Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

book editortobook publisher

A book editor already meets 55% of what the book publisher role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From book editor
55%
Overlap1
To book publisher
20 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
46.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 46.9

This move: 46.9 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the book publisher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the book editor 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A book publisher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a book editor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held select manuscripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conserve new media information skills
  • already held publishing market business, administration and law
  • already held attend book fairs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held read manuscripts information skills
  • already held check correctness of information information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 9 the book publisher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held present publishing plan required
  • required, not held consult with editor required
  • required, not held execute marketing plan required
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
02 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held perform project management required
  • optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
  • optional, not held plan marketing strategy optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held brand marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
04 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a book publisher 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held consult information sources skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held publishing market knowledge
  • already held read manuscripts skill
  • already held select manuscripts skill
  • already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held attend book fairs skill
  • already held check correctness of information skill
  • already held conserve new media skill
  • already held desktop publishing knowledge
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held literature knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held proofread text skill
  • already held spelling knowledge
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held supervise sales activities optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held brand marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution channels optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
  • optional, not held plan marketing strategy optional
12 held skills the book publisher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse texts to be illustrated skill
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret illustration needs skill
  • not needed by the target role network within the writing industry skill
  • not needed by the target role provide support to authors skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role select illustration styles skill
  • not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
  • not needed by the target role suggest revision of manuscripts skill
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
  • not needed by the target role writing techniques knowledge
9 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held project management principles required
  • optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held sales activities optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held brand marketing techniques optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held graphic design optional
  • optional, not held marketing principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from book editor

Full index of moves from book editor

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.