Creator and Contributor Roles

Following are the definitions for creator or contributor roles.

Role	Definition
Actor	Person playing a character role in the production.
Adobe Stock Contributor	Person or organization who contributed an asset to Adobe Stock.
Artist	Person primarily responsible for the artistic content of the production, or the visual content contained in the media work, and who may hold copyright to it – for example, a video artist like Andy Warhol, or a painter commissioned to provide a visual work for the production.
Artistic Director	Person responsible for unifying the feel and vision of a television production, film production, theatrical company, etc.
Associate Producer	Person who takes on responsibilities delegated to them by the Producer. They work on the development and pre-production stages, and on the production. Duties can range from supervising the production design team or post production, or coordinating the work of visual effects companies. This is an industry term, and specific roles and responsibilities may vary between jobs and productions.
Author	Person primarily responsible for the intellectual content of the production and who may hold copyright to it – for example, a novelist whose work is adapted into a film.
Broadcast Engineer	Person who works with hardware and broadcast systems that are used across television, radio and new media to broadcast and distribute programs.
Camera Operator	Person responsible for manning the camera. Several people may fill this role on one production.
Caption Writer	Person or organization responsible for editing/adding closed captioning.
Casting Director	Person responsible for initially finding the cast members chosen for a production.
Choreographer	Person responsible for selection or creation of dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances and especially for ballets.
Commentator	Person who discusses news, sports events, weather, or the like, as on television or radio.
Composer	Person who writes music for a specific production, or who is responsible for the artistic content of a piece of music used within a specific production and who may own copyright to that content. Composers of specific elements (for example, theme music) may be identified in an annotation.
Concept Artist	Person who produces an artistic rendering of an element or elements in a film, TV show, or video game, created as part of the development and visualization of characters, costumes, environments, etc.
Conductor	Person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir.
Co-Producer	Person who performs a substantial portion of a creative producing function, or who is primarily responsible for one or more managerial producing functions. A co-producer has less responsibility than a producer for the completion of a project. This is an industry term, and specific roles and responsibilities may vary between jobs and productions.
Copyright Holder	Identifies a person, people, or organization that holds the copyright to the resource.
Costume Designer	Person responsible for designing and creating costumes and wardrobe for a production.
Creator	Person who created this asset.
Director	Person who supervises the actors, camera crew, and other staff for a movie, play, television program, or similar production.
Director of Photography	Cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image.
Editor	Person who assembles the footage for a production into the final end product.
Foley Artist	Person that uses objects to create (or recreate) sound on a Foley sound stage to be added to the final audio mix, such as footsteps, the opening and closing doors, or mechanical sounds.
Graphic Designer	Person who creates and designs visual elements for a production, such as logos, posters or brochures.
Graphic Editor	Person who assembles graphics and animation for a production.
Guest	Person who is invited to appear on one or several episodes of a television show, but is not a regular part of the cast or crew.
Host	Person who introduces a television or radio program, presents the various program elements, and interviews any guests.
Interviewee	Person being interviewed.
Interviewer	Person who asks the questions during an interview.
Job Owner	Person who manages or owns a Workfront project (job).
Lighting Technician	Person responsible for the creation of the lighting design for a given production.
Lyricist	The writer of the text of a song.
Make-Up Artist	Person responsible for designing and creating make-up and prosthetic effects for a production.
Moderator	Person who moderates a discussion.
Music Arranger	A person who takes a pre-written piece and writes a new score to present the original piece of music in a particular way. The arranger will write parts for all the individual instruments and voices which they want to appear in their version of the piece.
Music Supervisor	Person responsible for working with the director and composer of a production to manage, select, and/or edit music for the production; this may also be identified as music director or music editor.
Musician	Player of a musical instrument.
Narrator	Person whose voice explains what is happening in a television program or movie, but who generally is not seen.
Performer	Person, company, band, or group of performers that ​entertains ​people by ​dancing, ​singing, ​acting, ​playing ​music, or providing some other form of entertainment.
Photographer	Person who ​takes ​photographs. In film and television this person may be called a unit still photographer or simply, still photographer, who creates still photographic images intended for use in promotion, continuity and documentation of films and television productions.
Producer	Person who initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls all aspects of the production process, including creative, financial, technological and administrative. A Producer is involved throughout all phases of production from inception to completion. A production may have more than one producer.
Product Manager	Person who manages a product at the Church.
Product Owner	Person who owns a product at the Church, may be a sponsoring department.
Product Plan Manager	Person who manages the product pplan at the Church.
Publisher	A person or organization primarily responsible for distributing or making the asset available to others.
Recording Engineer	Person who operates consoles and other equipment to record, control, replay, and mix sound from various live performances and in the production of radio, television, music, and film. Recording Engineers may also be called Sound Recordists, Sound Mixers, or Audio Engineers. There are also specialized engineers such as Sound Engineers (for film sets), ADR Recordists, and Foley Recordists.
Reporter	Person who conducts interviews, reports events, or presents news information for a broadcast.
Set Designer	Person who designs and creates the set for a production.
Sound Designer	Person who works closely with the production team to design any required sounds to include in a production.
Sound Editor	Person who creates the soundtrack by cutting and synchronizing all sound elements. There may be specialized editors for specific sound element types as well, such as a Sound Effects Editor.
Speaker	Broad term for a person whose speech or lecture is included in a production.
Technical Director	Most senior technical person on a production team, who oversees the technical quality of the production and/or supervises the technical crew. This is an industry term, and specific roles and responsibilities may vary between jobs and productions.
Translator	Person responsible for translating material from one language to another.
Video Engineer	Person who is responsible for technical aspects of video recording and production systems. This is an industry term, and specific roles and responsibilities may vary between jobs and productions.
Vocalist	Person who sings or otherwise vocally contributes a production or a composition used in a production.
Voiceover Artist	Unseen performer who adds their voice to the production in various ways, such as for animated characters or when dubbing into another language. For musical performances use Vocalist.
Writer	Person who created or contributed to the script of a production; usually involved with the production as a work-for-hire.