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Barry Crerar, a film production company run by producing duo Ciara Barry and Rosie Crerar, is seeking a creative, driven Head of Development. Working primarily in Film, Barry Crerar is also now expanding into TV. The Head of Development will work on the existing slate, and will be tasked to build a slate of new international projects and IP. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone with substantial previous experience of the UK Film industry to steer the development slate of an exciting and inclusive Scottish company. They will be responsible for Barry Crerar’s slate and will be required to work with significant autonomy reporting to the Directors. They must therefore have experience with funders and broadcasters, excellent editorial judgement, and confidence in running a development slate in a fast paced Film/ TV production company. The Head of Development is not required to be based in Scotland although they should have a good understanding of the distinct...

What is Rise? Rise is a global advocacy membership organisation that supports diversity in the broadcast media technology sector. Funded and supported by industry, its goal is to ensure that there is a gender balanced and diverse workforce across the specific areas of engineering and technical operations. Why is the Rise Up Academy needed? The broadcast media technology industry is facing a severe skills shortage and is currently not able to recruit the engineering and technical talent it needs. BT Sport, Sky, Gravity Media, dB Broadcast, ITV and the BBC are amongst many broadcast companies who clearly state they need more technical and engineering talent. Rises’ recent survey, in partnership with the IABM, showed that males occupy more C’level positions, women earn significantly less money and the industry is 83% white. Furthermore, there is a declining number of students applying for Media Technology courses at University, fewer apprenticeship programmes and a lack of...