Types of Television Jobs

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Types of Television Jobs

Working in television is a fast paced, high pressure but rewarding career. You can work in front of the camera or behind the camera as a videographer, sound person or editor, or you can fix the television equipment as an engineer. These jobs are almost never in the newspaper because the field is highly competitive. The Internet has changed television dramatically because TV stations value their websites as much as their TV channels, opening up new online television jobs.

Television Producer

A television producer is responsible for the content and quality of the show, the cast and writers. Jobs include executive producer, line producer (sits next to the director during actual show taping), segment producer, online content producer and field producer (works on location producing show segments).

Television Director

The television director is responsible for the technical quality of the show and manages the crew and equipment. You could work as a director in broadcasting or in episodic television.

Television Camera Work

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Television camera people shoot sports, news, live broadcasts, television series, soap operas and talk shows and often travel to the show location.

Television Engineer

Television engineers maintain all of the technical equipment inside television studios, on location or at television broadcast towers. Broadcast engineers have electrical engineering, computer and information technology experience.