Erica James

Erica is a trainee development researcher in the development team as part of the C4 PARAS Production Training Scheme, after working on Sunday Brunch for the last 12 months.

Prior to the scheme Erica has worked on Big Brother as a runner and as a freelance development researcher and editor at ACME. Erica has also created and managed content on her own YouTube Channel ‘Prophets of Rock TV’ including booking, producing and conducting interviews with high profile talent inc. Prince, Janelle Monae and Lizzo and garnering 200,000 weekly views. She has been an intern in the Press Gallery in the House of Commons, an online contributor and blogger for Huff Post Live, and a content creator for BBCTHREE | LATIMERGROUP.

Channel 4 Paras Production Training Scheme 2019 includes fourteen disabled trainees working across sport, development and production. While on the scheme, the trainees have training on a range of topics including Legal & Compliance, Health & Safety, writing and production skills.