Compare Media Programming Directors & Art Directors District Of Columbia

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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.)

Media Programming Directors $95,500
Art Directors $165,000

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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.

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.

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

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

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.

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

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

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

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

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

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

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.

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

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

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.


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.

Fine Arts Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Low
Fine Arts Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
High

Fine Arts
Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

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Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors
Low
Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Art Directors
Art Directors
High

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.


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 Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Art Directors
Art Directors

Licensing

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Licensing for Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Art Directors
Art 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 Media Programming Directors
Media Programming Directors

4 related certifications

Certification for Art Directors
Art Directors

0 related certifications