The Daily Wire · 1 week ago
Executive Vice President of Current Content
The Daily Wire is seeking an Executive Vice President of Current Content to lead the creative and strategic vision for their episodic programming. This role involves overseeing the full development pipeline, ensuring all projects align with the company's mission, brand, and commercial goals.
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Responsibilities
Lead the creative and strategic vision for the company’s episodic content slate, spanning scripted series, unscripted formats, limited series, and multi-season franchises
Own long-range slate planning and portfolio balance across original concepts, adaptations, and acquired formats aligned with brand, mission, and growth objectives
Provide senior creative leadership across all development activity, overseeing scripts, pitches, series bibles, format design, showrunner collaboration, and series packaging
Partner with Production to move projects from development through greenlight and into pre-production, ensuring creative, financial, and operational readiness
Drive audience growth, subscriber engagement, and retention by aligning episodic programming with measurable performance and platform objectives
Build and maintain high-level relationships with writers, showrunners, producers, talent, and studios, representing the company across the industry
Qualification
Required
Senior leadership experience in scripted and/or unscripted series development, production, or studio environments
Proven ability to identify, shape, and advance episodic projects from concept through greenlight
Exceptional storytelling judgment, with deep expertise in script evaluation, series structure, character development, season arcs, and format design
Strong understanding of industry trends, audience behavior, and market dynamics across episodic content
High level of financial literacy, including the ability to evaluate budgets, resource requirements, and slate economics
Proven cross-functional leader with strong communication and relationship management skills
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, mission-driven, entrepreneurial environment aligned with conservative media values
Collaborative, strategic executive with excellent interpersonal skills
Company
The Daily Wire
media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$50M2023-10-20Undisclosed· $50M
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