Education
Princeton University logo Princeton University
B.A., Sociology
Education UCLA Anderson School of Management logo UCLA Anderson School of Management
M.B.A., Entertainment Management and Marketing
Podcasts
52:29921: What It’s Like to Be a Scripted Programming & Development Executive With Rose Catherine Pinkney, BET [Main T4C Episode]
Rose Catherine Pinkney is a creative senior-level scripted programming and development executive. She’s worked in TV networks, studios and independent production companies. Currently, Rose Catherine leads the scripted development team of the original programming department, and staff, for BET and BET+. In this role, she’s helped to create the critically..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“When you work at a studio or network, you are an executive there. so you get more regular salaries. However, when you are on a production company, when you make it big, you make it really big. And the upside potential for the money-making part of it is huge. You sell a hit show, you may never have to work again.”
Best Career Advice
“Networking is the most important thing anyone can do in this business.”
Career Challenge
“I worked for a company that got taken over by another company and I, one day no longer had my job … I call it fired because I had a job that I really liked at a place I really liked that paid me a salary. I really liked working with people and then one day someone else had that job … I thought that if you work hard and do what you’re supposed to do and have a modicum of success that you rise up through the ranks, not find yourself fired. And again, these jobs are so subjective. Success is subjective.”
Skills
TV Development, Production, Oversight
Professional Interests
Broadcast, Entertainment, Film
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