Executive in charge credit question

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I'm starting to add more credits, especially to older shows that don't have full credits. I noticed that some shows have "executive in charge of production" credits, usually followed by a company name. How should these be listed in IMDb?

Currently, there is a position under production management called "executive in charge of production" but there are many variations that include company names. I don't think the company name belongs in the occupation. Does it need to be included at all? Should it be part of the attribute? I think we need just a single occupation called "executive in charge of production" because adding the company makes them fairly unique titles that will only have a handful of people to ever hold that position.
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Hi all,

As you are aware unfortunately we are limited to our department lists and the one attribute field for these credits. Just to confirm that we would prefer to list the attribute as closely as it appears on screen for those job roles including any company names and if you are doing so please use a ":" to differentiate this from the job role e.g. ”in charge of production: QM Productions" as stated in the Miscellaneous Crew guide.

This is a standard rule across most data types. When there are 2 or more subtitles following each other use alternatively ":" and "-".

I hope this helps.
2018-03-06T17:12:03+00:00
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Since this is a standard rule across multiple data types, can we get the rule moved out of the miscellaneous crew section into its own section and link it to other sections that it apply to so that contributors know of the rule and that it applies to more that the miscellaneous crew section?
2018-03-06T17:28:36+00:00
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This rule is already documented in the title formatting guide https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/title-formatting/G56U5ERK7YY47CQB?ref_=helpsrall# but is a little niche to be included as a separate guide in its own right. If you have any other sections where you feel it would be usefully applied please let me know and I can look at getting it added.

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Will
2018-03-06T17:35:28+00:00
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I would think you would want to add a mention of it in the producers and production managers sections as that is where I've most commonly seen it.

Also, I guess I wouldn't have thought as these being "subtitles" to a credit.
2018-03-08T17:43:36+00:00
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Hi Adrian,

Those have been amended now.
2019-08-16T21:40:06+00:00
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Hi Will!  The Executive In Charge Of Production title would be best placed in the "Producers" drop down, as it is essentially a higher titled line producer, and the line producer reports to this person.  This title is usually billed up with the executive producers, in television.   Hope this helps!
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