Senior Producer - Programming Fiction, Star Suvarna

📋 Description

• • Own the complete creative lifecycle of Kannada fiction programming for Star Suvarna, translating audience insights into primetime hits that consistently outperform the competition and drive the channel to slot leadership.
• • Lead end-to-end development of 6–8 fiction shows, guiding every stage from initial concept, story arcs, screenplay, dialogue, and pre-production planning to on-air execution, ensuring each property is culturally rooted, emotionally resonant, and visually premium.
• • Spearhead daily writer’s rooms and weekly creative reviews, mentoring a cross-functional team of story editors, screenplay writers, and executive producers; provide actionable feedback that sharpens narrative hooks, elevates character depth, and sustains viewer loyalty across 200+ episodes per show.
• • Translate BARC ratings, qualitative research, and social-listening data into rapid content pivots—introduce festival specials, high-impact climaxes, and innovative storytelling devices that spike time-spent and reach within 4-week windows.
• • Collaborate with marketing, promotions, and digital teams to craft 360-degree launch campaigns; co-create teasers, behind-the-scenes vignettes, and interactive stunts that amplify buzz and extend the life of each story world across TV, OTT, and social platforms.
• • Build and nurture strategic partnerships with top production houses, ensuring budgets, schedules, and quality benchmarks are met without compromising creative ambition; negotiate deliverables and resolve on-set challenges in real time.
• • Champion a culture of experimentation—challenge clichéd tropes, pilot non-linear narratives, and integrate emerging cinematic techniques to keep Kannada fiction fresh and future-ready.
• • Maintain a living content calendar that locks scripts, block shoots, promo shoots, and post-production milestones 6–8 weeks ahead of telecast, eliminating last-minute firefighting and enabling proactive risk mitigation.
• • Curate a personal knowledge bank of global fiction trends, regional folklore, and socio-political nuances; infuse these insights into storylines that spark water-cooler conversations and position Star Suvarna as the definitive destination for progressive Kannada entertainment.
• • Serve as the final editorial gatekeeper—proofread and fine-tune every script for linguistic flair, cultural authenticity, and broadcast compliance, ensuring zero on-air errors and consistent brand tonality.
• • Present weekly performance dashboards to the Director—Fiction Programming, articulating what’s working, what’s not, and the next bold move; secure buy-in for ambitious creative risks backed by data-driven rationale.
• • Foster an inclusive, high-energy workspace where writers feel safe to pitch audacious ideas, junior producers receive hands-on coaching, and every team member is aligned to the north-star metric: undisputed slot leadership.