Commissioner Moves

Up: Jill Dickerson, SVP Programming and Development, OWN

Jill Dickerson has been promoted to the role of  Senior Vice President of Programming and Development at OWN.

She served as Vice President of programming and development at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network since 2009, is a highly respected television executive and producer who has helped launch and oversee a slate of successful programs at the network, including Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s, Deion’s Family Playbook and Flex & Shanice. Before joining the network, she was consulting producer and head writer for the Sydney, Hollywood and Brooklyn seasons of MTV’s longest running reality series The Real World, where she was responsible for developing all storylines and overseeing structure and editing of the groundbreaking show.

Previously she served as series producer for TLC’s Miami Ink, supervising producer for the hit VH-1 series My Fair Brady,”co-executive producer on Venus & Serena: For Real, the reality series about tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, supervising story producer for the premiere seasons of ABC series The Bachelorette, The Mole, Love Test and Making the Band; and senior story editor for CBS’ Big Brother.” Her other work for MTV included Surf Girls, which shaped stories about female surf culture and The Real World: Hawaii where she got her start as a story editor.

Source: Discovery press release