Producers and Directors
Tasks Include:
- Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.
- Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.
- Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.
- Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.
- Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.
- Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.
- Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.
- Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.
- Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +4.6%
National: +8.0%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$82,510.00
State
$61,500.00
Regional
Producers and Directors
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
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Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 56.67%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 15.22%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 12.89%
- 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) = 10.58%
- Some College Courses = 4.61%
- Master's Degree = 0.04%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 23.78%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 20.21%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 15.95%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 14.33%
- None = 13.68%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.46%
- Over 10 years = 2.46%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.13%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 26.62%
- None = 18.65%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.93%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.35%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.94%
- Up to and including 1 month = 10.35%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.01%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.15%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 29.32%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.49%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 19.51%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.81%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.86%
- None or short demonstration = 8.81%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.20%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.
- Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.
- Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.
- Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.
- Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.
- Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.
- Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.
- Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.
- Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.
- Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.
- Identify and approve equipment and elements required for productions, such as scenery, lights, props, costumes, choreography, and music.
- Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility.
- Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.
- Compile scripts, program notes, and other material related to productions.
- Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary.
- Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.
- Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.
- Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters.
- Arrange financing for productions.
- Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.
- Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions.
- Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.
- Choose settings and locations for films and determine how scenes will be shot in these settings.
- Review film daily to check on work in progress and to plan for future filming.
- Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects.
- Develop marketing plans for finished products, collaborating with sales associates to supervise product distribution.
Tasks Include:
- Hire principal cast members and crew members, such as art directors, cinematographers, and costume designers.
- Hold auditions for parts or negotiate contracts with actors determined suitable for specific roles.
- Select plays, scripts, books, news content, or ideas to be produced.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.00 | 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. |
71.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
68.50 | Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
64.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
58.75 | 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. |
54.25 | 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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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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84.50 | 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 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
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 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
72.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
72.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
68.75 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
65.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
65.50 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
62.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
62.50 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
59.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
87.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
78.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
78.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
72.00 | 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 | 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. |
68.75 | 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). |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
65.50 | 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). |
65.50 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
65.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
65.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
65.50 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
59.50 | 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. |
53.00 | Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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 | 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. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
89.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
85.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
81.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
80.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
77.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
77.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
75.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
73.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
73.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
69.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
69.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
66.75 | Communicating with People Outside the 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. |
66.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
66.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
63.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
61.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
59.75 | 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. |
59.75 | 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. |
59.00 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
57.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
57.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
53.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
50.50 | 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. |
50.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
49.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
94.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
89.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
87.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
84.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
83.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
83.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
80.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
79.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
78.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
78.00 | 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. |
76.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
74.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
73.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
72.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
71.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.83 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
83.33 | 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. |
80.50 | 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. |
69.50 | 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. |
68.00 | 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. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
97.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
96.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
95.80 | 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? |
93.20 | 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? |
92.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.00 | 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? |
87.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
87.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
87.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
86.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
85.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
85.40 | 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? |
82.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
79.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
72.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
69.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
68.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
66.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.20 | 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? |
57.80 | 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? |
57.60 | 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? |
54.40 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
54.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
53.60 | 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? |
53.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
51.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
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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 | $42,040.00 | $82,510.00 | $128,040.00 |
Virginia | $37,540.00 | $61,500.00 | $83,400.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $56,620.00 | $81,880.00 | $104,610.00 |
Bay Consortium | $37,950.00 | $59,510.00 | $85,130.00 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $40,280.00 | $60,300.00 | $75,450.00 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $33,480.00 | $44,780.00 | $58,660.00 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $38,780.00 | $49,920.00 | $69,230.00 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $32,610.00 | $48,340.00 | $67,750.00 |
Northern Virginia | $51,690.00 | $78,380.00 | $100,660.00 |
Piedmont Workforce | $36,040.00 | $58,470.00 | $75,340.00 |
Shenandoah Valley | $35,980.00 | $49,600.00 | $67,220.00 |
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 | $35,290.00 | $45,070.00 | $59,090.00 |
* 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 onet291)
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Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 167,900 | 181,500 | +8.0% |
Virginia | 2,931 | 3,066 | +4.6% |
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 |
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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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Titles
- Broadcast Producer
- Casting Director
- Film Maker
- Independent Film Maker
- Independent Video Producer
- Motion Picture Director
- Movie Producer
- Music Video Director
- Music Video Producer
- News Production Supervisor
- Newscast Director
- Newscast Producer
- On-Air Director
- Pageant Director
- Radio Producer
- Radio Television Technical Director
- Stage Manager
- Television News Producer
- Television Newscast Director
- Television Producer
- Television Program Director
- Theater Company Producer
- Video Producer
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- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia Union University
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- Washington and Lee University
- William & Mary
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