A design or advertising studio manager's responsibilities will typically include traffic management, by ensuring all briefs are dispatched in the studio according to a designer's skills and strengths and ensure all work is delivered promptly and to deadline to the relevant people.
A design studio manager should have excellent organizational and communication skills and motivate their team by showing good leadership.
This generally encompasses a mixing desk, alongside ancillary equipment such as ISDN codecs, playback and recording devices, and telephone and VoIP adapters.
A desirable music balance reflects the sound of a performance; for an orchestral rendition, each instrument ought to be heard at the correct relative volume and, for stereo programmes, at the 'correct' position in the orchestra.
Within the BBC, studio managers are used extensively across news, drama, and live music output.