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A music producer already meets 53% of what the producer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
52.1/ 100
1 Share of the producer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the music producer 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 producer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a music producer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess financial viability
- copyright legislation
- develop professional network
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- marketing principles
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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a music producer background worth leading with.
- already held hire background musicians management skills
- already held identify music with commercial potential management skills
- already held promote music communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held types of audiovisual formats arts and humanities
- already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio management skills
- already held manage sound quality constructing
All 28 carried skills, including the 6 the producer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 8 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 analyse a script required
- required, not held consult with production director required
- optional, not held attend read-through optional
- optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
- optional, not held edit scripts optional
- optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
- optional, not held negotiate publishing rights optional
- optional, not held select scripts optional
- optional, not held take artistic vision into account optional
- optional, not held work with motion picture editing team optional
- optional, not held work with playwrights optional
- optional, not held work with video and motion picture production team optional
- required, not held apply strategic thinking required
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
- optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- required, not held project management required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
- optional, not held search for a suitable filming location optional
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
- optional, not held film production process optional
- optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse a script skill · sector specific
- 02 consult with production director skill · sector specific
- 03 project management knowledge · 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 28 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held marketing principles knowledge
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
- already held audiovisual products knowledge
- already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
- already held hire background musicians skill
- already held identify music with commercial potential skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held liaise with financiers skill
- already held manage sound quality skill
- already held negotiate with artists skill
- already held operate an audio mixing console skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held plan marketing strategy skill
- already held promote music skill
- already held record multi-track sound skill
- already held sales activities knowledge
- already held supervise sales activities skill
- already held supervise sound production skill
- already held types of audiovisual formats knowledge
- already held use audio reproduction software skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
- optional, not held develop digital content optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held attend read-through optional
- optional, not held carry out auditions optional
- optional, not held carry out interviews to select artistic team members optional
- optional, not held create rough cut optional
- optional, not held direct distribution operations optional
- optional, not held edit scripts optional
- optional, not held film production process optional
- optional, not held make film shooting schedule optional
- optional, not held negotiate exploitation rights optional
- optional, not held negotiate publishing rights optional
- optional, not held search for a suitable filming location optional
- optional, not held select scripts optional
- optional, not held take artistic vision into account optional
- optional, not held work with motion picture editing team optional
- optional, not held work with playwrights optional
- optional, not held work with video and motion picture production team optional
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- optional, not held develop digital content optional
- optional, not held ensure fulfilment of legal requirements optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held prepare government funding dossiers optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
9 held skills the producer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
- not needed by the target role convert different audiovisual formats skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate music components of the work skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role musical genres knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical notation knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical theory knowledge
4 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 project management required
- optional, not held film production process optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held tax 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.