Videoboard Producer

Also called: Jumbotron Producer, In-Venue Production Director

Runs the giant screens, replays, and crowd games during live games.

A day in the life

A videoboard producer sits in the control room calling replays, kiss cams, and crowd games on the giant screen during a live game. Before games they build graphics and plan the show.

Pay over a career

Starting
$40k
Typical
$58k
High
$90k

Approximate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's in broadcasting, media production or communications, often with game-day internships running a team's videoboard.

Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Broadcasting.

Outlook

Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Similar to producers.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. Automation and AI clip finders handle replays and graphics; live calls on what to show need a producer.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Video production CTE, Computer applications, Music.

Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.

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