Job Roles in the Television and Film Industries

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Script Editor Job-Reporting to the Script Producer you'll work as part of a team overseeing episodes from idea stage to delivery to the production crew and through to shoot. Generating creative ideas as well as long term story ideas, you'll work with the production teams representing the writers' interests, ensuring their consent to script changes as well as ensuring the scripts are editorially correct, carrying out the necessary checks. In addition you'll attend the monthly Commissioning meetings offering and suggesting critical and creative suggestions about your week's episodes. You'll be responsible for providing writers with the editorial brief needed and ensure they have access to any technical expert or consultant as required. You'll be restructuring and generating new story lines within your script as well as turning around creative drafts in short spaces of time.

People working on EastEnders are a talented, experienced and creative bunch. To join them and make this programme the most talked about on the channel, it's really important you have the necessary skills we're looking for. You should demonstrate prior experience of script editing ideally on TV drama series, have significant experience in generating creative ideas and treatments and experience of working with new and experienced writers under pressure and to tight deadlines. You should also have strong communication, negotiation, influencing and persuading skills and the ability to work within a team and on your own initiative. It is important that you have an understanding of the copyright law, Writers Guild agreements, contracts and the legal implications for production processes. you will need to take a creative writingg degree because it will be classed as a qualification when you go for the job role.

Its fixed term contract/ Full time 

Series Producer Job-As Series Producer, you will lead the team producing specific output, ensuring we maintain our high editorial standards whilst being creative in our production. We're looking for an experienced Series Producer who is highly organised, has strong editorial judgment and writing skills, and can cope well under pressure. You will also need good leadership skills to encourage and motivate your team.

With substantial experience as a Series Producer and preferably a background in news and/or current affairs journalism, broadcasting, print or online, you will have a track record of managing a production from ideas generation through to delivery. Evidence of sound editorial judgement and the ability to lead a team are essential, as are good writing skills, previous management experience, and demonstrable experience of organising and keeping on top of changing schedules in a fast-moving environment with often contentious material.

** Please note **

Your application should be accompanied by a 250 word treatment for a film on The One Show.  This can either be an original story or a fresh angle from the current news agenda.  Please outline what this film would investigate, reveal, interrogate or expose - and give details of what would happen in the film and what the viewer would see.