• Collaborate with a team of developers, fostering a culture of creative excellence and efficient format workflow.
• Drive workflows that ensure ideas move efficiently and quickly from development through packaging to market, prioritising speed and clear decision-making.
• Maintain trackers for ideas, casting, tests and report slate health to the Creative Director and Head of Formats & Entertainment.

Format design and iteration

• Turn toplines into fleshed out concepts - playable games, twist mechanics, narratives with beginning, middle and end.
• Oversee gameplay sessions and run-throughs, applying sound editorial judgment to rapidly iterate and improve concepts.

Packaging and materials

• Build persuasive one-pagers, decks and sizzles that clearly express look, feel and audience engagement.
• Script and oversee sizzles, proof of concept and test shoots.

Casting and talent packaging

• Run contestant and contributor casting pipelines with a focus on diversity and strong gameplay.
• Identify and approach hosts, judges and comedic talent with agents.

Budgeting and planning in development

• Strategically collaborate with our Production Team to produce top-sheet budgets and schedules, ensuring efficient resource allocation for tasters, pilots, and test shoots.

Essential Requirements:

The Ideal Candidate Possesses

USA and UK Network experience

• A proven track record of developing series that have successfully sold, with experience being in key decision-making and pitching rooms
• Strong industry intelligence and market awareness across USA and UK networks and platforms.
• Knowledge of the different rhythms and processes of pitching in each territory.
• Existing relationships with commissioners in the UK and the USA

Format craft

• Can design repeatable, scalable mechanics with clear jeopardy, reveals and pace; can recognise the difference between family viewing and post-watershed tone.
• Can write tight format beats and rules that are fair, producible and playable in studio or on location.

Story and entertainment sense

• Can shape character around gameplay; understanding judge or host voice and audience needs.
• Demonstrates sound editorial judgement about ideas based on a deep understanding of target audiences, channels needs, and editorial guidelines

Prototyping and testing

• Is experienced in tabletop playtests and office run-throughs; and measures what works in order to make improvements quickly.

Production literacy

• Has a solid grasp of studio workflows, set implications, graphics and sound packages.
• Is comfortable supervising short edits in Premiere or Avid and giving clear notes.

Communication and collaboration

• A genuine excitement for building on and moving forward with ideas.
• The experience and confidence to recognise when a concept is ready to be pushed forward, even if that means challenging internal feedback or notes.
• Is persuasive on the page and in the room; a sharp copywriter with presence.
• Proven ability to collaborate with high-performing development teams; can set clear briefs, give constructive notes, coach juniors, and maintain composure when priorities shift.

To ensure diversity & inclusion, we encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented backgrounds.

To make sure we are inclusive and accessible to all, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance throughout the recruitment process.

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