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 Role:

In this role, the Media Manager is responsible for receiving and processing content while managing the delivery of all programming for transmission to the Playout facility. 

The Media Manager liaises with production teams both internal and external.  These include Bookings, Archive, Engineering and Edit Support to ensure fast and accurate processing and delivery of all content.

Your Accountabilities:

 ● Prioritising content for delivery to Production, Ingest, Edit, VOD and Playout teams
 ● Ensuring ingest requirements are correct with all required content captured.
 ● Ensuring the accuracy of all naming conventions, metadata and its application.
 ● Work effectively with MCR, Engineering, Production, Edit, Bookings, Ingest and
 Archive teams.
 ● Managing issues with incoming content including escalating and reporting as
 required.
 ● Supervising content restores from archive storage.
 ● Management of day-to-day file delivery schedule.
 ● Identify potential delayed or late delivery issues.
 ● QC of all files to be delivered for Playout.
 ● Liaise with the Playout facility.
 ● Monitor day to day performance of the MAM system.
 ● Responsible for the issuing and receipt of hardware devices sent out on Productions for recordings.
 ● Point of contact for system engineering issues.

Requirements:

 ● Working knowledge of broadcast equipment, various file formats and transcoding processes.
 ● Attention to detail.
 ● Excellent communication skills.
 ● Knowledge and enthusiasm for a wide range of sports under the WBD (Warner Bros Discovery) portfolio.
 ● Ability to work autonomously under pressure meeting tight deadlines.
 ● Excellent understanding and demonstrable expertise in the use of EVS’s IPD MAM system.
 ● Knowledge of other EVS hardware and systems such as XT Access or similar.
 ● Understand different file formats and audio track layouts and their different uses in a production
 ● Understand the importance of metadata to

 ● Appreciate the importance of media and the requirement for it to be constantly available, not lost or deleted.
 ● Excellent communication skills to deal with different departments and used to communicating in a broadcast environment.
 ● Ability to cope in a pressurised environment making informed decisions in a timely fashion.
 ● Understand the implications of deadlines versus the time taken for systems to process material.
 ● Provide support and advice for the edit support teams.
 ● This is a shift-based role - covering 7 days a week 08:00 – 00:00.  No hybrid working, all based in the Chiswick office.

Onsite Working - This role is advertised as Onsite, meaning all working hours and days (regardless of shift pattern) will be carried out at the place of work. 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 the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.