Creative Director (CD)
A Creative Director has to do more with advertising and marketing products. They work with designers and artists to guide them to get the desired outcome of what the Creative Director envision. On the business side, CD’s work with sales teams and marketers.
In most cases, creative directors earn a bachelor’s followed by several years of experience.
Some skills that a creative director must have is leadership, decision-making skills, and analytical. These three qualities make up a proper creative director. Leadership in order to manage the team in the right direction. Decision making because the CD eventually has to make the final choice for the final product. Lastly, analytical skills to assure everything is perfect from artwork to data.
The annual median income for CD’s in 2010 was around $108,260. That’s pretty good in my eyes. However, it’ll take a while to get there.
Multimedia Production Project Manager (MPPM)
This job is no joke. It takes a lot of perseverance and determination from beginning to end. Multimedia covers radio, television, and several other mediums. They are also in charge of “organizing schedules, budgets, and people… from initial planning, estimating and scheduling, through filming or recording, and on to final budget and production reports.” according to Ian Linton. Basically, they are the head of the project. Without a multimedia production project manager, everything would fall apart and nothing would get done.
There are some tough qualifications to reach this position. Experience and leadership are two requirements to be a multimedia production project manager. An MPPM must have experience in every part of the process required in a project. Knowledge is power. What is most important is familiarity with production like lighting, filming, recording, and editing. Being an MPPM does not technically require a bachelor’s degree, but it would look good otherwise.
The median annual salary of a multimedia production project manager varies between the type of industry. For example, Motion Picture industry earns around $92,820 a year for a PM while those in radio and television only work up to an annual $54,120. One tip to earning a lot of money is git good.
Comparison
Both CD and MPPM require leadership. Another similarity is that both titles require experience. Someone can’t just get a degree and start working as a CD/MPPM. They have to work their way up. On the other hand, Creative Directors work more with advertising than a multimedia production project manager does.
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