09th July, 2026
Role: Head of Scotland, permanent
Contract: full-time, salaried, plus performance related bonus
Location: Glasgow (full commitment to being Scotland based - relocation considered)
Every so often a role comes along that makes us sit up a little straighter. This is one of them.
Our client is a highly respected, award-winning independent producer with a serious international footprint and a Scottish operation that has become one of the most exciting stories in the nations and regions - built properly, with real roots, real jobs and a slate of genuinely brilliant programmes. Several shows are in production there right now, and the ambition is to grow much, much further.
They're looking for a new Head of Scotland: the most senior creative and strategic leader in the office, and a key member of the company's senior team.
This is emphatically not a satellite exec job - it's a business leadership role for someone who can win work as brilliantly as they deliver it.
You will:
- Develop the strategic vision for a thriving, growing Scottish operation
- Pitch and sell to UK commissioners, streamers and international buyers
- Build new relationships and partnerships, and find the clever routes to funding that others miss - including soft money and co-production opportunity
- Guide a talented development team and oversee a busy slate to the highest editorial standard
- Lead the Glasgow office with autonomy, warmth and a hands-on approach (without micromanaging a very capable team)
- An experienced Executive Producer or company leader in premium documentary and popular factual - true crime, music, archive or current affairs experience all welcome, and scripted is growing too
- A superb salesperson, pitcher and writer whose name gives commissioners confidence
- Commercially sharp, with a real understanding of how your work drives the bottom line
- Hungry, outward-looking and contemporary in your thinking - allergic to complacency and excited by international opportunity
Use the 'Apply Now' button to send us your CV and a succinct cover note highlighting your relevant experience. Look forward to receiving it :-)
**As a proud champion of diversity and equality in production, we encourage you to tell us if you belong to any marginalised or under-represented group in the industry - be that race, disability, sexuality, gender, socio-economic background or religion, or if you have any other personal circumstance we can support you with eg jobsharing / flexible working requirement. We will not disclose this information to our clients without talking to you about it first, and your application will in no way be affected**
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