WWE Advertise For 'Continuity Supervisor' Role
Plot goals.
In a piece of banter employment news, WWE have rather amusingly advertised a vacancy for a 'Continuity/Script Supervisor' on their official website.
Barely a week passes by without Raw and SmackDown writers being raked over the scorching internet coals for their seeming inability to stitch together narrative threads from one week to the next. Generally speaking, there are more holes in WWE's plots than a working men's club car park.
For the longest time, it's felt as if it's a case of a lack of care rather than a lack of competence. Apparently, all that is about to change - for a bit, anyway - thanks to the new role.
The job's key responsibilities are listed as follows:
- - Maintain and Oversee the weekly Continuity documents for RAW and SmackDown Live
- - In charge of proofreading all drafts of RAW, SmackDown Live and PPV Scripts each week
- - Will assure all major stories, graphics and transitions are being brought forward for all shows and nothing is being overlooked
- - Create, set and communicate weekly checklists for all shows to keep Lead Writers on track and making sure they are bringing all stories forward
- - Responsible for watching all shows and up to date on all creative and all WWE related events (Digital, Social, Publix Relations, Community Relations, etc.)
- - Serve as a liaison between RAW and SmackDown Live to ensure continuity between the creative of both shows
- - Works closely with Head of Department, VPs and Lead Writers throughout the creative process to ensure the entire Creative Writing Team is on the same page
All good ideas - but all things you'd expect to be a basic part of the regular writers' duties. That the company have to specifically hire someone to do this suggests that maybe, just maybe, their methods of producing content are a little bit inefficient.
We can't see this lasting too long, given how the company's Executive VP Triple H managed to appear as both a nominal face and heel during the course of WrestleMania. Still, let's enjoy the three weeks of clarity whilst they last.