Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role...

This role will focus on the presentation scheduling of our sporting events across our WBD Sport and Entertainment networks. In a fast changing and dynamic environment of live sport you will work with multiple teams across the full end to end of broadcast and be responsible for the planning and delivery of accurate and compliant playlists to playout.

Your Role Accountabilities… 

Break modelling programming on our TNT Sports UK & Ireland and Eurosport Nordics networks. Liaising with commercial and programming teams to ensure breaks are accurate and meet the commercial and production requirements of the sporting event.Developing and coordinating live event break structures for UK based productions in accordance with multi-network production requirements.  Identify opportunities to maximise commercial inventory and react to requirements of new events and formats.Assisting the Broadcast Producers with the on-the-day management of live events including supplying advanced contingency playlists and alternative broadcast plans.Reacting to changes in running order, programming strategy and adjusting the schedules accordingly. Delivering transmission playlist updates and manual changes in accordance with set procedures ensuring broadcast reliability.Daily on-air scheduling, liaising with in-territory and UK departments to ensure a fully optimised and compliant playlist.Schedule on-air look in accordance with channel and slot branding.Manage delivery, planning and booking of international advertising and sponsorship campaigns working alongside our international ad-sales teams.Coordinating with program planning, international and local ad sales, production and transmission teams to follow up any on-air or technical issues related to scheduling.Daily reconciliation of channel as-run data. Validation of previous day’s broadcast before external reporting.Assist in the testing and implementation of new software development, upgrades and workflows as required by the Management Team.Assist and support other teams within the department with various ad-hoc tasks as needed.

Qualifications & Experience...

Experience in free to air/commercial on-air scheduling is beneficial.Experience of sport scheduling & live broadcast and/or a keen passion for sports.Good knowledge of the scheduling system What’s On or equivalent system.An understanding of the end-to-end broadcast chain.Good knowledge of break optimisation and marketing strategies is beneficial.Knowledge of Ofcom, BLM, Arcom & other European Regulatory bodies.Self-starter, highly motivated and a good team player.Capable of decision making and maintaining high performance while working under pressure.Excellent communication skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships within an organisation.Excellent attention to detail and a structured approach to problem solving.

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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