Director Original Content

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Full Time Job
Director, Original Content (Paramount )
Paramount , a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from ViacomCBS, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream ViacomCBS Streaming's other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.
Overview and Responsibilities:
Paramount is seeking an experienced creative executive with exceptional business skills to join our Paramount original content team. The Director, Original Content will lead the development, creation and production of premium streaming content specifically for Paramount .
Responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
• Serve as a point of contact for the creative community to help identify new talent and incoming projects
• Field pitches, read specs, identify new business opportunities and secure new talent for projects in development
• Assist in launching shows from script to series by giving notes on story documents, outlines and scripts, being responsible for hiring writing staff and episodic directors, etc.
• Work closely with various departments internally to communicate information and act as a liaison for specific series/projects
• Build and maintain relationships with production partners including: studio executives, producers, writers, directors, actors, agents, managers, etc.
• Help establish the strategic goals of the department by identifying trends, brainstorming ideas, determining needs, etc.
• Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
• 5 years of related work experience
• Previous experience with creative development or current series
• Bachelor's degree in media, business, entertainment, or other related fields preferred
• Strong PC skills with Excel, Word and Outlook
Additional Qualifications:
• Avid book reader and or film and television connoisseur
• Demonstrated knowledge of story development and the production process
• Self-motivated to develop new ideas and seek out new ideas/writers/sources
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with all levels of management
• Ability to multitask and manage complex projects
• Organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines
• Effective time management skills
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