How to Get a Job in Television

Build your career from runner to series producer

Elsa Sharp

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Methuen Drama
27 May 2009

Radio & television industry; Advice on careers & achieving success

Series: Professional Media Practice

'Incredibly timely, practical advice for developing contacts and skills' Jo Taylor, 4Talent Manager at Channel 4 TV is a notoriously difficult industry to get into and progress within. There is no set career path and 70% of applicants rely on contacts to get a foothold. Based on the author's experience as a TV researcher, series producer and recruitment executive, this contemporary guide will help thousands of hopefuls break into TV. It is packed with inside information and advice from training bodies, HR executives, and people working in the industry at every level, including for example:

Conrad Green - the multi award-winning British Executive Producer of American Idol and Dancing With the Stars (US)

Tim Hincks - Chairman of Endemol (makers of Big Brother)

Grant Mansfield - Chairman and MD of RDF Television

Kate Phillips - Head of Development at BBC TVFrom the do's and don'ts of work experience, the role of the researcher, the 'seven stages of CV', pathways to series producer and how to move up the ladder, this is the TV job hunter's bible.

By: Elsa Sharp
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 252g
ISBN: 9781408101292
ISBN 10: 1408101297
Series: Professional Media Practice
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 May 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elsa Sharp is a talent manager at BBC Factual Production. She has worked in the TV industry for 20 years, in production and development and has been a talent manager since 2005.

Reviews for How to Get a Job in Television: Build your career from runner to series producer

'From work experience to moving up the ladder.' The Bookseller If TV is your work ambition then this is a definite must-read. The Stage (June 2009) 'Sharp's book covers a good range of practical points such as the qualities and/or qualifications you need to work in TV, useful organisations, the value of work experience, building a CV and working up the ladder.' The Stage (July 2010)