Zaina is the Scripted Development Executive at SBS where she works across the broadcaster’s slate of bold primetime and shortform drama.

Prior to joining the broadcaster, she was the Associate Producer of the AACTA and Logie-nominated SBS Original series Erotic Stories, and before that the Development & Production Coordinator at Wooden Horse. She also has experience in TV sales at the independent distributor EntertainmentOne, and TVC production at the production and design studio Collider. In a past life, she got her start in the industry producing live comedy in Sydney.

A Bangladeshi-Australian raised in the Philippines and Indonesia, she is an advocate for meaningful diversity and equity in the sector. At SBS, her role encompasses support for the organization’s career pathways and content initiatives for underrepresented screen practitioners, and she was previously Coordinator for the Screen Australia Gender Matters Taskforce.