Job Roles

In the media there are many different jobs available from being creative and productive to the more technical side. These are the types of jobs I am going to talk about in this post:
-Creative
-Editorial
-Technical
-Managerial
-Marketing
-Administrative
-Legal
-Financial

Creative jobs tend to be more on the development and the production of the product than in the background. This is mostly the designer of a product or a producer/director of a film who are actually creating the 'product'. Another example of a creative job role is a photographer, they actually take the pictures which is creating the product and having to think of all the designs and making all the decisions.


Editorial job roles in the media industry are more to do with magazines and newspapers. They tend to be the editors and the writers behind the scenes of a printed newspaper and magazine. They have to make sure that the piece they are sending out to the public is completely ethical and also legal, they also have to check out spelling mistakes and making sure that everything is correct. However it isn't just in the newspaper sector of the media. These are a few more editorial job roles within the media:
- Digital Project Manager
- Production Coordinator
- Graphic Designer
- Online Copywriter








Technical job roles in the media industry are more of the handling the technology than the editing side of the production team, even in sound, filming and many other sides. All of the job roles need to ensure that all things are filmed and created to the highest standard. Technical jobs include all camera operators, lighting technicians sound operators.

Managerial job roles in the media industry are the people who are in charge of all the employees and the people who make all the decisions. They have the power to have the final say in what happens and what the employees have to do next. An example of a managerial job is a Marketing manager, they have to make sure their company is the top in the competition with others and make sure their sale strategies are the best in the area or even the country, they have to manage the marketing budget for the company also. They have to make sure everyone is working to their best potential and that everything within the company is running smoothly.



Administrative job roles are one of the most important roles in the process of creating a production. There is lots of paper work to do before any sort of production starts on any type of shoot from photography to film and TV production. These workers complete all the pre-production work and make sure everything is organised, booked and in check for everything to start. For a film/TV production there are many things such as risk assessments, recce's, contact sheets and many others to fill out. They have to make sure everything happens on time and if it doesn't then figure out what happens next.


Legal job roles focus on all legal aspects of any type of production, this means that they have to deal with any legal issues or law suits which may come from a production. They also have to make sure that before things get filmed or printed they need to make sure that everything is okay for the general public to view.

Financial jobs in the media look after all the expenses during a production, shoot, printing and more. They have to  make sure that the company sticks to the budget and doesn't go over, this is so they can create profit from the product. They have to make sure the company don't spend money unnecessary which benefits the company in the long run as the company ends up spending less money.