Career Opportunities in Television And Cable

by Taylor, Allan

• ISBN13: 9780816063130
• ISBN10: 0816063133
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Checkmark Books

Summary

A detailed guide to 100 jobs in television. There are more than 1,700 television stations in the United States as of 2004, and the industry is expected to continue growing through 2012. Television has been the top advertising medium in the U.S. for more than a decade. For potential employees, the field offers a wide variety of jobs ranging from those in front of the camera to behind the scenes to working with high technology or working live in remote locations. Television offers jobs in production, art, writing, advertising, sales, technical areas, public relations, finance, office management, and many other areas. Career Opportunities in Television and Cable details 100 jobs in this exciting field and provides extensive appendixes of resources and other useful information. Career profiles include: *Advertising sales account executive *Art director *Casting director *Chief engineer *Cinematographer *Director of instructional television *Editor *Film/tape librarian *Music and sound editor *Scriptwriter *Sportscaster *and more.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Industry Outlook	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
How to Use This Book	xiii
ADVERTISING
Account Executive---Sales	2	(3)
Advertising Copywriter	5	(3)
Assistant Sales Manager	8	(2)
Director of Development	10	(2)
General Sales Manager	12	(2)
Market Researcher	14	(3)
Sales Coordinator	17	(2)
Traffic-Continuity Specialist	19	(3)
ARTS AND DESIGN
Art Director	22	(2)
Graphic Artist and Graphic Designer	24	(2)
Matte Artist	26	(2)
Production Designer	28	(2)
Set Designer	30	(3)
Storyboard Artist	33	(3)
CABLE/SATELLITE TELEVISION
Chief Technician	36	(2)
Customer Service Representative	38	(2)
Director of Local Origination	40	(2)
Installer	42	(2)
Marketing Director	44	(2)
Sales Manager	46	(2)
System Manager	48	(2)
Technician	50	(4)
DIRECTING
Assistant Director	54	(2)
Director	56	(4)
EDUCATION
Director of Instructional Television (ITV)	60	(3)
Instructional Television (ITV) Specialist	63	(3)
ENGINEERING
Assistant Chief Engineer	66	(2)
Audio Engineer and Video Engineer	68	(3)
Chief Engineer	71	(3)
Engineering Supervisor	74	(2)
Engineering Technician	76	(2)
Maintenance Engineer	78	(3)
Master Control Engineer	81	(2)
Technical Director	83	(3)
Transmitter Engineer	86	(3)
Videotape (and Digital) Engineer	89	(3)
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Accountant	92	(3)
Bookkeeper	95	(2)
Business Manager	97	(3)
General Manager	100	(3)
Receptionist and Office Clerk	103	(3)
NEWS
Assistant News Director	106	(3)
Desk Assistant and Researcher	109	(3)
News Anchor	112	(3)
News Director	115	(3)
News Writer	118	(3)
Reporter	121	(3)
Sportscaster	124	(2)
Weather Reporter	126	(4)
PERFORMING
Choreographer	130	(3)
Extras	133	(2)
Performing Artists (including Actors, Dancers, Singers)	135	(3)
Stunt Coordinator	138	(2)
Stuntperson	140	(4)
PRODUCING
Associate Producer	144	(3)
Casting Director	147	(2)
Executive Producer	149	(3)
Producer	152	(4)
PROGRAMMING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND MARKETING
Community Relations Director	156	(3)
Director of Publicity and Promotion	159	(3)
Film/Tape/Digital Librarian	162	(2)
Program Manager	164	(2)
Publicity/Promotion Assistant	166	(6)
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION
Camera
Assistant Camera Operator	172	(2)
Camera Operator	174	(3)
Cinematographer	177	(5)
Editing
Assistant Editor Positions	182	(2)
Editor	184	(3)
Postproduction Supervisor	187	(3)
Hair, Makeup, and Wardrobe
Costume Designer	190	(3)
Costumer	193	(2)
Hairstylist	195	(3)
Makeup Artist	198	(4)
Lighting and Electrical
Best Boy Positions	202	(2)
Gaffer	204	(3)
Key Grip	207	(2)
Lighting Technician	209	(3)
Location and Transportation
Location Manager	212	(2)
Transportation Coordinator	214	(4)
Management (Technical)
Floor Manager	218	(2)
Operations Manager	220	(2)
Production Assistant	222	(2)
Production Coordinator and Production Secretary	224	(2)
Unit Production Manager and Line Producer	226	(4)
Music
Composer and Songwriter	230	(2)
Music Director	232	(4)
Props and Set Maintenance
Property Assistants	236	(2)
Property Master	238	(4)
Sound
ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) Supervisor	242	(2)
Boom Operator	244	(2)
Foley Artist	246	(2)
Music Editor	248	(2)
Production Sound Mixer	250	(2)
Sound Editor	252	(2)
Sound Effects Coordinator	254	(2)
Sound Recordist	256	(4)
Special Effects and Visual Effects
Special Effects Supervisor	260	(2)
Visual Effects Supervisor	262	(4)
WRITING
Script Supervisor	266	(2)
Scriptwriter	268	(87)
APPENDIXES
Educational Institutions	272	(66)
Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters, and Other Publications	338	(4)
Professional, Industry, and Trade Associations, Guilds, and Unions	342	(9)
Useful Web Sites for the Television Industry	351	(4)
Glossary	355	(16)
Bibliography	371	(6)
Index	377	(8)
About the Authors	385

Excerpts

A detailed guide to 100 jobs in television.
There are more than 1,700 television stations in the United States as of 2004, and the industry is expected to continue growing through 2012. Television has been the top advertising medium in the U.S. for more than a decade. For potential employees, the field offers a wide variety of jobs ranging from those in front of the camera to behind the scenes to working with high technology or working live in remote locations. Television offers jobs in production, art, writing, advertising, sales, technical areas, public relations, finance, office management, and many other areas.
Career Opportunities in Television and Cable details 100 jobs in this exciting field and provides extensive appendixes of resources and other useful information.
Career profiles include:
Advertising sales account executive
Art director
Casting director
Chief engineer
Cinematographer
Director of instructional television
Editor
Film/tape librarian
Music and sound editor
Scriptwriter
Sportscaster
and more.