Red Sauce Bolsters Team with Three New Hires

The factual label Red Sauce, a part of Zinc Media Group, has made three new appointments across development and production management.

Jess Mitchell has joined the label as development producer. Coming to Red Sauce with both production and development experience, she’s worked on such titles as Cardiff Productions’ We Are Black and British for BBC Two and the BBC Three Naked show The Rap Game, as well as a number of commissions at TwoFour for Channel 4. Mitchell also previously served as development producer at BBC Studios.

Jack Dargov has been tapped to serve as the development senior assistant producer. Dargov has worked in development at indies like Label1 and Crackit Productions. He’s played a part in more than ten commissions in the past year, including E4’s Send Nudes and The Social Media Murders for ITV.

Nikki Nerini-Hobbs is confirmed as production executive. She first worked with Red Sauce in 2021 to line produce Red Sauce’s Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun for Channel 5. Her other credits include Long Lost Family (ITV), Becoming You (Apple TV+), First Civilizations (PBS) and Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us (BBC Two).

Tom Edwards, creative director at Red Sauce, said: “I’ve been thrilled with the rapid growth of our label since we began just over a year ago. And we’re hoping to announce two more exciting commissions soon. So we are really pleased to be welcoming some of the brightest development and production talents to Red Sauce. Both Jess and Jack are fantastic ideas originators who’ll add even more to our team, whilst Nikki’s outstanding production management skills will be a fantastic addition to those of our talented PM team.”