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Titles And Job Descriptions Of TV Producers – Overview

Producers’ Titles and Job Descriptions

In scripted TV, producers can also be writers. From show to show and genre to genre, producers’ titles and their job descriptions can vary considerably. Below, you’ll find a sampling of titles that genuine, hard-working producers work under.

• Executive Producer :This is the murkiest of all producers’ titles because it covers the gamut of descriptions. It’s meant to designate the person who makes the deals, finds the finances, and/or puts the package of writer, director, actors, and/or crew together. Usually he sets up and controls the budget. The executive producer may hire various crew and cast, and can be in charge of other producers for one or more projects. There may be several executive producers, also listed as co-executive producers, on a single project.On a financial level, the executive producer might have single-handedly financed the project, even mortgaged his house to develop it, or he may have had just one brief meeting with an investor who said yes. He may be actively on the set and in the office every day, or he may show up only at the wrap party. The lead actress could demand the executive producer credit, and so could her husband or manager

• Showrunner :This job can be as ill-defined as the executive producer’s job — and often they are one and the same job. The term showrunner is informal, and not credited as such, although the person in this position is responsible for the overall creative direction of a series. She is primarily the writer and/or manages and guides other writers in creating the scripts; she may often rewrite scripts and make sure they’re delivered on schedule. The showrunner on a reality show, talk show, news, specials, etc. is not as involved in writing and deals more with generating ideas. She may also be very involved in pitching a show idea to a network, casting the actors, and staying on top of a very long list of elements needed to produce a weekly show. Most important, the showrunner maintains the essential vision of the show.A  showrunner can be a writer, a producer, or both, and she has the power to hire or fire, shouldering the burden of the show’s success or failure.

• Producer (also called senior producer, supervising producer) :She can be an entrepreneurial producer or a producer commissioned to work on the project. Either way, she starts the ball rolling, usually from concept to broadcast, by initiating ideas and hiring and coordinating crews. She can also be the writer and/or the director, or hires them; casts the talent; and supervises and controls the budget and the technical and administrative aspects throughout the project. She oversees contracts and negotiations, and may receive part of the final profits as well as a regular salary.

• Associate Producer :Also called the coproducer or assistant producer, he is the producer’s right hand and does specific jobs that the producer assigns. This can be on the cre- ative side, such as helping with interviews on a talk show, and can also lean toward the administration side, such as making production schedules, allotting budgets to departments, booking talent and/or crew, research, interviewing talent, finding locations, etc.

• Line Producer (also called production manager, unit production manager, producer, or coproducer) :The nuts and bolts of producers, she’s most involved in the day-to-day operation from the beginning to the end of the project. She keeps budgets on track and compares estimated costs to actual expenditures. The line producer represents the adminis- trative side of television. Rather than generating ideas, the line producer turns ideas into reality by figuring out the Logistics of a project. She keeps the production on schedule (set constructions, props, wardrobes, talent releases, etc.). She breaks down the script into a storyboard and its components for production, and decides the sequence of shooting that’s most cost-effective. She works closely with the producer(s) in various aspects of location scouting, transportation and lodging, as well as other aspects of production. It’s a vital job as the line producer helps the executive producer, producer, and director do their jobs smoothly.

• Staff Producers :Staff producers are hired on a permanent basis by a network or production company, and generally are employees with benefits. Their jobs usually involve producing an ongoing aspect of the show assigned to them: they interview potential guests, research stories, find and secure locations, etc.

• Segment Producers :In news, reality-based programming, or talk shows, they are assigned to one of several stories aired within the program and produce their own segment. Some shows may have several teams comprised of a producer, PAs, a operator, and an editor who work together on their segment.

• Independent Producers :They often own their own small companies with a capable infrastructure, and work on a project for a network or production company. They may have a complete staff and might not be required to work on premise; they get no benefits and usually pay all their taxes and other expenses from their production fees or salaries.

• Field Producers :This area of producing means a producer is “in the field” or at a location some distance away from the primary producer. Many companies in New York or Los Angeles have a roster of field producers who are located around the country or abroad. They can be on the scene faster and less expensively, and usually work in areas such as sports, entertainment, and news.

• Session Producers :Many aspects of producing require a producer to supervise for quality, time, and length, and to keep consistent with footage already shot. These producers arrange for and supervise recording sessions, interviews, voice-over narration, etc.

• Post-Production Supervisors :As producers for the post-production stage, they’re familiar with the footage to be edited as well as with all the graphic and audio elements. They work closely with the editor and later, with the sound designer and audio editor in all the audio mixes throughout the final stages of post-production.

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