held assemble an artistic team skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held document safety actions optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
17 held skills the performance production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions skill
- not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
- not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
- not needed by the target role follow time cues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise between theatre direction and design team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain a production book skill
- not needed by the target role maintain blocking notes skill
- not needed by the target role manage prompt book skill
- not needed by the target role prompt performers skill
- not needed by the target role read scripts skill
- not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
- not needed by the target role understand artistic concepts skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques 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.
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held cultural projects required
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
Other moves recorded from assistant stage director
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.