Do you have the talent and the dedication for a career in television? We are currently looking for a new runner to work with our busy & respected Comedy Entertainment Department.
The job involves working with the Entertainment team to ensure effective day-to-day support across all aspects of the team. We are looking for someone who is proactive, responsible and reliable with strong organisational and communication skills. They will need a willingness to undertake a huge variety of jobs & be able to adapt to ever changing priorities. A genuine interest in the genre is essential and strong computer skills and technical knowhow are advantageous.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
Arranging hospitality for meetings, including drinks and lunch orders, ensuring that rooms are cleared after use.
Drop off/pick up packages and organise couriers as required by the department.
Assist the PA and development team in arranging show run throughs and other events as required.
Assisting production teams as required.
Researching for programme ideas as required.
Logging tapes and maintaining the tape library.
Photocopying and binding proposals and other documents.
Entertainment Runner May 2018
Archiving of tapes and files.
General office duties including typing documents and general correspondence, photocopying, filing, distributing the post and ensuring the office is kept tidy.
Work with the Facilities team and other Tiger Aspect runners to ensure that the kitchen area is maintained and the office generally runs smoothly.
Cover reception one evening a week.
Other duties that may, from time to time, be required by the department or the Company.
Minimum Qualifications:
Understanding of the comedy genre and the production of comedy programmes is advantageous.
Team player with willingness to take the necessary initiative to get a job done.
Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience in the use of Photoshop is advantageous.
Ability to communicate ideas effectively and share information.
Determination to not to give up.
Appetite for knowledge and learning
If you would like to apply you can do so by sending your CV with a message explaining why you want to work for Tiger Aspect in this particular role. You will also need to write and attach a short critique (no more than 500 words) of what you believe to be the best and worst Entertainment programming and, if appropriate, make suggestions for how the productions could be improved.
We are offering a nine month contract for this position and the position is salaried.
We are looking for the new runner to start early July 2018 and we regret that we are unable to consider your application if you are not available to start then.