Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
I love clear & concise pitches! Character and theme are extremely important to me. Why should an audience invest 90-120 minutes with these characters, and what do you want them to walk away from the movie/show with? Setting up the world and the rules within it are very important as well. I should be able to walk away from the pitch with a clear understanding of character, plot, structure, genre, and the theme.
Excited about all genres that are listed. However, I am a huge fan of high-concept genre movies that transport audiences into a world different from theirs (e.g. it can be something that literally takes us to a new world/specific location or something that dives into a specific world such as mafia life like in THE GODFATHER). I always love to read projects that put underrepresented audiences in genre spaces we typically don’t see them in, such as Black Sci-fi or female driven action.
In terms of television, I truly have varied taste. I primarily want to focus on projects that are geared towards hour-long shows meant for streaming, but genuinely get excited by all the genres I have checked off.
I am not a huge fan of broad comedies (in features and television) and small indie drama features.
Jihad was born and raised in New Jersey, and graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He decided to forego attending medical school to explore a path in entertainment. Most recently, Jihad spent two years at Eric Newman’s production company Grand Electric as a Creative Executive. There, he worked on various projects in development at Netflix through the company's deal on the studio film side, including the upcoming REBEL MOON. Prior to Grand Electric, Jihad worked on the Original Studio Film team at Netflix. There, he worked on THE MIDNIGHT SKY, HUBIE HALLOWEEN, MOXIE, and SPIDERHEAD. Jihad started his career at WME in the Motion Picture Literary and Talent departments.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.