cultural centre directortoperformance production manager
A cultural centre director already meets 55% of what the performance production manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
56.1/ 100
1 Share of the performance production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cultural centre 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 19 of its required skills as things a cultural centre director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- corporate social responsibility
- cultural projects
- develop cultural activities
- establish daily priorities
- follow company standards
- liaise with cultural partners
What stands in the way is 14 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 20 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 cultural centre director background worth leading with.
- already held develop cultural activities management skills
- already held work with cultural venue specialists communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise cultural events management skills
- already held promote cultural venue events communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cultural projects social sciences, journalism and information
- already held liaise with cultural partners communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 19 the performance production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 5 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 artistic production required
- required, not held coordinate pre-show checks required
- required, not held coordinate rehearsals required
- required, not held manage artistic project required
- required, not held organise rehearsals required
- required, not held create production schedules required
- required, not held plan artistic production activities required
- optional, not held assemble an artistic team optional
- required, not held develop artistic project budgets required
- 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 adapt to artists' creative demands required
- required, not held coordinate with creative departments required
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held labour legislation optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
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 adapt to artists' creative demands skill · sector specific
- 03 assess production needs to plan a production schedule 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held cultural projects knowledge
- already held develop cultural activities skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with cultural partners skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held organise cultural events skill
- already held promote cultural venue events skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held work with cultural venue specialists skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assemble an artistic team optional
- 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
30 held skills the performance production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
- not needed by the target role assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
- not needed by the target role assess data collected to improve community arts programme skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate community arts activities skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role create cultural venue learning strategies skill
- not needed by the target role create cultural venue outreach policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop cultural policies skill
- not needed by the target role develop inclusive communication material skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue programmes skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate events skill
- not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relations with local representatives skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role manage cultural facility skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote cultural venue in schools skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff skill
- not needed by the target role work within communities skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held cost management optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held labour legislation 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.