Script Editor

South Liverpool (with some ADHOC travel to London), United Kingdom | Posted on 26/11/2024
Dates: Full time, 6-month fixed term - maternity cover (end of Jan/beginning of Feb 2025 start)Client Name: Lime PicturesDate Opened: 26/11/2024Job Type: ContractCity: South Liverpool (with some ADHOC travel to London)Country: United KingdomJob DescriptionScript Editor - Development Team Location: South Liverpool (with some ADHOC travel to London) Contract: Full time, 6-month fixed term - maternity cover Lime Pictures, producers of some of the UK's most successful family programming for Netflix, Disney, Channel 4, BBC and Viacom, have a rare opportunity for a Script Editor to cover a period of maternity leave for 6 months starting in February 2025, primarily based out of our Liverpool office, with the possibility of some hybrid working. Reporting into Executive Producers, Angelo Abela and Tim Compton, and working alongside one other in-house Script Editor, you will be responsible for script editing, pitch writing and researching for priority projects in development and attending key partner scriptwriting/storyboarding and editorial sessions. You will be an experienced Script Editor who can confidently instruct, inform and engage with external creative stakeholders.
You will need a creative and innovative flair and fastidious eye for detail when reviewing and revising pitches.
You will regularly brief and update the wider Lime Scripted team on new projects and progress, flagging any potential issues or queries to the team for discussion where appropriate – always coming equipped with creative solutions. You will regularly investigate, uncover and target writers, ideas, novels and scripts that could be made into a successful drama series by Lime Pictures.
A keen awareness of media trends and engagement with the wider cultural landscape is also expected and hugely beneficial to this role and the wider team/mission. This amazing opportunity comes with a competitive salary and the chance to work as part of a passionate and hugely successful team. Deadline to apply: by 9 December 2024. Candidates who are through to the next stage of the selection process will be contacted by 16 December 2024 and interviews will be held w/c 6 January 2025.
You will be available to start at the end of January or early February 2025. We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore encourage applications from groups that are underrepresented in the TV industry.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background.
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