Paul Mortimer has worked at ITV for 9 years, recently moving to head up programming within ITV’s On Demand division which includes the ITV Hub, ITV2, ItvBe and CITV.

Paul has overall responsibility for the commissioning, scheduling and acquisition of content for several of ITV’s channels which are also now very much focused on ITV’s VoD service, the Hub.Under Paul’s leadership, ITV2 moved ahead of E4 to become the most watched digital channel for young adults. ‘Love Island’ has likely the highest profile of all of his shows. It is the biggest programme on television for 16-34yr olds, averaging around 2m of this premium demographic per episode, and delivering over 100m viewer interactions on the ITV Hub in 2019.

Paul’s other commissions include Don’t Hate The Playaz, The Stand Up Sketch Show, The Cabins & Celebrity Juice for ITV2, TOWIE and Sam & Billie: The Mummy Diaries for ITVBe, How and the Rubbish World of Dave Spud for CITV.

Before joining ITV in 2012, Paul spent five years at Channel 4, becoming the Head of E4. He has also worked for the Discovery Channel as well as Channel 5 but began his career at the ITV Network Centre in 1994.