Assistant Showrunner

Job Description

We are a Toronto production company who produces award-winning television. We are seeking to expand our successful team for the new 13-episode season of our established scripted comedy Television series and are looking for a NON-UNION Assistant Showrunner.

MUST BE:

• Non-Union
• Ontario resident for the past two years
• Canadian citizen
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Workplace (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
• Leader with strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Working directly under executive producer and showrunner
• Assisting in leading writers rooms and communicating showrunner's notes
• Creating, writing and recording creative notes and transforming into scripts
• Transcribing dialogue for retro scripting on-set during rehearsals and shoots
• Assisting showrunner in tasking and managing creative team (writers and story producers)
• Creating and reviewing pitches
• Arcing storylines
• Preparing paper edits and working with editors (AVID)
• Completing tasks on budget

Assets:

• Experience in writers rooms
• Comedy and Improv experience
• Experience with both scripted and unscripted
• G Driver’s License

Rate based on experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-bxnn56-18-97-9-169-42 in your application.