Evaluating books/scripts and writing clear, concise coverage. Contributing creatively to projects when helpful. Support in day-to-day operations.
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Actively participates in pitch meetings, reads pitch materials acquired through various sources and provides feedback on pitches. Collaborates with various creative talent, including writers, artists and directors, to oversee the creation of development materials from pitch through greenlight to series.
General administrative tasks including phone coverage and running occasional errands. Preparing and reviewing pitch materials and contributing creative projects. Work closely with executive assistants and other team members to support day-to-day operations.
Working closely with executives, producers, and fellow coordinators, you’ll help shape projects, evaluate material, and support Tricky Knot’s creative vision and commitment to excellence.
Find and book compelling guests for the show, following booking protocols. Write preparation documents for interviews. Develop and produce guest segments.
In-depth coverage of incoming material. Research on development projects, potential IP, etc. Provide notes and creative feedback on scripts in active development.
Heavy script and book reading. Complete coverage on incoming projects, summarizing the story and commenting on if it’s a project worth pursuing.
Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external partners and ensure efficient communication and smooth operations within the executive office and the Comedy Development department.
Reading scripts, writing coverage and engaging in/consuming and tracking various forms of media that could be of interest to the development team, including but not limited to podcasts, television series, movies, novels, comic books, web series, social media personalities, documentaries, articles, etc.
Oversee the development team, line-managing one of the three development and production executives and the development editor, as well as mentoring junior staff across the wider team, to ensure they are meeting Film4’s needs in terms of the slate, identifying new talent, covering theatre, books, TV talent etc.