Head of operations for television systems and video production companies - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Head of operations for television systems and video production companies earn

A Head of operations for television systems and video production companies earns between $1.408 and $11.875 per month, with an average monthly salary of $4.113 and a median salary of $2.800 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 1.338 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • medium-level technicians in cultural, communications and sports services
• • • technicians in operation of radio stations, television systems and video producers
• • • • operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media

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Main workplaces

Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media they work on television and radio stations during irregular working hours. They usually work as salaried employees, with a formal contract and occasional supervision, being directly subordinate to the Managers and having subordinates. They work as a team indoors at stations, in the open or in vehicles.

What does it take to work in the field of Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media

The exercise of these occupations requires a complete higher education. The full performance of activities requires, on average, three to four years of experience in the area, plus extensive knowledge in information technology and sector-specific software.

Functions and activities of Head of operations for television systems and video production companies

Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media must:

Activities

participate in the definition of technical-operational goals;
contract electricity supply;
demonstrate flexibility ability;
determine specific work procedures;
demonstrate negotiation skills;
check signal pipelines;
demonstrate persuasiveness;
supervise interconnection of third-party signals with event production;
check occurrences;
participate in the conceptualization of projects and events;
work as a team;
perform a technical visit to the event site;
participate in team profiling;
monitor the execution of the schedule;
demonstrate ability to establish priorities;
provide support and maintenance service request fulfillment;
evaluate team performance;
manage conflicts;
allocate technical resources;
demonstrate diffuse attention capacity;
coordinate technical evaluations and approvals of new systems;
arrange event logistics resources;
work in partnership with related areas;
demonstrate leadership ability;
monitor project phases;
enable team training and development;
evaluate operability in the scenario;
monitor traffic and media distribution;
write reports and/or documents;
demonstrate attentive listening skills;
budget operating expenses;
participate in pre- and post-demand meetings;
identify team needs;
control the achievement of technical-operational goals;
elaborate sectoral performance indicators;
request support and maintenance services;
research technological trends;
manage the life cycle of equipment and systems;
demonstrate creativity;
negotiate technical-operational and financial resources with relevant areas;
scaling team;
request audio, video, data and space segment transmission lines;
ensure compliance with work safety standards and legislation;
command activation of redundancy systems;
check conditions of use and conservation of equipment;
define specification of technical resources;
hire dedicated link services;
demonstrate ability to communicate;
alert about replacement of obsolete equipment;
manage team composition and movement;
request public and/or private security;
monitor measuring equipment;
forward information about technical and operational conditions of the event to related areas;
demonstrate analytical ability;
work under pressure;
interact with manufacturers and suppliers;
schedule preventive system reviews;
consolidate incident reports;
monitor signal quality;
request recording and broadcast script;

Sectors that hire Head of operations for television systems and video production companies the most in the job market

• advertising agencies
• open television activities
• temporary labor lease
• stationery retail trade
• activities of religious organizations
• electrical installation and maintenance
• multimedia communication services - scm
• development of computer programs and software in general
• radio activities
• maintenance of stations and telecommunications networks