VP, Drama Development (Temp)

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. • $164K — $305K *
Burbank, CA 91505Hybrid
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of creative executive experience in drama or comedy development.
  • College degree or equivalent preferred.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Good understanding of budgeting and basic accounting principles.
  • Strong writing and communication skills, capable of interacting with personnel at all levels.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee writer and development deals, providing creative feedback during pitch/script development.
  • Create a cohesive environment among writers, producers, and networks during development.
  • Build and maintain relationships with the creative community to identify new material and talent.
  • Serve as liaison between various WB Television Departments to facilitate information flow.
  • Generate original ideas for development, expanding the creative slate.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with top talent in the entertainment industry.
  • Access to a diverse array of creative projects across different platforms.
  • Chance to influence the direction of new drama series for major networks and streaming services.
Full Job Description
Your New Role...

Responsible for directing and managing aspects of development of new drama series to broadcast, cable or streaming television.

Your Role Accountabilities...

  • Oversees writer/development deals by providing creative feedback during the pitch/script development process.
  • Responsible for creating a cohesive working environment between Warner Bros. Television writers/producers, with development deals, and the networks.
  • Maintains and establishes new relationships with the creative community (writers, producers, and performers), agents and managers with the end goal of identifying outside material and talent for Warner Bros. Productions.
  • Acts as liaison between the WB Television Departments (Production, Publicity, Business Affairs, Casting, etc.) to streamline the flow of information.
  • Generates original ideas and arenas for development
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.


Qualifications & Experience...

Work Experience

  • Position requires a minimum of 5 years creative executive experience with previous creative/development experience in either drama or comedy.


Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification

  • College degree or equivalent preferred.


Knowledge/Skills

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Knowledge of basic accounting sufficient to review, analyze and evaluate budgets.
  • Must have good relations with personnel at all levels of the company.
  • Must be able to prepare clear and concise reports, manuals etc. for management.
  • Must have strong writing and excellent communication skills
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of management
  • Must be able to work under strict time constraints and meet deadlines


Preferred...

  • Must be able to supervise, direct, and evaluate administrative and clerical subordinates in the performance of the tasks.
  • Must be able to review and comprehend detailed documents or instruments.
  • Must be detailed-oriented.
  • Must be able to handle confidential information.
  • Must be able to problem solve within scope of responsibility.
  • Must have strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Must be extremely organized.
  • Must be able to handle multiple tasks.


Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

About Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBIE was founded on January 14, 2004 under Warner Bros. and transferred to the Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005. WBIE manages the wholly owned game development studios TT Games, Rocksteady Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games Boston, Avalanche Software, and WB Games Montréal, among others.
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1918
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