If you have 10+ years of experience, we will keep you connected to your peers, engaged with emerging creators, and offer keep you motivated to excel in your leadership role.
Professional Development : Scripted Digital Series Incubator
The Scripted Digital Series Incubator is an intensive four-day program that introduces emerging content creators to the key aspects required to ensure the successful development of an original scripted digital series. A small number of projects, represented by an individual or teams consisting of a producer and a writer, will be selected to participate in this program. Create a more polished and marketable script with stronger characters and a narrative arc that is ready for the next stage of funding applications. Gain the knowledge needed to create a strong funding application and learn about available funding options. Build a marketing and audience engagement strategy. Strengthen your industry network.
Professional Development : Executive Leadership in Media Certificate Program
The C-suite awaits you! The Executive Leadership in Media Certificate (previously our Media Leadership Program) is a proven and successful professional development intensive designed to enhance your strategic leadership skills. This program is recommended for screen-based professionals with a minimum of ten years of management or entrepreneurial experience in the media industry, with a desire to develop their leadership skills. The Executive Leadership in Media Certificate offers a unique immersive learning experience that combines business school teaching from Schulich MBA faculty with best practices from high-level industry executives. Schulich School of Business is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools in the world.
Professional Development : Pitch Lab: Develop Your Winning Pitch
Your project is ready to pitch? Fine-tune your pitch in this 2-day program. Identify the key components that contribute to a good pitch. Class size is limited.
Professional Development : Intro to Entertainment Law
A 3-day workshop designed to demystify legal issues in media content production. Learn your rights, protect your IP, negotiate the best deal for YOU! Entertainment Law is multi-faceted and unusual in that it overlaps with so many other legal areas: intellectual property law, employment law, contract law, tax law, insurance law, and sometimes international law. This three-day course is designed to provide an introduction/overview of key legal considerations - Contracts and Negotiations, Intellectual Property and Regulations and Policies - in the screen-based media industry.
Professional Development : Media Business Essentials Program
Our Media Business Essentials (MBE) program is a career-enhancing learning experience for emerging media professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of the business of film, television, and interactive media production. Modules focus on financing and business affairs, production management, production accounting and tax credits, and marketing and distribution. Courses are taught by industry professionals who are currently active and working in the sector. This program is recommended for recent graduates and/or emerging professionals looking for applied learning.
Professional Development : Intermediate Production Accounting & Tax Credits
Our Intermediate Production Accounting and Tax Credits Workshop delves deeper into the role of the Production Accountant and the staff of a typical production accounting department. In this workshop series, you will participate in interactive discussions and exercises covering the methods and procedures used by a media production accounting department. You will also learn about business structures, budgets, cash flows, controlling costs through cost reports, the workflow of the accounting department, applying for and estimating the refundable tax credits, and the eligibility requirements and application processing for funding agencies such as the Canada Media Fund.