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

sound editortolyricist

A sound editor already meets 34% of what the lyricist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sound editor
34%
Overlap1
To lyricist
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
64.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.4/ 100

1 Share of the lyricist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sound 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

Why this move works

A lyricist role treats 4 of its required skills as things a sound editor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • copyright legislation
  • musical genres
  • musical notation
  • musical theory

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lyricist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sound editor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held attend music recording sessions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held film music techniques arts and humanities
  • already held transcribe ideas into musical notation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with composers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held musical notation arts and humanities
  • already held musical theory arts and humanities

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the lyricist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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, 10 supplementary
  • required, not held create a rhyme scheme structure required
  • required, not held match lyrics to mood of melody required
  • required, not held write songs required
  • optional, not held adapt to artists' creative demands optional
  • optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held consult with sound editor optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held study music required
  • required, not held study musical scores required
03 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held music literature required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held write to a deadline required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a lyricist 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held musical genres knowledge
  • already held musical notation knowledge
  • already held musical theory knowledge
  • already held attend music recording sessions skill
  • already held film music techniques knowledge
  • already held transcribe ideas into musical notation skill
  • already held work with composers skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt to artists' creative demands optional
  • optional, not held advise on music pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held compose music optional
  • optional, not held consult with sound editor optional
  • optional, not held create musical forms optional
  • optional, not held record music optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held transcribe musical compositions optional
  • optional, not held write musical scores optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
25 held skills the lyricist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with music librarians skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate music with scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role draft music cue breakdown skill
  • not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role engage composers skill
  • not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
  • not needed by the target role file-based workflow knowledge
  • not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role musical instruments knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise compositions skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase music skill
  • not needed by the target role rewrite musical scores skill
  • not needed by the target role search databases skill
  • not needed by the target role structure soundtrack skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise sound with images skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements skill
  • not needed by the target role transpose music skill
1 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 music literature required
Index

Other moves recorded from sound editor

Full index of moves from sound 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.