Director, Current Series

Job Description

Director, Current Series (FX Networks)

FX is seeking a Director of Current Series to manage production and creative concerns related to assigned shows, and other matters related to the network's involvement with programs. This position is also the primary liaison between the FX Current Series Department and Marketing, Public Relations and departments related to Diversity & Inclusion.

Responsibilities:
• Manage projects in pre-production, production, and post-production and give creative notes on outlines, scripts, and rough cuts.
• Oversee the departmental development report, budgets, production pipelines, and the projects it encompasses.
• Coordinate with other FX Content departments and Disney General Entertainment on concerns relating to FX's original programming.
• Evaluate writers/directors/producers and material for possible projects for FX original programming.
• Oversee communication with the Diversity & Inclusion teams.

Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum 5 years of entertainment experience required
• Minimum 1 year of Manager level experience in either production management, development or current programming required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with creative talent as well as all levels of corporate management
• Ability to assess creative merit in written and visual material
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrated decision-making autonomy

Required Education
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

About FX Networks:

FX, a division of Disney General Entertainment, is a multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the US, and Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other international territories. The FX brand mark appears above the title across its entire slate of originals. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand's current and legacy titles include the dramas American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Americans, Damages, Fargo, Justified, Nip/Tuck, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, Better Things, DAVE, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a growing slate of docuseries and documentary films.

This position is with American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., which is part of a business we call FX Networks.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rz6m21-216-73-216-174-42 in your application.