magazine editortoeditor-in-chief
A magazine editor already meets 76% of what the editor-in-chief role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
76%
30.3/ 100
1 Share of the editor-in-chief role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the magazine 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.
Why this move works
A editor-in-chief role treats 16 of its required skills as things a magazine editor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to changing situations
- adapt to type of media
- check stories
- consult information sources
- copyright legislation
- create editorial board
What stands in the way is 4 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 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A editor-in-chief role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a magazine editor background worth leading with.
- already held create editorial board communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ensure consistency of published articles communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held check stories information skills
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists assisting and caring
- already held participate in editorial meetings communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held edit negatives working with computers
All 33 carried skills, including the 16 the editor-in-chief role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 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 build contacts to maintain news flow required
- required, not held work closely with news teams required
- required, not held implement strategic planning required
- optional, not held create online news content optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- required, not held digital journalism required
- optional, not held study relevant writing optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held follow newspaper house style optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a editor-in-chief role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 build contacts to maintain news flow skill · sector specific
- 02 digital journalism knowledge · sector specific
- 03 work closely with news teams 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 33 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to changing situations skill
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held check stories skill
- already held consult information sources skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held create editorial board skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held editorial standards knowledge
- already held ensure consistency of published articles skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of journalists skill
- already held follow the news skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held participate in editorial meetings skill
- already held press law knowledge
- already held apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- already held check correctness of information skill
- already held desktop publishing knowledge
- already held edit negatives skill
- already held edit photographs skill
- already held grammar knowledge
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held interview people skill
- already held interview techniques knowledge
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held proofread text skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held spelling knowledge
- already held use specific writing techniques skill
- already held write to a deadline skill
- already held writing techniques knowledge
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create online news content optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held follow newspaper house style optional
- optional, not held perform video editing optional
- optional, not held study relevant writing optional
- optional, not held document interviews optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held photography optional
4 held skills the editor-in-chief role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
- not needed by the target role write captions skill
- not needed by the target role write headlines skill
2 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 digital journalism required
- optional, not held photography 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.