Director, Theatrical Development

This is a Full Time Job

Location: Burbank, California, United States of America

Your New Role:
The Director, Theatrical Development is responsible for the development of material for feature films.

Your Role Accountabilities:
• Identifies Alloy properties as well as outside material to be adapted, developed, pitched and sold to movie studios.
• Finds writers/directors and new talent to fill open assignments.
• Generates story/meeting notes and writer/director lists as needed.
• Maintains competitive development reports and tracks all competitive projects.
• Performs additional related responsibilities as required

Qualifications and Experience:
• Minimum 6+ years relevant work experience
• Minimum 2 years of executive level experience in development at a studio, network, streamer or production company
• High School diploma or equivalent required
• College degree in related field strongly preferred
• Knowledge of feature films and/or television (past and present).
• Pop culture and social media awareness.
• Excellent communication skills - Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel, in person, on the telephone and in writing
• Strong critical thinking and persuasion skills.
• Knowledge of story structure.
• Strong background in creative analysis, script reading and providing notes.
• Ability to generate creative ideas for projects.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a collaborative working style.
• Must be able to work well under time constraints in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task, organize and schedule work effectively.
• Must be detail-oriented.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, if and when necessary.



The Legal Bits…
Pay Range: $83,090.00 - $154,310.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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