Associate Creative Director ‚ Creative & Content (Non-Fiction), Streaming

Job Summary

The Associate Creative Director ‚ Non-Fiction is a critical creative role responsible for driving cohesive storytelling and narrative consistency across large-scale non-fiction properties. The role focuses on strengthening season arcs, weekend episodes, live streams, and marquee specials, while providing hands-on creative supervision across casting, episodic execution, and live content delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive creative framework, season arcs, and narrative consistency across large-scale non-fiction shows, with emphasis on weekend episodes and marquee moments
• Lead and support casting decisions by identifying strong on-screen personalities and collaborating with talent teams, agencies, and production partners
• Own creative supervision from scripting to final masters for launches, weekend specials, and finales, ensuring strong episodic flow, drama points, GFX integration, and adherence to content standards
• Conceptualize and execute film, web series, celebrity, and brand integrations, including anchor links, customized branded moments, contests, and on-ground integrations aligned with creative and commercial objectives
• Supervise live streams and platform-specific content, ensuring smooth playout, compliance, and optimized viewer experience through cross-functional coordination
• Oversee delivery of platform-specific marketing creatives and celebrity-led promotional content to drive viewer engagement and platform interaction
• Supervise all promotional deliverables for weekend episodes, including host-led integrations and platform interactivity promos (e.g., voting, chats, gamification, contests)
• Brief, review, and refine promo content to ensure alignment with the show’s narrative arc and marketing objectives

Skills & Attributes for success

• Strong storytelling and narrative structuring skills within non-fiction or live formats
• Ability to manage large-scale, high-stakes creative projects
• Sound creative judgment and decision-making under pressure
• Strong understanding of casting and on-screen talent dynamics
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• High attention to detail and execution rigor

Preferred Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in mass communication, Media Studies, Film, Television, or related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in non-fiction, reality, or live content across broadcast or streaming platforms.
• Hands-on experience in creative supervision, episodic execution, and live content delivery.
• Prior experience on large format, tentpole non-fiction shows preferred.