TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) 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.
• 2) Test equipment in order to ensure proper operation.
• 3) Monitor broadcasts in order to ensure that programs conform to station or network policies and regulations.
• 4) Observe pictures through monitors, and direct camera and video staff concerning shading and composition.
• 5) Act as liaisons between engineering and production departments.
• 6) Supervise and assign duties to workers engaged in technical control and production of radio and television programs.
• 7) Schedule use of studio and editing facilities for producers and engineering and maintenance staff.
• 8) Confer with operations directors in order to formulate and maintain fair and attainable technical policies for programs.
• 9) Operate equipment to produce programs or broadcast live programs from remote locations.
• 10) Train workers in use of equipment such as switchers, cameras, monitors, microphones, and lights.
• 11) Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.
• 12) Set up and execute video transitions and special effects such as fades, dissolves, cuts, keys, and supers, using computers to manipulate pictures as necessary.
• 13) Collaborate with promotions directors to produce on-air station promotions.
• 14) Discuss filter options, lens choices, and the visual effects of objects being filmed with photography directors and video operators.
• 15) Follow instructions from production managers and directors during productions, such as commands for camera cuts, effects, graphics, and takes.

Activities:

• 1) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 4) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 5) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• 6) Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• 7) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize,
• and accomplish your work.
  8) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• 9) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 10) Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• 11) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 12) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 13) Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
• 14) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• 15) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 16) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 17) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 18) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 19) Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
• 20) 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.
• 21) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 22) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• 23) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
• 24) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• 25) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• 26) Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
• 27) Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• 28) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 29) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 30) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 31) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 2) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• 3) 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 there is a problem.
• 4) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 8) 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).
• 9) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• 10) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 11) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 12) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• 13) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 14) 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).
• 15) 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.
• 16) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 17) 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.
• 18) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
• 19) Auditory Attention — The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• 20) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.

Knowledge:

• 1) 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.
• 2) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• 3) Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• 4) 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.
• 5) Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.