Compare Graphic Designers & Media Programming Directors District Of Columbia

Comparison Graphic Designers Media Programming Directors
Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Graphic Designers $83,500
Media Programming Directors $95,500

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Production and Processing
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Telecommunications Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Very Low
Telecommunications Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Medium

Telecommunications
Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

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Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Medium

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Low
Management of Personnel Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Medium

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Coordination Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Low
Coordination Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Medium

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Judgment and Decision Making Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Low
Judgment and Decision Making Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Medium

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers
Medium
Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
High

Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

Licensing

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Licensing for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Graphic Designers
Graphic Designers

6 related certifications

Certification for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

4 related certifications

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