Sound Producer (television) - Salary and Career
Artistic and Cultural Producers

Sound Producer (television) - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They implement projects for the production of artistic and cultural shows (theatre, dance, opera, exhibitions and others), audiovisual (cinema, video, television, radio and music production) and multimedia. To do so, they create proposals, carry out the pre-production and finalization of the projects, managing the financial resources available for the same.

How much does an Sound Producer (television) earn

A Sound Producer (television) earns between $1.463 and $10.102 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.606 and a median salary of $2.590 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 1.442 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Sound Producer (television)

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.606 43.278 902 20
1º Quartile 1.463 17.559 366 8
Median Salary 2.590 31.075 647 14
3º Quartile 7.704 92.453 1.926 42
Higher Salary 10.102 121.227 2.526 55


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • communicators, artists and religious
      • performance and arts professionals
        • artistic and cultural producers

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Main workplaces

Artistic and Cultural Producers they work mainly in cultural, recreational, sporting activities, in public or private companies, as employees or service providers. Research, organization, supervision and interpersonal skills are important for the exercise of their activities, which are predominantly developed in teams and at irregular hours.


What does it take to work in the field of Artistic and Cultural Producers

These occupations do not require a specific level of education for their performance, and it is possible that their learning takes place in practice. Following the trend of professionalization that has been taking place in the area of the arts, however, it can be said that, increasingly, it will be desirable for professionals to have higher education.


Functions and activities of Sound Producer (television)

Artistic and Cultural Producers must:

  • pre-produce scenic, audiovisual and multimedia projects;
  • finish production;
  • create proposals for scenic, audiovisual and multimedia projects;
  • communicate;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • end production;
  • create scenic, audiovisual and multimedia project proposals;
  • pre-produce scenic, audiovisual and multimedia projects;
  • implement projects for the production of scenic, audiovisual and multimedia shows;
  • manage project financial resources;
  • manage the project's financial resources;

  • Activities

    • report;
    • enable conditions for publicizing the work;
    • develop projects for fundraising;
    • survey technical and material conditions for project execution;
    • contract locations;
    • define financial flowchart;
    • demonstrate persuasiveness;
    • elaborate marketing strategies;
    • demonstrate flexibility;
    • monitor project development;
    • hire team and completion services;
    • generate animations;
    • search themes;
    • dialogue with artistic teams;
    • control financial execution;
    • analyze final product quality;
    • register final product with the competent bodies;
    • build production map;
    • adapt proposals to resources;
    • demonstrate professional articulation ability;
    • enable product distribution;
    • report on the project carried out;
    • demonstrate artistic sensitivity;
    • identify target audience;
    • edit audio;
    • post-produce film and video(correct color, light, insert effects and text);
    • participate in policy discussions for cinema, tv, radio, theater, music and internet;
    • technically decouple the script;
    • distribute tasks;
    • mix audio;
    • manage conflicts;
    • create script;
    • hire equipment;
    • enable conditions for the dissemination of the work;
    • master audio;
    • suggest technical team in accordance with the project;
    • dialogue with technical teams;
    • suggest artistic team in accordance with the project;
    • hire a technical team;
    • demonstrate ability to reconcile;
    • register project in organs competent bodies;
    • assemble final product in media;
    • budget project;
    • demonstrate proactiveness;
    • hire a cast;
    • study script;
    • hire musicians and arrangers;
    • study script;
    • register final product in organs competent bodies;
    • participate in discussions on policy aimed at cinema, tv, radio, theater, music and internet;
    • give accounts for the project carried out;
    • demonstrate ability to propose solutions;
    • define the technical team;
    • show patience;
    • supervise audio and video editing and editing activities;
    • attribute credit to crew, cast, supporters, contributors and sponsors;
    • manage schedule;
    • adapt project to legal requirements (copyright, incentive, social charges, etc.);
    • define thematic;
    • capture resources, benefits and support for production;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • adapt content;
    • develop resource disbursement schedule;
    • socialize production information;
    • hire services in general: transportation, food, hosting, insurance etc;
    • settle debts;
    • demonstrate diffuse attention capacity;
    • demonstrate ability to deal with unforeseen circumstances;
    • demonstrate ability to work under pressure;
    • define means of distribution/vehicle;
    • maintain exchanges with professionals in the field;
    • edit video;
    • demonstrate proactivity;
    • fit proposals to resources;
    • organize rehearsals;
    • pay off debts;
    • participate in courses, events, seminars, congresses, exchanges, etc.;
    • define the project's visual identity;
    • participate in policy discussions aimed at cinema, tv, radio, theatre, music and internet;
    • demonstrate time management skills;
    • create repertoire;
    • set schedules;
    • demonstrate ability to work in a team;
    • participate in policy discussions for cinema, tv, radio, theatre, music and internet;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • participate in policy discussions aimed at cinema, tv, radio, theater, music and internet;
    • research trends;
    • coordinate activities for the live broadcast of programs;
    • adapt the project to legal requirements (copyright, incentive, social charges, etc.);
    • monitor rehearsals;
    • contact supporters, collaborators and sponsors;
    • demonstrate professional articulation skills;
    • coordinate activities to capture images and sounds;
    • select repertoire;


    Sectors that hire Sound Producer (television) the most in the job market

    • open television activities
    • radio activities
    • activities of religious organizations
    • temporary labor lease
    • movie, video and television program production activities
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • professional and management development training
    • operation services and supply of equipment for transporting and lifting loads and people for use in works
    • business management consulting activities
    • production of films for advertising




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