Newscast director vs senior technical director

The differences between newscast directors and senior technical directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a newscast director and a senior technical director. Additionally, a senior technical director has an average salary of $148,603, which is higher than the $54,603 average annual salary of a newscast director.

The top three skills for a newscast director include control room, GRASS and ENPS. The most important skills for a senior technical director are cloud, project management, and product development.

Newscast director vs senior technical director overview

	Newscast Director	Senior Technical Director
Yearly salary	$54,603	$148,603
Hourly rate	$26.25	$71.44
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	7,504	83,169
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	2	2

Newscast director vs senior technical director salary

Newscast directors and senior technical directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Newscast Director	Senior Technical Director
Average salary	$54,603	$148,603
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $99,000	Between $103,000 And $214,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between newscast director and senior technical director education

There are a few differences between a newscast director and a senior technical director in terms of educational background:

	Newscast Director	Senior Technical Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Communication	Computer Science
Most common college	Northwestern University	Stanford University

Newscast director vs senior technical director demographics

Here are the differences between newscast directors' and senior technical directors' demographics:

	Newscast Director	Senior Technical Director
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 73.5% Female, 26.5%	Male, 83.7% Female, 16.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	14%	14%

Differences between newscast director and senior technical director duties and responsibilities

Newscast director example responsibilities.

Maintain news set, stage manage during live morning show broadcasts, operate jib and Stadicam during live broadcast.
Operate Sony video switcher during newscast
Direct the work of artists, directors, technicians, and other teams in order to produce documentaries
Produce daily promos, show imaging, and daily podcasts.

Senior technical director example responsibilities.

Manage 7x24x365 NOC with a staff of 36.
Manage ASG's IP portfolio.
Manage FDA submissions for medical devices.
Lead data center consolidation efforts, improving SLAs and reducing outages.
Plan and manage Citrix farm implementation, including all staff training.
Lead effort to develop/release Medicaid enrollment and plan shopping product on Java platform.

Newscast director vs senior technical director skills

Common newscast director skills

Control Room, 46%
GRASS, 11%
ENPS, 8%
ABC, 7%
Audio Board, 4%
News Production, 3%

Common senior technical director skills

Cloud, 10%
Project Management, 7%
Product Development, 6%
Technology Solutions, 5%
Customer Satisfaction, 5%
Service Delivery, 5%

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