Drama Consultant (TV) – freelance

Drama Consultant (TV)

 

Freelance, 1-2 days per week, immediate start until 30th June 2026

 

Overview

• Application deadline: 15th May 11:59pm
• Job type: Freelance, 1-2 days per week. Initial contract: immediate start until 30th June 2026, with possibility of rolling extension depending on programme need. Days could also increase to 2-3 per week subject to project slate.
• Based at: Hybrid role – willing and able to run in-person meetings, and to be happy to come into the office for regular team catch-ups (role is London-based, travel to and within London not covered, travel to workshops out of London covered)
• Salary: £300-350 per day
• Reports to: Production Manager, working with a wider climate team, including a climate storytelling consultant and a framing consultant.

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About Heard

We are Heard the multi-award-winning charity helping people, organisations and the media tell stories that change hearts and minds.

 

In 2024, we sparked stories that reached a combined audience of 39 million: about poverty, climate change, migration, domestic abuse, sexual violence, trans experiences and children’s palliative care.

 

We partner with storytellers across TV, film and news shaping popular culture – such as the BBC, Netflix, Sky, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, LBC, The Times, The Guardian and Paramount – to help them tell powerful and captivating stories at scale that make change feel possible.

 

We support, up-skill and empower more than 600 professionals a year to embed framing into their everyday communications and champion narrative change in their own sector to make impact long-lasting and sustainable.

 

We co-create with people with lived experience to ensure their learnings are shared and their voices are fairly represented.

 

Job brief

We’re looking for someone with extensive experience in the scripted world as a writer, producer, script editor or consultant to help lead our work in the TV scripted/drama industry.

 

The stories we hear about the climate crisis shape how we as a society respond to it. The British TV industry is turning its attention to crafting compelling shows that feature the reality of climate change, and the solutions to it. So there’s huge potential to make a real difference and break new ground in this exciting field.

 

We don’t expect you to be an expert on climate change, but you must be passionate about the power of storytelling, and able to translate climate and sustainability into moments, mentions and stories that audiences genuinely want to watch.

 

Alongside our team of expert facilitators and comms experts, you’ll be designing and leading workshops with broadcasters and producers, commissioners and development teams. You’ll be uncovering climate themes and stories and framing them in ways that lead to change. This is done through bespoke workshops, consultation and events.

 

We are looking for someone who:

• knows how to run impactful and imaginative writers’ rooms
• who has experience giving feedback to writers and consulting on scripts
• has a fantastic network of contacts across the scripted industry, from leading British indies to drama commissioners

Read more about the key responsibilities and expectation in the full job description here.