BBC STUDIOS FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT is looking for a Development Producer/Senior Development Producer with a proven track record in developing distinctive factual entertainment ideas, from original conception to pitch, for a range of broadcasters and platforms. 

We are looking for an original thinker who loves coming up with fresh ideas, who brings energy and enthusiasm to brainstorms and who can work up toplines into smart formats. You will be expected to produce compelling treatments and pitch materials, lead brainstorms, spot exciting new talent to work with, produce sizzles (either cutting yourself or working with an editor) and design decks. We want people who can think big and come up with noisy, ambitious formats with scale.
 

Role Responsibility

This development team focuses on winning commissions for linear broadcasters and the SVODs.  Our remit is to create returnable, global Factual Entertainment brands – incorporating everything from Daytime to Features, Competition Formats, Popular Fcatual and Premium Reality. A thorough knowledge of the UK market is crucial and an understanding of the US market desirable.

You will be expected to come up with exciting new concepts that have the potential to be returnable, sellable and scalable and that will resonate with an audience both in the UK and internationally. You will also be able to think through formats and solve problems to make your and the team’s ideas as distinctive as possible. You will be passionate about talent and finding vehicles for both established and emerging names.

You will have a strong track record of coming up with imaginative and commissionable programme proposals. You will need to show you can write punchy, effective decks, and you will have highly developed team-working and communication skills with the ability to identify opportunities for collaborations.