How to become a media or Broadcast manager

Official title: Media/Broadcast manager

Also called: Administrator of studio and broadcasting station, Broadcast manager, Broadcasting station manager, Film production manager, Media and broadcast manager, Media manager, Multimedia department manager, Radio programming manager, Radio station manager, Radio station operations director, Video production company manager, Head - Content Commissioning

Media/Broadcast manager plans, organises, directs, controls and evaluates operations, such as content localisation and commissioning, regulatory compliance, programme scheduling etc., within media production companies and broadcasting facilities.

Main tasks

• Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organisation or centre
• Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff
• Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of professional technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
• Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of services
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Planning, directing and coordinating the provision of services
• Coordinating cooperation with other services provision agencies in the same or related fields

Ways in

• University: Communications & Media degrees, Offered by 1 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $72,120 a year. The middle half earn $56,940 to $96,888 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a media or Broadcast manager?

Ways in include: Communications & Media degrees.

How much does a media or Broadcast manager earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $72,120 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $56,940 to $96,888.

Will AI change the work of a media or Broadcast manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026