Unscripted TV Development Producer

Stellify Media, a Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc label, is hiring an Unscripted TV Development Producer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This role sits inside the development department, where the core output is treatments, pitch documents, and format research that moves unscripted projects from concept through to broadcaster presentation. It suits a producer who has spent time in unscripted television development and knows what it takes to build a pitch that actually gets commissioned.

About the Role

The development team at Stellify Media works across a range of unscripted television formats, spanning entertainment, factual, and formatted series for UK and international broadcasters. Day to day, this Unscripted TV Development Producer is drafting treatments, shaping formats at early stage, and contributing ideas across multiple projects in the slate pipeline. The role is on-site in Belfast and sits within a team that moves quickly between greenlit projects and speculative development work.

Key Responsibilities

• Write and develop pitch documents and long-form treatments for unscripted television formats at various stages of the commissioning process.
• Research and track UK and international format trends to identify opportunities and inform the development slate.
• Contribute original format ideas and help shape concepts through internal development rounds before external pitch.
• Support the production of visual pitch materials, including sizzle reels, mood boards, and presentation decks used in broadcaster meetings.
• Collaborate with senior development and executive producers to refine formats and align pitches with broadcaster briefs.
• Monitor competitor output and emerging unscripted genres across terrestrial, cable, and streaming platforms to keep the team’s knowledge current.

What You Bring

• Demonstrable experience working in an unscripted television development environment, with credits across formatted or factual series.
• A track record of writing treatments and pitch documents that have reached broadcaster level.
• Familiarity with the UK commissioning landscape and key unscripted formats across major broadcasters and streaming platforms.
• Strong research skills and the ability to identify format trends across international television markets.
• Competence with presentation tools used in pitch production, and comfort contributing to visual development materials.

Why This Role

Stellify Media has a strong production reputation in Belfast and operates with the resources and reach of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc behind it, which means the development slate has genuine scale and broadcaster access. For an Unscripted TV Development Producer looking to grow within a structured creative environment, this is a role with real visibility across projects from early concept through to pitch. The on-site setup in Belfast reflects a team that works closely together across the full development process.

Apply now for the Unscripted TV Development Producer role at Stellify Media and bring your development credits into a team that is actively building its next slate.