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Development Executive, BBC America and BBC Worldwide Channels


Job Ref. No
R5402
Location
London - Media Centre
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Contract Duration
12 months
Job Category:
Commercial Ventures
Closing date for applications
20 January 2013 at 11:59pm

Department

BBC Worldwide is looking for a Development Executive to be responsible for attracting and generating strong ideas for original, predominantly factual entertainment programmes to sit at the heart of the BBC America and BBC Worldwide Channels. This is an exciting opportunity to ensure creative excellence and drive audience growth and brand loyalty. You'll be based in the Media Centre, West London.

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Role

Your role will be to seek and gather the best ideas from both external and in-house production teams to deliver against the commissioning needs for BBC America and WW channels to create and grow returnable factual entertainment brands that will drive consumer loyalty and generate commercial revenue. You'll present regular slates of ideas for discussion among the channel management teams to ensure a strong choice of options that can be developed into high-performing programmes.

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Requirements

We're looking for someone with substantial experience in the broadcast or cable industry in the UK as a producer, supervising producer or development executive with an understanding of international markets – including US. You'll have a track record in generating and executing new programmes and formats with proven record of audience and commercial results across 360 media. It's important that you'll be a creative thinker with strong ideas and ability to lead brainstorms to generate and develop concepts.

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