Responsible for tracking, monitoring and assisting in assessing the product in the pipeline to identify projects suitable for international distribution.
development
Identify new business opportunities, pursuing potential deals, while finding and securing new talent for projects in development. Cultivate relationships with top-tier creators, writers, showrunners, and production partners to secure high-quality IP and original ideas.
Gain hands-on experience in the industry with prep, production, and development.
Script and book coverage & analysis. Research and maintaining grids.
Lead the process of hearing hundreds of pitches and reading spec scripts to assemble the development slate; manage a portion of the slate, providing notes, and positioning projects for series orders.
Work in conjunction with the Drama Development department to transition shows that have been picked up from Development into Current series. Work with Production to ensure that agreed concepts are fully realized in production.
Schedule meeting requests and manage calendar. Track and keep updated records of incoming submissions, project drafts, samples, and production materials. Read and provide opinions on incoming submissions and project drafts.
High volume assistant duties, including but not limited to answering and rolling calls, heavy scheduling, booking travel, and liaising with other internal departments and external contacts. Script coverage and material evaluation for current shows, development projects, and incoming submissions and specs.
Read and analyze scripts, providing detailed coverage and feedback. Assess story structure, character development, dialogue, and pacing. Identify strengths and weaknesses in scripts and suggest improvements.
Work closely with the director/producer to manage project timelines, creative priorities, and industry outreach. Coordinate meetings, calls, and schedules, ensuring seamless workflow across multiple projects.
Assemble writer/director lists for active projects. Read submission materials (scripts and treatments) and provide feedback. Track projects in development at other studios/production companies.
Lead, manage, and hold accountable script development team (writers and script consultants). Manage Script Development pipeline. Achieve script development deadlines.
Handle schedule/calendar/phones/call list; keep execs on schedule. Read scripts, review dailies, summarize notes from development meetings/calls.
Provide direct administrative support to the VP and two Managers of development. Prepare executive level presentations, memos, reports, spreadsheets, and other correspondence.
Maintain strong relationships with creative talent and industry professionals. Provide clear, insightful verbal and written feedback on story materials through all phases of development and production.
Liaise with other Disney executives, producers, writers, and assistants internally and externally. Read project drafts, submissions, and samples, providing feedback as part of the creative development process.
Delve into Webtoon/Wattpad IP to support the WWS Live-Action Film Team by pinpointing IP ripe for adaptation; and help strategize the optimal approach. Collaborate with film team members to bring on the right creative partners and identify the best path to a sale.
Reads and writes coverage on submissions across TV. Maintains and organizes tracking grids for internal projects in TV development and production, talent tracking, submissions, etc.
Assist with various stages of Development, Prep, Production, and Post Production. Work on various Research and Development projects including crafting set lists, script comparisons, pulling images, acquiring location packages from films commissions, etc.
Brainstorm, develop and produce kid-targeted videos, shorts and series for YouTube and Peacock. Pitch quality branded content that exemplifies the voice of the brands we promote. Partner with Physical Production to develop budgets and shoot calendars.
Create presentations and documents using PowerPoint and Keynote. Act as liaison with other internal departments and external contacts to execute assignments and represent the President in a professional and efficient manner.
Provide organizational and administrative support to the department execs, anticipating needs of the executive(s) and always being two steps ahead. Read scripts, review dailies, summarize notes from development meetings/calls.
Responsible for assisting in film and television screenplay development run on time and on budget.
Department coordination including tracking and maintaining department grids and documents. Script coverage and material evaluation for current shows, development projects, and incoming submissions and specs.
Read and evaluate screenplays, treatments, and other development materials. Provide detailed coverage, including loglines, synopses, and critical analysis.
Manage a busy calendar, coordinate meetings, and handle phone correspondence with professionalism and discretion. Work closely with writers, actors, and multi-hyphenates, gaining valuable exposure to the entertainment industry’s creative and managerial facets.
Experience in both development and current programming and can provide strong, astute notes on outlines, scripts and cuts. Writing ability a key for notes document process.
Act as the Director’s story curator, clearly and concisely understanding the narrative the Director wants to tell, finding creative ways to support that vision, and bringing that vision to the screen. Work with the Director and Writer in story development to brainstorm and foster story concepts from the outline or script to be assigned to Storyboard Artists.
Track, organize, and manage incoming documentary submissions and materials on past and current shows in partnership with Development executives and assistant. Assist in building and maintaining competitive industry tracking documents, developing an understanding of the documentary and nonfiction industry.
Rolling a high volume of calls and setting meetings. Taking notes during calls and distributing script materials.
