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Role: Development AP
Dates: ASAP - one year fixed term, with possibility of extension. Please state your availability when you apply
Location: Central London / WFH hybrid (minimum 4 days in the office)

A fast-growing indie with serious creative pedigree is building something genuinely exciting. With a slate spanning premium documentary, true crime, biographical series and popular factual, they've made a significant impact in a short time.

The culture matches the ambition: this is a place that values its people, operates as a real team, and takes pride in doing things properly.
They're looking for a Development AP to join a well-resourced development team and help drive a broad and varied slate forward.

The role

This is a hands-on development role with real creative responsibility. Your day-to-day will include:

• Generating strong, commercially viable ideas across premium documentary, true crime, biographical docs and popular factual
• Creating polished, visually compelling pitch decks and treatments tailored to individual broadcasters and streamers. These need to be glossy and impressive
• Writing toplines, one-pagers and treatments with a clear understanding of different buyers' needs
• Leading and contributing to brainstorm sessions with original thinking and prepared research
• Taking commissioner briefs and developing them independently into pitchable concepts
• Supporting access documentary projects, including those involving sensitive subjects and contributors
• Designing pitch materials that work across diverse platforms, from BBC and Channel 4 to Netflix and Amazon

You'll need:

• 2+ years of solid development experience at Development AP level, with a clear focus on premium documentary and series
• Exceptional writing skills - the ability to craft a one-pager, treatment or topline that makes a commissioner want to read more
• Outstanding deck creation skills - you can produce glossy, premium-looking pitch materials that hold their own on any broadcaster's desk; PowerPoint, Photoshop and Canva proficiency required
• A strong eye for visual presentation - layouts, fonts, image selection and the distinct visual languages of different channels and streamers
• A genuine passion for the documentary and true crime space. You follow the genre closely, know what's working, and have strong instincts about what's next
• The ability to spot strong documentary ideas in the news, podcasts, true crime communities and everyday life
• Confidence leading brainstorm sessions and coming prepared with researched thoughts and developed concepts
• Independent thinking - able to take a brief and run with it
• A roll-your-sleeves-up attitude; this is a collaborative environment where everyone gets stuck in

The ideal candidate:
  
You are someone who lives in the documentary and true crime space. You consume it - as a viewer, as a listener, as someone who notices which podcasts are blowing up and which tabloid stories have a film inside them. You have strong opinions about what makes a great doc and you are not shy about sharing them. You will also have deck creation, graphics and presentation skills.
  
Crucially, you are a brilliant communicator on the page. Your writing is clear, engaging and pitchable.
 
Use the 'Apply Now' button to send us your CV and a succinct cover note highlighting your relevant experience. Look forward to receiving it :-)

**As a proud champion of diversity and equality in production, we encourage you to tell us if you belong to any marginalised or under-represented group in the industry - be that race, disability, sexuality, gender, socio-economic background or religion, or if you have any other personal circumstance we can support you with eg jobsharing / flexible working requirement. We will not disclose this information to our clients without talking to you about it first, and your application will in no way be affected**

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