Unscripted internship

Are you passionate about pursuing a career in the television industry and looking for your route into, or next step up, the TV ladder?

Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Olivier Award-winners. You can find more information here.

Our 3-month internship will give you hands on experience across Avalon’s Unscripted TV. Our programming spans reality shows, documentaries, true crime, lifestyle series and comedy-entertainment formats. We aim to be flexible with our approach so the successful candidate can pursue areas of particular interest during the placement.

Responsibilities

Development

• Gain a broad overview of the development process
• Understand the approach to editorial/tone/style across different genres
• Contribute to group brainstorms
• Assist with setting up client and broadcaster meetings
• Monitor upcoming client appearances/industry trends
• Learn about casting for unscripted formats and reality TV shows
• Use social media to find potential on-screen contributors and new talent
• Undertake background research for new development projects and pitches

Production

• Shadow on active productions
• Gain understanding of the key roles within production
• Attend shoot days
• Gain experience of the post-production process

Knowledge, skills and experience

What we’re looking for:

• Keen interest across all genres of unscripted TV, including reality shows, documentaries, true crime, lifestyle series and comedy-entertainment format
• Confident, enthusiastic with a self-starter approach
• Hard working attitude with a strong attention to detail

Our internships are specifically designed as part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, and as such we encourage applications from individuals with no prior connections in the industry. We want to open the door to fresh, new, and diverse voices who might otherwise find it hard to break into the industry.

If you’ve got a genuine passion for unscripted TV, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply

Please upload your CV and answers to the application questions as one document (applications without the answers to the questions below will not be considered). Don’t worry about sounding perfect — we’re not looking for polished essays or slick answers. We want to hear your authentic voice. Be yourself, and be honest. We’re looking for enthusiasm, originality, and potential. Ensure you enter ‘Unscripted Internship' in the subject heading by clicking the 'Apply' button.

Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of applications, we’ll only be able to respond to successful candidates.

Please answer the following application questions:

1. What do you know about Avalon, and why is this internship important to you?
2. Tell us about a moment in either reality, lifestyle or factual TV that really stuck with you. It should be something that you felt compelled to speak about afterwards with friends/family. What made it so memorable?
3. Imagine you’ve been asked to help create a new unscripted TV show. What’s your idea, and why do you think people would want to watch it?
4. Why do you want to work in unscripted TV and why now?
5. Which unscripted TV figure (past or present) would you love to shadow for a day — and what would you hope to learn? They could be on screen or behind the scenes.

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