Ideate Media - Development Manager
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Position Available
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
About Ideate Media
With offices in Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles, Ideate Media is well positioned
as a producer of choice for high quality scripted content in multiple
languages for exploitation in emerging and developed markets.
Our US TV series, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency produced for BBC
America and Netflix is now in season 2 and a slate of exciting feature films
and TV series is ready to be rolled out in various markets in South East Asia.
Known for our strong storytelling capabilities and production execution, we
are poised for a promising growth with more partnerships being formed with
global brands.
Responsibilities
• Lead development cycle for selected projects from concept ideation,
pitch, budget, evaluation and greenlight.
• Assist Head of Development in driving the company’s development slate
including identifying potential projects, managing existing projects,
providing creative oversight, managing development timelines and
budget.
• Manage company development activities including script evaluation,
creative research, providing project reports and notes and preparing
pitch documents and proposals.
• Coordinate with the Production team through all production stages to
ensure the successful translation of script to screen.
• Conduct market and creative research to provide intelligence and
analysis for slate development and exploitation strategy.
Qualifications and skills
• At least 5 years experience in a creative/development/production role in
the creative industries (writer, script editor, development executive,
creative producer, etc. in television, film, theatre, advertising).
• Bachelor’s degree necessary, master’s degree a plus (a film school
qualification is a bonus).
• Good knowledge of US, regional and local film and television marketplace.
Knowledge of other markets a bonus. Broad contact base across the
local/regional market and good working relationships with writers, directors,
producers, broadcasters. Ideally, enough familiarity with the international
and U.S. marketplace to work effectively as part of a multinational
team to develop concepts that work for audiences both regionally and
internationally.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Other major
ASEAN languages a bonus.
• Good time management and problem-solving skills; self-starter; deadlineoriented
with strong work ethic; passionate and knowledgeable about
high quality drama across both television and film, with a strong proven
track record of demonstrating sound creative judgment.
Please send your resume to Faizah Ibrahim at info@ideatemedia.com.my