Technical Directors/Managers
Also called: Technical Director, Director, Production Manager, Production Director
What they do:
Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.
On the job, you would:
- Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.
- Monitor broadcasts to ensure that programs conform to station or network policies and regulations.
- Observe pictures through monitors, and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and composition.
Knowledge
Communications
- multimedia
- telecommunications
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Business
- management
Skills
Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilities
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
- Leadership
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Video creation and editing software
- Avid software
- Character generator software
Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
Music or sound editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Audition
- Avid Digidesign Pro Tools
Education
bachelor's degree or
some college
usually needed
some college
usually needed
Job Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$70,660
per year, on average
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