Northern freelance producer with a strong track record in development and production - keen to bring my wealth of experience, contacts and skills to a dynamic, forward-thinking company. I have headed up teams with pop fact commissions, including in C4 Daytime, The People’s Vet and returning C5 series, I am an industrious and creative Development... Read More

Northern freelance producer with a strong track record in development and production - keen to bring my wealth of experience, contacts and skills to a dynamic, forward-thinking company. I have headed up teams with pop fact commissions, including in C4 Daytime, The People’s Vet and returning C5 series, I am an industrious and creative Development Exec brimming with ideas, a sense of humour and good contacts in pop fact departments across all channels. I’m happy to head up a young team and share my experience and insight or work independently. I rely heavily on my background in tabloid journalism to come up with great titles and fun, innovative decks and sizzles.I have run development teams in successful Northern companies and secured factual commissions across all the channels, including the C4 daytime series, The People’s Vet and numerous returning series for Ch5, plus singles for all the major channels. As well as my track record of developing commissioned singles and series, I'm an experienced tabloid journalist known for my fast, accurate and engaging writing skills. I have an instinctive ability to spot a story, get to the heart of the matter quickly and efficiently with years of experience generating ideas, developing narratives, tracing people and securing access. I’m passionate about all aspects of popular culture and always in tune with the zeitgeist. Regarding my production credits, My USP is warm and humorous, sensitive, people-led ob doc - as demonstrated in my two career highlights: Wedding Stories for BBC3, which I devised and series produced; it went to on to do great business for the BBC, and Britain's Tallest Teens for ITV1, which won its 9pm slot. I am an honest and tenacious producer with a recognised ability to gain access and get the very best out of contributors whilst making them relax, trust and genuinely enjoy the filming experience. I completed the ITV Regional Executive Producer Scheme in 2008 and TRC’s SuperSizer development scheme in 2019. During a career break to start a family, I always kept my hand in, developing and selling my own ideas as well as working on stories for newspapers and magazines. Read Less