B - Job Roles in the Media Industry

• The three types of job roles in the media industry are: creative, technical, and senior.
• The role of a copy writer is to create text that engages, entertains, or informs the reader. It is a creative job role.
• A content creator creates many different media assets. It is a creative job role.
• Creative job roles include: animators, graphic designers, illustrators and script writers.
• Technical job roles include: camera operator, games programmer, and web developer.
• A video editor’s role is to take all the different footage, select the best shots and arrange them in the best order. It is a technical job role.
• An audio technician is responsible for mic set-up and recording sound during the production phase. It is a technical job role.
• A sound editor is responsible for editing the audio in the post-production phase of film making. This is a technical job role.
• The senior roles are: campaign manager, creative director, director, editor, and production manager.
• The size of a production can affect the number of people involved. If a project is smaller, one person may have to carry out multiple different job roles.