Development Researcher
Description
Spun Gold is looking for a Development Researcher / Junior AP to join our Midlands-based team, working across unscripted TV, digital-first ideas, and branded content.
We’re looking for someone who lives online always spotting the latest trends, stories, TikTok and Instagram moments, creators, and celebrity buzz and who loves turning great finds into exciting ideas. You’ll be curious, creative, and confident with words, with a real passion for development.
We’d love to hear from TV Researchers, Junior APs, and digital content creators, with a track record of ideas in unscripted, digital video, or branded content.
You’ll help shape new ideas, discover brilliant talent, and chat confidently with contributors, experts, agents, and creators. If you can cut together a sizzle, pull clips, or build a good-looking digital deck, that’s a big plus.
What you’ll be doing:
Writing clear, engaging briefs and development docs
Researching and speaking to a wide range of contributors, experts, and creators
Helping generate ideas for TV, social, and branded projects
Have an understanding of how ideas work for brands and platforms
Staying organised and juggling a few projects at once
Communicating clearly and confidently, including picking up the phone
You will be:
Genuinely excited about unscripted TV and digital content
Tuned in to online culture and creator-led formats
A confident communicator with great writing skills
Organised, proactive, and a team player
Based in the Midlands and work from our Birmingham officeCompany Name
Location
Birmingham
Posted on
18th Dec 2025
Apply by
1st Jan 2026
53 Degrees Global (Love Monday / Penny Lane / Spun Gold) has indicated that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds are underrepresented in their organisations so they welcome especially applications from this group.
53 Degrees Global (Love Monday / Penny Lane / Spun Gold) may use the Equal Merit provision when recruiting for this vacancy only. This means that if we consider two or more candidates to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate for the purpose of increasing diversity, specifically with respect to protected characteristics of Ethnicity, Disability, Gender, Religion, Sexuality. We will use the provision based on data declared by candidates.
