Media Parents

Your Bectu Unscripted branch is holding a live webinar about flexible working in TV to mark Mother’s Day. Media Parents’ Director Amy Walker will be chairing a panel of people who all have insight and experience of working flexibly in TV.

WHEN? Wednesday 26^th March, 1 pm – 2.15 pm

WHERE? Register here: https://bit.ly/3DvemVO

CONTENT: What are flexible working and job sharing? What are the pros and cons? How can freelancers make it work for them? Is it the answer to retaining talent, attracting new entrants, improving DEI, and preventing parents/carers (particularly female freelancers) leaving the industry mid career? How can we tackle the stigma and get the industry to embrace it more? How can we counter the motherhood penalty?

OVERVIEW: A BECTU Unscripted Union live event to mark International Women’s Day. Hosted by Amy Walker (Media Parents) with insights from Michelle Reynolds (Reeltime Media, and formerly Share My Telly Job), Vicky Carter (TV Consultant), and freelancers who’ve been there and done it (see below).

Amy Walker is Director of Media Parents, a freelance Talent Exec and Producer. Amy has worked flexibly through Media Parents as a jobsharing PD , a job split as SP, remotely for Bournemouth University, and remotely as an edit producer.

Michelle Reynolds – Reeltime Media (and formerly Share My Telly Job and BECTU Women’s Officer/founding member of UTVU branch), has extensive experience of flexible working/job sharing in scripted and scripted TV, helped set up BECTU Lives Behind The Lens study.

Viki Carter – TV Consultant, Head Of Production (BECTU UTVU committee member/Co-Chair), flexible/job share worker, has hired job sharers.

Lyndsey Hickford & Amy Gostling – job sharing PMs

Kath Pick – SP/PD in arts docs

The event is produced by Anna Coane, Series / Edit Producer

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3DvemVO

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