Digital Development Producer (Comedy)

Location: London Television Centre, London, United Kingdom

Salary: £42,000–£52,000 per year plus £5,441 London Weighting

Company

hirify.global Studios creates and distributes television, audio, and digital content as a globally renowned media company born of the hirify.global.

What you will do

• Originate and develop digital-first scripted comedy ideas, formats, spin-offs, and short-form concepts.
• Take projects from initial concept through development towards pitch, greenlight, commission, and delivery.
• Create treatments, pitches, development materials, pilots, proof-of-concept projects, and digital content.
• Build relationships with comedy writers, performers, creators, digital talent, commissioners, buyers, and platforms.
• Use audience insights, platform analytics, and performance data to shape ideas, content strategies, and audience growth.
• Collaborate with editorial, production, and digital teams while meeting editorial, legal, copyright, compliance, budget, schedule, and platform requirements.

Requirements

• Proven experience developing scripted comedy from initial concept through development to pitch, greenlight, or commission.
• Expert knowledge of digital storytelling and audience behaviour across broadcast, short-form, social-first, vertical, and platform-native content.
• Experience developing and producing scripted comedy for digital audiences, including pilots, short-form, social-first, vertical, and/or platform-native content.
• Experience working with writers, cast, and production teams within production, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Strong writing and script-editing skills, with a good understanding of the comedy production lifecycle.
• Established relationships across digital comedy, including commissioners, writers, creators, and emerging talent.
• Experience managing and growing social media channels through content strategy, publishing, audience engagement, and performance analysis across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
• Strong understanding of social platform analytics and audience insights, with experience using data to inform content development and optimise performance.
• Experience producing and delivering digital-first content from initial idea through publication.

Nice to have

• Experience with digital extensions or spin-offs from established comedy IP.
• Original YouTube or platform-native comedy experience.
• Short-form scripted comedy, sketches, vertical or mobile-first comedy, and social-first storytelling experience.
• Creator-led scripted comedy commissioned specifically for digital audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month fixed-term contract with a flexible 35-hour working week.
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy five additional days.
• Defined pension with up to 10% employer contributions, life assurance, accident benefit, and caring and parenting support.
• 24/7 remote GP access and career development in a values-led, inclusive environment.
• Employment screening includes reference and eligibility-to-work checks, plus safeguarding and adverse media/social media checks where applicable.

Hiring process

• Applications must be submitted online; applications via CV are not accepted.
• Any offer is conditional on satisfactory employment screening and, where applicable, disclosure of unspent convictions or police charges.