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Vice President
NBC Universal
Universal City, CA, United States
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Vice President, Drama Development
About Us
NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The VP, Drama Development will report to and work with the EVP of Drama Programming to develop new broadcast, cable and streaming series for the Studio.
Essential Responsibilities:
Field pitches, identify trends, and help establish the strategic development goals for the Drama department
Develop new and current programming, including identifying and securing new talent for projects in development
Build and maintain relationships with production and/or co-production partners
Identify new business opportunities, pursuing potential deals where appropriate
Provide notes on cuts and scripts
Oversee the development of internal formats, from initial idea through to creation of episodic bible
Find and pitch new material to senior management
Provide notes on story, outline and script for projects in development
Introduce new writers to the studio with the potential for future development
Assist the development team in identifying concepts and talent
Work with Business Affairs to close talent and production deals
Work with Production to ensure that agreed to concepts are fully realized in production
Spearhead internal concepting for shows that will expand the brand
Supervise the production of multiple series
Attend shoots, and work with the Executive Producers and the director of finance/ production to solve budget issues
Work with the Programming department to ensure that agreed to concepts are fully realized in production
Attend and act as a creative executive on run-throughs and tapings
Build and maintain relationships with producers, directors, and production companies
Serve as liaison between production and other network departments including publicity, marketing, finance, etc.
Work strategically with producers and network to continuously reinvigorate current series
Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
Minimum 7 years of experience in television and have experience in development and production
Minimum 3 years in production or development capacity
Proficiency in MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office
Eligibility Requirements:
Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
Willingness to work overtime and on weekends with short notice
Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
Must have work authorization to work in the United States
Must be covered by Solutions, NBCU’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Desired Characteristics:
Experience in programming for the Network Television market with hands-on experience, ideally from both a production and a development stand-point
Proven skills in program scheduling and knowledge of network operations
Exhibit flexibility, excellent communication skills and relationship building ability
Assertive, enthusiastic and highly motivated self-starter
Polished with good interpersonal skills
Creative and passionate
Innovative and entrepreneurial
A self-starter, who is assertive, enthusiastic and highly motivated
Experience in television development
Strong relationships with Agents, Managers, writers and producers
Strong communication skills and relationship building ability
Ideal candidate is polished with good interpersonal skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative, and high energy environment
Team Player who works well with others
Knowledge of basic web technology
Internal Experience in either generating and taking pitches for a production company OR taking pitches for a network or cable network
Strong relationships with the agent and production community
Strong writing and interpersonal skills