Media Programming Directors, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here26
  • news director
  • media director
  • program manager
  • sports director
  • station manager
  • media coordinator
  • newscast director
  • broadcast director
  • paid media manager
  • program supervisor
  • paid media director
  • production director
  • program coordinator
  • program director pd
  • and 12 more
SOC code
27-2012.03
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
19 activities
Activities an agent can take on
5
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Media Programming DirectorsSOC 27-2012.03
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
78% · agentMostly automatable
72% · agentMostly automatable
28% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 4 need no setup
Programming strategy agent
Google Analytics · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft PowerPoint
● No integration needed
Promotion development agent
Adobe Creative Cloud software · Facebook · TikTok
Needs Facebook
Compliance verification agent
Microsoft Excel · Scheduling databases · Microsoft Word
● No integration needed
Activity logging agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft SharePoint · Scheduling databases
● No integration needed
Interview research agent
Web · Search · Microsoft Word
● No integration needed
You keep this
Direct live on-air production and cue talent in real-timeOwn final hiring, firing, and performance evaluation decisionsApprove programming budgets and authorize expendituresMaintain FCC accountability and sign off on regulatory compliance

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Program scheduling, planning & analytics88% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable
Promotional content development & strategy85% · drafting and content production · mostly automatable
Program logs verification & compliance checking82% · analysis and evaluation work · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 19 detailed work activities O*NET records for Media Programming Directors, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.