Media Technical Directors/Managers
Tasks Include:
- Test equipment to ensure proper operation.
- 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.
- Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.
- Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.
- Schedule use of studio and editing facilities for producers and engineering and maintenance staff.
- Confer with operations directors to formulate and maintain fair and attainable technical policies for programs.
- Operate equipment to produce programs or broadcast live programs from remote locations.
- Train workers in use of equipment, such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.
- Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -1.4%
National: +7.6%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$85,320.00
State
$64,880.00
Regional
Media Technical Directors/Managers
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 92.07%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 4.17%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 1.49%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.43%
- Some College Courses = 0.42%
- Master's Degree = 0.42%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 48.82%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 20.49%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 19%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 4.80%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.18%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.65%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.64%
- Over 10 years = 0.42%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 40.02%
- Up to and including 1 month = 28.24%
- None = 22.01%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.07%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.28%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.39%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 61.13%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 27.16%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 6.10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.22%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.38%
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Test equipment to ensure proper operation.
- 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.
- Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.
- Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.
- Schedule use of studio and editing facilities for producers and engineering and maintenance staff.
- Confer with operations directors to formulate and maintain fair and attainable technical policies for programs.
- Operate equipment to produce programs or broadcast live programs from remote locations.
- Train workers in use of equipment, such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.
- Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.
- Collaborate with promotions directors to produce on-air station promotions.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Direct technical aspects of newscasts and other productions, checking and switching between video sources and taking responsibility for the on-air product, including camera shots and graphics.
- Set up and execute video transitions and special effects, such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.
- Discuss filter options, lens choices, and the visual effects of objects being filmed with photography directors and video operators.
- Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Video editors (Analog editing systems)
- Audio mixing consoles (Audio boards)
- Camera controllers (Camera control units)
- Desktop computers
- Video editors (Digital editing systems)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital video cameras)
- Video editors (Digital video effects units)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Video editors (Linear editing systems)
- Media control systems (Master control switchers)
- Video editors (Non-linear editing systems)
- Personal computers
- Camera controllers (Robotic cameras)
- Stage or studio lighting systems (Studio lighting)
- Cassette players or recorders (Tape machines)
- Visual presenters (Teleprompters)
- Computer servers (Video servers)
- Video cassette players or recorders (Videotape recorders)
- Video editors (Vision mixers)
- Microphones (Wireless microphones)
Technologies Include:
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk Maya for Design Visualization
- Development environment software
- C
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Music or sound editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Audition
- Avid Digidesign Pro Tools
- Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
- Python
- Video creation and editing software
- Avid Media Composer
- Avid software
- Character generator software
- Side Effects Houdini
- The Associated Press ENPS
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Additional Resources
For general information about theater arts and a list of accredited college-level programs, contact:
National Association of Schools of Theater
11250 Roger Bacon Dr.
Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
http://nast.arts-accredit.org/
For general information on actors, producers, and directors, contact:
Actors Equity Association
165 West 46th St.
New York, NY 10036
http://www.actorsequity.org
Screen Actors Guild
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3600
http://www.sag.org
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists-Screen Actors Guild
4340 East-West Hwy.
Suite 204
Bethesda, MD 20814-4411
http://www.aftra.org
http://www.sag.org
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Media Technical Directors/Managers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.75 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
83.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
78.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
69.00 | Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
65.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
57.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
51.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
75.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
72.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
65.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
62.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
62.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
59.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
59.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
59.50 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
59.50 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
56.25 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
56.25 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
68.75 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
68.75 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
62.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
59.50 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
59.50 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
56.25 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
88.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
81.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
80.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
80.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
80.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
78.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
77.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
70.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
67.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
66.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
66.25 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
63.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
63.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
62.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
61.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
60.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
54.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
54.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
53.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
53.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
52.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
51.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
50.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
49.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
88.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
88.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
87.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
84.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
84.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
83.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
83.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
75.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
66.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
63.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
57.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
57.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
56.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
55.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
50.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
69.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
98.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
97.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
96.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
96.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
95.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
95.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
93.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
93.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
90.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
86.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
86.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
83.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
81.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
77.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
75.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
75.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
73.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
72.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
67.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
64.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
64.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
63.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
59.40 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
59.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
57.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
55.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
52.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
51.40 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
51.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
49.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $42,140.00 | $85,320.00 | $127,970.00 |
Virginia | $37,150.00 | $64,880.00 | $88,120.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $56,951.96 | $84,630.42 | $107,897.61 |
Bay Consortium | $43,377.53 | $66,782.83 | $88,106.07 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $38,698.34 | $60,415.14 | $78,102.82 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $38,137.59 | $53,380.78 | $72,488.00 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $46,916.52 | $64,644.69 | $81,569.12 |
Hampton Roads | $41,945.53 | $62,257.33 | $83,284.61 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $32,216.43 | $46,147.04 | $64,740.23 |
Northern Virginia | $59,390.21 | $83,101.85 | $104,787.50 |
Piedmont Workforce | $42,179.18 | $62,585.48 | $87,261.82 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $36,532.16 | $52,890.64 | $67,525.31 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 166,200 | 178,900 | +7.6% |
Virginia | 2,001 | 1,972 | -1.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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- Photography, General
- Pictorial
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Titles
- Audio Operator
- Audio Technician
- Broadcast Engineer
- Creative Services Director
- Director
- Engineer
- Engineering Production Operations Director
- Master Control Operator (MCO)
- Master Control Supervisor
- News Director
- News Technical Director
- On-Air Director
- Operations Director
- Operations Manager
- Producer
- Production Assistant
- Production Coordinator
- Production Director
- Production Engineer
- Production Manager
- Production Superintendent
- Production Supervisor
- Production Support Manager
- Program Director
- Project Manager
- Radio Television Technical Director (Radio TV Technical Director)
- Record Producer
- Station Manager
- Technical Director
- Technical Engineer
- Television Director
- Television Newscast Director
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Media Technical Directors/Managers
Related Schools
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- Randolph-Macon College
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- University of Virginia-Main Campus
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