Creator: Jill Golick
Toronto’s Jill Golick lives at the corner of TV and Digital.
Combining deep experience in series television with a passion for social media and the latest digital tools, Jill is at the bleeding edge of the intersection between television and digital media. Dubbed the Godmother of Canadian New Media by Karen Walton, Golick is a true multiplatform story teller.
As a screenwriter, Golick has more than 200 hours of produced television to her credit. She was Creative Producer on Instant Star, Executive Story Editor on the sexy soap Metropia and Executive Story Editor on four season’s of Global’s gritty crime series Blue Murder. Golick worked extensively as a writer of children’s programs, including Wimzie’s House, Shining Time Station, Canadian Sesame Street, Zaboomafoo and Kratt’s Creatures.
As a new media creator, Jill produces the tween web series Hailey Hacks, which is available on the web wherever video is shared. She also created and produced the ground breaking transmedia series, boymeetgrrl and Crushing It, Twitter’s first live comedy soap opera. She works with brands to integrate their messages into entertainment properties and with television producers to help them bring their properties to multiple platforms.
Jill created the character of Ruby Skye and along with best friend and writing partner, Julie Strassman-Cohn, she wrote The Spam Scam. She is also the project’s executive producer and showrunner.
An early adopter, Golick first began creating digital content in the early 80s with her company Teego Software. She designed and produced the Parents Choice Award winning Word Bird which Creative Computing called “a truly superb example of what educational software can be”.
Jill blogs on transmedia and screenwriting at Running With My Eyes Closed. She is a frequent speaker, having recently appeared at CaseCamp, Entertainment Master Class and Entertainment Industries Summit. Whenever invited, she serves as a mentor for Frank Boyd’s amazing Crossover labs. She moderates a monthly craft talk with television showrunners called WWTV (Writers Watching TV) and hosts the podcast Writers Talking TV. In her spare time, she teaches television writing at York University and serves as the president of the Writers Guild of Canada.
Jill is represented by Amy Stulberg at Vanguarde Artists Management.
Jill on Twitter, LinkedIn, ClaimID and FriendFeed.
