Television producer - Salary and Career
Artistic and Cultural Producers

Television producer - 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 Television producer earn

A Television producer 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 Television producer

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 Television producer

Artistic and Cultural Producers must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Television producer 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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