Draft, negotiate, and manage the television department’s long form agreements including option/purchase agreements, co-production and co-financing agreements, production services agreements, pilot/series writer agreements, non-writing executive producer agreements, director agreements, and performer agreements.
VP
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive. Driven and ambitious, with a strong work ethic.
Oversee the entire movie development process from concept to post-production, including idea generation, script development, casting, and final execution, and coordinating with internal departments.
Lead the development phases from original pitch to execution, providing notes in line with the vision of the project. Hear and respond to pitches; evaluate new project submissions to assess their value as it relates to the creative direction.
Responsibilities include calendar management, meeting scheduling, travel & expense reports, event planning, and other administrative support as needed.
Assist with the preparation and submission of projects and client materials, ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines. Review and analyze scripts to support talent decisions and provide insightful feedback.
Coordinating meetings and schedules, planning department events, maintaining and organizing calendars, making travel arrangements, processing business expenses, managing files and office facilities, running reports, internal and external correspondence, and fielding calls to the appropriate parties.
Ability to read screenplays, analyze their strengths and weaknesses, and prepare clear development notes to help screenwriters address these weaknesses without undermining the screenplay’s strengths.
Responsible for all administrative and clerical support with responsibilities that include but are not limited to: keeping organized files; ensuring invoices are approved and submitted; preparing expense reports; making travel arrangements; assisting in scheduling events; answering phones; coordinating meetings and schedules.
Facilitate daily workflow of assigned VPs by maintaining calendar, scheduling meetings, handling travel, meeting logistics, etc.
Track and evaluate incoming submissions, providing insightful feedback as needed. Stay informed about the progress of internal projects, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of all ongoing developments.
Support physical production/budgeting of all original programming. Negotiate, oversee and monitor deals and personnel.
Independently and efficiently lead all aspects of physical production, for each assigned project from pre-production through delivery, setting direction and standards, while keeping senior executives abreast of plans and strategies.
Develop and monitor production budgets, cost reports, and financial projections to ensure fiscal targets are met. Collaborate closely with creative teams to navigate operational challenges across all production stages.
Manage calendar and schedule meetings. Draft memos and reports. Coordinate travel
Hear and respond to pitches, evaluate new project submissions, and read and analyze creative materials to assess their value as it relates to the brand strategy.
Supervises development of material and projects. Generates notes documents for projects in all stages of production: development through post-production.
Track and document development slate submissions for executive. Support executive in tracking incoming materials for current series including scripts, cuts, calendars and delivery dates.
Participate in reading of books, scripts, short stories, plays, etc. for available submissions as well as samples. Watch old and current films and tv shows/episodes in relation to projects, submissions, and talent samples. Provide feedback/notes on submissions and project drafts when needed.
Lead the curation and development of cost-effective originals to drive success across both linear and SVOD platforms, fostering diversity and inclusion in our content offerings.
Discover, research and develop new and unique ideas, concepts, trends, and talent (for casting) with a primary focus on large scale formats for broadcast TV and streaming.
Develop and maintain a thorough familiarity with all projects occurring within the department. Read scripts and writing samples and provide feedback on quality and strengths/weaknesses of material.
Strategizing and implementing meaningful creative, budgetary, and editorial collaborations with show runners, executives, talent, and production partners to expand company’s wider creative strategy.
Management of development slate. Oversight of assigned movies in production from greenlight to delivery. Provide creative feedback on movies development and production.
Answer phones, roll calls. Manage calendar and schedule meetings. Draft memos and reports.
Be a creative problem-solver and self-starter who is resilient in a fast-paced environment, and highly collaborative with exceptional organizational skills.
Attend technical scouts and final production meetings to confirm that the final stages of pre-production are on course for a successful shoot, and supervise reshoots for maximum production value while minimizing the impact to the post schedule.
Arranging executive calendars and scheduling meetings, independently or as directed. Answering telephones, logging and placing calls.
Involves scheduling meetings, coordinating projects, building presentations & data charts, script coverage, booking travel, managing expense reports, onboarding / training new employees, and distribution of time-sensitive legal documents.
Reading scripts and watching cuts and giving creative notes, building, and maintaining relationships in the creative community, and overseeing execution and production of series, etc.
