Talent Directors

Overview

Talent Directors has a national median salary of $90,360 per year, with +4% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.

Work Values

• Achievement
• Relationships
• Recognition

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Audition and interview performers to match their attributes to specific roles or to increase the pool of available acting talent.
• Prepare actors for auditions by providing scripts and information about roles and casting requirements.
• Select performers for roles or submit lists of suitable performers to producers or directors for final selection.
• Contact agents and actors to provide notification of audition and performance opportunities and to set up audition times.
• Serve as liaisons between directors, actors, and agents.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Thinking Creatively
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Scheduling Work and Activities
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others

Detailed Work Activities

• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

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