Technical Director/Manager
By: Sunny Singh
What are the basic skills required on the job?
You need to be coordinated, a critical thinker, and be able to make good judgments and decisions. You also need to be good at time management and complex problem solving.
What types of activities are done on the job?
You will monitor the broadcast to make sure it meets regulations, assign jobs, trains workers, and tests equipment.
What are the working conditions and physical demands?
You will be working mostly in a studio and need to have good vision, good oral and written comprehension, and be able to use deductive reasoning.
What are the work hours and travel?
What are the educational requirements of the job?
The exact requirement are varied for each company but you need to have an understanding of all safety procedures and proper use of tools, and also need to be able to accurately estimate budgets and schedule meetings.
There is a 38% of respondents to a Bachelor’s degree.What is the national average annual wage for this job?
What is the average annual wage for this job in Texas?
What is the average hourly wage for this job in Texas?
What is the future outlook for this job?
Additional Information- Types of Technical Directors
Lighting TD's (the most popular use of the word) are the artists who light and render 3D scenes.
Character TD's are responsible for rigging a character with a skeleton, clothing, hair, and deformation controls.
Shader TD's write and adjusts shaders to determine the appearance of models, and prepare objects to be painted by the texture painters.
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