We are now accepting submissions to the 2018 Harvardwood Writers Competition!

Industry professionals, with support from the Harvardwood Board of Directors, will evaluate all scripts entered to determine the winner and two runners up from each category. Results will be announced in late 2019.

Company: Stampede
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level:
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year

Job Description: Stampede, Greg Silverman’s production company, is seeking a full-time Assistant for one of our TV executives. This is a very busy desk with duties that include phones, heavy scheduling, script coverage, and more. The perfect candidate must be incredibly organized, a self-starter, a solid writer, and a voracious reader with extensive knowledge of showrunners, writers and directors. Candidates must have at least one year of experience on an agency or production company desk, and have a genuine interest in television. 

Company: HBO Documentaries
Location: New York, NY
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience:

Job Description: This position will support the SVP of HBO Documentaries. The position requires the ability to interact well with all levels of management.

Company: Group Nine Media
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 2-4 years

Job Description: The Development Coordinator is the keystone of the Group Nine development team and is responsible for covering both unscripted and scripted programming and development. One of the primary functions of the coordinator is maintaining the complete development Airtable database. The Development Coordinator also has the opportunity to interface directly with creators, talent and other third-party partners with many of the responsibilities of a junior development executive. Other core responsibilities include writing show treatments and creating pitch materials for active development projects. The key for someone in this role is to have holistic knowledge of everything going on with Group Nine projects from development to in market to current series. This person should be assertive and keep things moving in the department, super organized, tech savvy, and of course have a strong interest in development! 

Company: NBC Sports Group
Location: New York, NY
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's preferred
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year

Job Description: Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Studio Programming and Production, setting up appointments, answering phone calls and performing other assigned tasks.

Company: Showtime
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: 
Minimum Years of Experience:

Job Description: Showtime Networks Inc. has an exciting opportunity available for an Executive Assistant within the Original Programming department. This position supports the Senior Vice President in that department by performing a variety of administrative and project management tasks.

Company: Amazon Studios
Location: Santa Monica, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 1-3 years

Job Description: Amazon Studios is seeking a dedicated, self-motivated Kids Development Coordinator to support Kids Programming in Santa Monica, California. Amazon Studios is the original film and television development and production arm of Amazon.com.

Company: Netflix
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's preferred
Minimum Years of Experience: 4 years

Job Description: Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day production workflow for development leadership, writers, showrunners, artistic management, artists.

Company: Showtime
Location: New York, NY
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: 
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years

Job Description: The Associate Producer’s main responsibility is to assist producers in creating entertaining, strategic promos for the various platforms that support Showtime’s tune-in and branding messages.

Company: Flame Ventures
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: 
Minimum Years of Experience:

Job Description: Flame Ventures, a Film and TV production company in Beverly Hills, is seeking a Creative Executive / Executive Assistant to the CEO and EVP. The CEO is a writer, director, and producer whose credits include Felicity, Sports Night, Dracula and 24. Candidates should have one to two years of first assistant experience at a major agency, management company, or production company, and an interest in producing.