Walt Disney Television has launched two new incubator programs for executives and studio employees of underrepresented backgrounds, the company announced Monday.
Launching later this year, the Executive Incubator Program and the Studios Intern Program will seek candidates with “diverse and varied perspectives including women, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, people with disabilities.”
The executive program is a rotational apprentice-style pilot program which will span ABC Entertainment and Freeform. Participants will gain experience in development, current, casting and marketing across the two-year program. The first class will begin the program in October.
“Our jobs allow us the privilege to nurture great storytellers and it’s imperative that these stories come from different places, with authentic points of view and varied perspectives,” ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke said in a statement.