Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.
Confer with operations directors to formulate and maintain fair and attainable technical policies for programs.
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.
Discuss filter options, lens choices, and the visual effects of objects being filmed with photography directors and video operators.
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 specialeffects, 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.
Switch between video sources in a studio or on multi-camera remotes, using equipment such as switchers, video slide projectors, and video effects generators.
Collaborate with others to determine technical details of productions.
Determine technical requirements of productions or projects.
