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.
Communications
- multimedia
- telecommunications
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Business
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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
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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
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
- Leadership
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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
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bachelor's degree or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$71,350
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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