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A voice-over artist already meets 32% of what the presenter role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
70.2/ 100
1 Share of the presenter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the voice-over artist 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 presenter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a voice-over artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to type of media
- breathing techniques
- follow directions of the artistic director
- memorise lines
- perform improvisation
- pronunciation techniques
What stands in the way is 11 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A presenter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a voice-over artist background worth leading with.
- already held rehearse role communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held memorise lines communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform improvisation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held breathing techniques arts and humanities
- already held vocal techniques arts and humanities
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the presenter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 31 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 gather information on theme of the show required
- required, not held follow the news required
- required, not held consult information sources required
- required, not held meet expectations of target audience required
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- required, not held follow time cues required
- required, not held read pre-drafted texts required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
- optional, not held compose playlist optional
- optional, not held consult with production director optional
- optional, not held develop program ideas optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held moderate a debate optional
- optional, not held practice humour optional
- optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
- optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
- optional, not held select music optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- required, not held audiovisual equipment required
- required, not held grammar required
- required, not held spelling required
- optional, not held lighting techniques optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a presenter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 gather information on theme of the show skill · occupation specific
- 02 audiovisual equipment knowledge · sector specific
- 03 follow the news 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held breathing techniques knowledge
- already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
- already held memorise lines skill
- already held perform improvisation skill
- already held pronunciation techniques knowledge
- already held rehearse role skill
- already held vocal techniques knowledge
- already held work with a voice coach skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
- optional, not held check correctness of information optional
- optional, not held compose playlist optional
- optional, not held consult with production director optional
- optional, not held develop program ideas optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held moderate a debate optional
- optional, not held practice humour optional
- optional, not held prepare broadcasts optional
- optional, not held present during live broadcasts optional
- optional, not held select music optional
- optional, not held use audio reproduction software optional
- optional, not held apply grammar and spelling rules optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held lighting techniques optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held press law optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
21 held skills the presenter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to acting roles skill
- not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the original actor's way of speaking skill
- not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
- not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role interact with fellow actors skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
- not needed by the target role perform scenes for filming skill
- not needed by the target role perform scripted dialogue skill
- not needed by the target role practise singing skill
- not needed by the target role rehearse with fellow actors skill
- not needed by the target role sing skill
- not needed by the target role study media sources skill
- not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
- not needed by the target role study roles from scripts skill
- not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements skill
- not needed by the target role use dialect skill
- not needed by the target role work with an artistic team skill
8 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 audiovisual equipment required
- required, not held copyright legislation required
- required, not held grammar required
- required, not held spelling required
- optional, not held interview techniques optional
- optional, not held lighting techniques optional
- optional, not held photography optional
- optional, not held press law optional
Other moves recorded from voice-over artist
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.