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Senior Writer Conceptualiser (Development)

Location: Mumbai

Perfman HR works with the top television channels, networks and production houses in Mumbai. We have multiple openings for Writers and Conceptualisers who have strong ideating and conceptualisation skills to create, find and adapt exciting new stories and mould them into good enough shape to be pitched to web, television and film programming executives.

Note: We are not looking for scriptwriters or screenplay or dialogue writers. You need to be able to come up with original stories and concepts for this role.

Responsibilities:

• You will need to find stories and scripts and get them into good enough shape to be commissioned by a TV channel or made into a web series or feature film for Indian market.
• Read newspaper articles, novels, screenplays and analyse their strengths and weaknesses and assess if they have potential and will appeal to audiences.
• Make notes on how the seed of a concept or logline can be improved and re-write accordingly.
• You will also be involved in pitching concepts to TV, Web and Film commissioners. The pitch is usually a verbal presentation, though it is often supported with a treatment (a brief document summarising the idea of the programme), a Web Series Bible as well as a taster tape or sizzle reel (a short video illustrating, in the most exciting way possible, how the programme might appear).
• You will constantly be on the lookout for new television and film projects and ideas.

Requirements and skills

• Knowledge of screenwriting: understand all the features of a great screenplay, know how to improve and amend one
• Knowledge of the industry: have extensive knowledge of and a passion for film, web series or TV drama, appreciate trends in viewing, predict what will be popular
• Communication: pitch effectively, persuade commissioners or producers of the merits of a concept, explain notes to writers and work closely with them
• Spotting potential: see the possibilities in early drafts, imagine the audience, estimate the cost of the production based on the script
• Arts knowledge: have a deep and wide knowledge of all genres of art, be able to source ideas from a range of genres and understand the cultural context of a production in the Indian market

Who You Will be Working With

You will be working closely with Executive producers, Development assistants, scriptwriters, researchers and the CEO / Founder of the production house.