Elsa Sharp Email & Phone Number

London

Recruitment for BBC News and Current Affairs, London, W1

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Since the publication of my book, How to Get A Job in Television, I have worked for the University of Westminster as an occasional lecturer.

London

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Broadcast Centre, White City, London, W12

White City

Finding key talent to make popular and reputational singles and series including Top Gear, The Proms, Amazing Hotels - Life Beyond the Lobby, Junior Doctors and Ceremonial Events including The Royal Wedding, The Queen's Birthday party and royal single historical documentaries

New Broadcasting House, London, W1

I work as a talent manager in BBC Factual, recruiting producers at all levels for popular factual singles and series in Documentaries and also for the BBC 3 Channel, finding content producers for short form content and strands. I find, support and nurture new and established creative talent.

Shoreditch, London

I recruited all levels of creative TV talent - from researchers to series producers to work on factual productions at Dragonfly Film and TV from both outside and inside the company for all UK broadcasters and US networks.

I worked as a freelance talent manager for different indies including Firecracker Films, Raw Television, Blast Films, Gogglebox Entertainment, Outline Productions, Objective Productions, Impossible Pictures and the BBC.

London, United Kingdom

I found all levels of producer and researchers for Goldrush Alasksa (Discovery), Battlefront (Channel 4) as well as production managers and production co ordinators.

Writing, developing and pitching three paid developments for Channel 4 factual entertainment for Heston Blumenthal and Mark Dolan

Farringdon, London

Head of Talent working across recruitment and development. Attracting new production talent to the company and developing producers within this small indie. I set up, designed and managed a recruitment database of researchers and producers at every level.

I series produced comedy gameshows and pilots at BBC Entertainment working on David Young's formats and productions.

I series produced Strangest Ever (five) and worked in general development writing and developing fact ent formats including Rock School (Channel 4) and casting Gene Simmons.

I oversaw the content of daily entertainment news VTs and managed a team of producers and APs making these inserts which went into the live show.

I series produced CCTV, a hidden camera gameshow for BBC 3 and also a 100 contestant quiz pilot for BBC 1 primetime.

History, History And English

Activities and Societies: Chair of University of Sussex Drama Society (SUDS!)

Ma In Periodical Journalism

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