Job Roles

Script editors

Script editors are members of the production team of scripted television programs, usually dramas and comedies. They have many responsibilities like finding new scriptwriters, developing storyline and series ideas with writers, ensuring that scripts are suitable for work and production. They may make suggestions on things to change and ideas they have to solve problems but their overall concern is to ensure the vision of the writer (and possibly producer) is fulfilled as strongly as possible. Also feedback for the writer will be overseen by the script editors, building up a relationship to help them judge how best to provide notes on the script.

Producers

Television producers are people who oversee all aspects of video production on a television program. There are a variety of different producers on a television show. A traditional producer is one who manages a show's budget and maintains a schedule, but this is no longer the case in modern television. Currently, the producer and the writer are usually the same person. Producers have a wide range of responsibility, which often includes scheduling, budget, talent management and creative control. They can be in charge of everything from the programs inception to pot production.

Directors

They are responsible for the look and sound of a production and its technical standards. They work closely with producers/ writers enhancing, refining and realizing original ideas into finished programs. Directors must be able to push boundaries while remaining in total control of their material. They work across all genres. Before meeting with the other commissioning roles they read through the scripts first. Directors cue all movements; provide countdowns and shot/ role callings.

Writers

Screenwriting, which also goes by scriptwriting, is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media like film, TV and other platforms like video games. Its typically frequently a free lance job. When a writers script is picked by a company they are involved in many aspects like they will be the one to hire a director for a given episode and work with a line producer to hire a crew while also over looking casting and post production.

In recent years a major change has happened in television production. Studios are no longer spending millions of pounds on long term development contracts with writers hoping that they provide them with a hit show for the company and studio. Writers are also engaged to create or contribute to pilot scripts to be considered for development.

Agents

Agents are people who are authorized to act on behalf of another being. They take charge of their career and help them find roles and jobs for people and do the hard stuff like negotiating prices and job contracts.

Commissioning editors

This job role is mostly known with magazine and book publishings but can also take part in media products to, commissioning editors commission writers to produce articles, features and other things like that. Usually this job role is responsible for ensuring that clients under contracts deliver type scripts to specification  and on time.