Vice President

Actively pitch and sell series to both established buyers (e.g., streamers, networks) and emerging platforms, leveraging relationships and insight to drive sales and new shows.

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.

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.

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.

Structure and negotiate complex agreements for all forms of “above-the-line” talent, including directors, writers, actors, and voice talent, as well as rights deals including novels, films and comic books. Work closely with executives and producers to put deals into place.

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.

Handle complex scheduling and calendar management, balancing multiple priorities with precision and flexibility. Manage and track client and project submissions, ensuring accuracy and timely follow-through.

Organizes heavy calendar scheduling, facilitates heavy email and phone correspondence; submits expense reports, purchasing requests for supplies; books travel arrangements. Prepare general creative feedback/notes on slate projects.

Duties also include heavy office administration including logging submissions, maintaining files, managing databases, and logging and tracking materials. Also requires reading scripts, writing script coverage and draft comparisons across incoming submissions, development and current series.

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.

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.

Work with producers and production companies to maintain adherence and accountability for aspects of editorial, budgetary, and production standards as well as contractual requirements for true crime programming.

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.

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.

Hear and respond to pitches; evaluate new project submissions (scripts, books, articles, etc.), and read and analyze scripts, stories & outlines to assess their value as it relates to the creative direction of the Network.

Supervises development of material and projects. Generates notes documents for projects in all stages of production: development through post-production.

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.

Organizes heavy calendar scheduling, facilitates heavy email and phone correspondence; submits expense reports, purchasing requests for supplies; books travel arrangements. Prepare general creative feedback/notes on slate projects.

Strategizing and implementing meaningful creative, budgetary, and editorial collaborations with show runners, executives, talent, and production partners to expand company’s wider creative strategy.

From a creative standpoint, partner with the International creative teams to review market materials, development slates and pilots to ensure alignment with the creative vision. Provide creative notes and feedback on outlines, scripts, and cuts.

Conceptualize and write funny, creative, culturally relevant original copy for talent and filmmakers for creative content group’s projects, which include, but are not limited to media promos, vignettes, digital content, marketing reels, and award materials.

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.

Responsible for managing the day-to-day administrative tasks including answering phone calls, responding to emails and other communications, scheduling appointments and more.

Read screenplays, analyze their strengths and weaknesses, and prepare clear development notes to help screenwriters address these weaknesses without undermining the screenplay’s strengths.

Oversee a development team of creatives and manage their ideation and development processes.

Read and watch current material in a timely manner and provide feedback as necessary. Organize heavy calendar scheduling, and phone correspondence; submits expense reports, books travel arrangements.