Jay Martel

Jay Martel is a comedy writer, producer and novelist whose television work includes serving as an executive producer and writer on Key & Peele. He and Ian Roberts led the sketch series as showrunners, helping develop its filmed comedy alongside the performers and writing ensemble.

Martel's other television credits include Alternatino with Arturo Castro, Teachers, TV Nation and The Awful Truth. He also worked on the screenplay for Get Hard and wrote the novel Channel Blue. His career moves between topical television satire, character sketches and longer comic stories for film and print.