Primary Responsibilities
- Set and lead the creative and strategic vision for the company’s feature film, documentary, and mini-documentary slate, aligning content with brand, mission, and audience growth objectives.
- Own long-range slate planning and portfolio balance across original projects, adaptations, acquisitions, and nonfiction content.
- Provide senior creative leadership across all development activity, overseeing script and concept evaluation, filmmaker selection, narrative shaping, and early project packaging.
- Lead documentary and mini-doc strategy, ensuring strong storytelling, factual integrity, and mission alignment across the nonfiction portfolio.
- Partner with Production to transition projects from development into pre-production, ensuring creative, financial, and operational readiness for greenlight.
- Oversee greenlight preparation and executive review materials, including creative packages, budgets, and schedules.
- Direct content acquisition and IP integration strategy, evaluating rights opportunities and overseeing adaptations in partnership with Legal and Business Affairs.
Experience & Requirements
- Background in Senior leadership in film and documentary development, production, or studio environments
- Proven ability to identify, shape, and advance scripted and nonfiction projects from concept through greenlight
- Strong storytelling judgment, with expertise in script evaluation and documentary narrative structure
- Deep understanding of industry trends, audience behavior, and market dynamics across film and documentary content
- Financial acumen, including evaluating budgets, resource needs, and slate economics
- Collaborative, cross-functional leader able to thrive in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment aligned with conservative media values
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What We Do
Not every company kicks off in a converted garage and expands into one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment - but then again, no other company is the Daily Wire. Built from the ground up by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing, the Daily Wire started as a side gig and morphed into a political news and commentary powerhouse in just 7 short years. Now, the Daily Wire is producing entertainment content, investigative journalism, multiple chart-topping podcasts, and - you guessed it - some fire memes. And we’re not stopping there. Our team is constantly moving, innovating and growing. We adapt to any and all obstacles with a team of creative geniuses that are all aligned in creating unparalleled content that provides a voice for facts and for freedom. We don't just echo whatever’s trending - we set trends. When you join the Daily Wire team, your finger isn’t just on the pulse. From the studios of CANDACE and The Ben Shapiro Show to the newsroom of some of America’s most influential writers, you are the pulse. And if that interests you, we’re all ears.
