Also called: Stage Manager (TV), Floor Director
Runs the studio floor during TV shows, giving hand signals to hosts and keeping the audience in line.
A floor manager wears a headset connected to the control room and counts down a host with fingers, cues them to wrap up, and manages guests and audiences.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Broadcast degree; works up from production assistant.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Broadcasting.
Growing slowly. Fewer studio shows at local stations.
Low risk for 10 years. Running a live studio floor with hand signals and audiences is in-person work.
Classes: Theater stage management, Speech, Film/video production CTE, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.
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