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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Overseeing high-profile global premium series for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Strategic advisor to leading global content investment fund.

Advising leading Gen Z digital content creator (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok) on its creative strategy.

London, England, United Kingdom

Founder of the Royal Television Society Award winning digital journalism company. With millions of viewers a week on social media, NEED TO KNOW is the UK's first political news provider designed exclusively for young audiences and the social media platforms where they spend their time.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Defining the content commissioning for Discovery+, the global SVOD that brings together the Discovery Networks (Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel etc.) and the BBC. Establishing all aspects of editorial strategy, working cross-functionally with creative and product/engineering teams, ​reporting to the Chief Brand Officer and the President of Digital Products​.Particularly, ​leading the evolution of Discovery’s content; commissioning premium mid & short form series to ensure the SVOD’s dynamic range of storytelling for modern platforms (laptop/mobile consumption) and audiences (Millennial/Gen Z), working directly with the Network GMs and leading independent producers in creating content that progressively reinvents Discovery’s core brands​.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Leading Snapchat’s global unscripted strategy,​ programming for hundreds of millions of daily users, the majority under the age of 25. Overseeing 100+ projects across development and production, from ​Emmy-nominated ​The Voice on Snapchat, ​Murrow award-winning​ G​ood Luck America​ to global hit ​Bringing Up Bhabie​.Launched ​Snap Originals introducing serialized storytelling to Snapchat, ​personally crafting series with tens of millions of views​ such as ​Endless Summer​.Externally, collaborating with leading international ​unscripted producers (Bunim Murray, All3, eOne) and ​influencers (Bhad Bhabie, David Dobrik, Maddie Zeigler) responsible for a ​multi-million dollar commissioning budget​. Internally, working cross functionally with BA/BD, finance, integration, marketing and comms teams. Collaborating with Snapchat’s engineering and product teams to create innovative narrative experiences, using ​pioneering technology to redefine storytelling​.Representing Snap Inc at leading industry events, including ​BAFTA​, the ​Television Academy​ and sitting on the ​Advisory Board of Realscreen​.

Los Angeles

Creating and Executive Producing all non-scripted development and production for this TV and documentary production company, working across both linear and digital (ComicCon, Go90) content.Series Commissions: Akil the Fugitive Hunter (10x30 A&E), The Jesus Strand: A Search for DNA (1x120 History), Untitled Feature Documentary (1x120 History), Untitled Investigation Series (6x60 Discovery), Untitled Travel Series (8x60 Viceland).

Los Angeles

Headhunted to found the American arm of Twofour – one the UK’s largest TV production companies. In two years, my leadership generated $30,000,000 of unscripted/reality business, starting from nothing - making Twofour America the fastest growing new unscripted production company in the USA.Running all Development, solely leading all US creative through my strong relationships with buyers at all major cable networks (History, Discovery, Lifetime, TLC, National Geographic, Animal Planet, ID, BIO etc.); overseeing all treatments; personally Directing sizzle reels and pilots to win series orders; managing talent negotiations.Running all Current, solely Executive Producing all shows in production; devising all series creative plans; shaping complex series budgets and schedules; providing ultimate ongoing creative direction for all series throughout field and post production. Series Commissions: Chrome Underground (6x60 Discovery), The Hunt (8x60 History), Risking It All (6x60 TLC), Untouchable (6x60 Investigation Discovery), Edge of Alaska (8x60 Discovery), Rocky Mountain Law (8x60 National Geographic), Catching Monsters (6x60 Discovery), Educating USA (8x60 Esquire)

Personally generated over $20 million of new non-scripted television for major international networks.In charge of all programme development: originating and successfully selling multi-million dollar reality/factual/documentary series; managing and motivating a large development team; producing, directing and executive producing numerous tasters/sizzles that were immediately sold to series; lasing with buyers daily, with strong US and UK contacts at all major networks.Series commissions included: Jungle Gold (Discovery), Chasing Aliens (Animal Planet), Shackleton - Death or Glory (Discovery International), Dangerous Persuasions (Investigation Discovery), Deadly Seas (Discovery), World's Toughest Drive (Discovery International), Strictly Soulmates (BBC3), Penny Pinchers (Channel 4).

Commissions included James May's Toy Stories (BBC2), The Secret Mediterranean with Sir Trevor McDonald (ITV1)

Comedy Entertainment development. Commissions included The Bubble (BBC2).

Producing for the multi-award winning news and current affairs programme Newsnight.

Postgraduate Diploma, Television Current Affairs Journalism

BBC News Trainee - full scholarship and privileged training.

Bsc. Hons (First-Class), Computer Science