How do they match: Media Technical Directors/Managers

  • Master Control Operator

  • Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.
  • Set up and execute video transitions and special effects, such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.
  • Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.

  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
  • Operate control consoles for sound, lighting or video.