How do they match: Media Programming Directors

  • Producer
  • Production Director
  • News Producer

  • Confer with directors and production staff to discuss issues, such as production and casting problems, budgets, policies, and news coverage.
  • Develop ideas for programs and features that a station could produce.
  • Establish work schedules and assign work to staff members.
  • Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.
  • Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance.
  • Plan and schedule programming and event coverage, based on broadcast length, time availability, and other factors, such as community needs, ratings data, and viewer demographics.

  • Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
  • Direct productions or performances.
  • Discuss production content and progress with others.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Maintain logs of production activities.