Showrunner

SHOWRUNNER Company: Plotsy Location: Remote (Texas preferred) The Mission To own Plotsy’s cinematic adaptations end to end using our proprietary Cineversion™ process. The Showrunner will bridge human creativity and AI technology, serving as the single point of accountability to transform written books into high-quality, episodic videos. Your goal is to guide a multi-role team from initial script development through final distribution, ensuring narrative integrity, strict schedule adherence, and creative excellence. How You Will Spend Your Time 40% Project Management & Team Oversight: Work with the VP of Operations in building schedules, tracking milestones, managing production risks, and driving the team to hit daily content targets. 30% Creative Leadership & Development: Partnering with C-suite executives to establish visual strategy, shepherd scripts, and maintain the "north star" for story tone and pacing. 20% Post-Production & Delivery: Overseeing editorial workflows, directing sound design, executing executive notes, and managing final quality control (QC). 10% Strategy & Optimization: Documenting project learnings and refining the production playbook to optimize future adaptation workflows. Daily Responsibilities Pipeline Checkpoints: Run recurring reviews, dailies, and handoff checkpoints to ensure the production pipeline never sits idle. Master Schedule Management: Maintain timelines across development, generation, editorial, sound, and delivery, managing all dependencies and critical paths. Production Target Enforcement: Hold the team accountable to hitting 40–45 minutes of finished content per episode (roughly 2 minutes of finished content per day per director). Phase Sign-Offs: Gate and approve internal phase transitions (script → boards → generation → rough cut → sound) so downstream teams never build on an unapproved foundation. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Episodic Directors, Editors, Sound, and AI Production Engineers to maintain visual language and continuity across all episodes. Executive Review Preparation: Present Assemblies, Rough Cut and Picture Lock to the Creative Executive and/or the Chief Content Officer (CCO) absorbing their notes and executing them efficiently to achieve final lock. Final Delivery & QC: Own the final creative and technical review of every locked episode, ensuring correct specs, formats, and captions before clean handoff to distribution. What You Must Bring The Showrunner Mindset: Proven experience managing a project from development through delivery with direct accountability for the creative output and deadlines. Project Management Muscle: Demonstrated ability to run multi-role creative teams, build timelines, manage dependencies, and hold standards without burning the team out. Adaptation Expertise: A strong background in screenwriting or story editing, specifically in adapting long-form literature into episodic content. AI Production Fluency: Comprehensive understanding of generative image/video models, their limitations, and workflows for integrating AI tools into production. Post-Production Literacy: Deep understanding of post workflows, specs, and deliverables. Proficiency in high-end NLEs like Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Avid is a strong plus. Collaborative Leadership: Comfort presenting work to senior stakeholders, absorbing and executing executive notes, and protecting the creative needs of your directors and artists. Application Requirements Ready to lead the next phase of episodic storytelling? If you are a cinematic problem-solver who loves books, cutting-edge AI technology, and building world-class creative teams, come shape the future of entertainment as our next Showrunner. Here is how to join the Plotsy team! To be considered for this role, candidates must submit a detailed resume highlighting your relevant experience as a showrunner to include project management, adaptation, and multi-role team leadership.