Sports Scheduler - TNT Sports, Eurosport and WBD Sports channels
Sports Scheduler - TNT Sports, Eurosport and WBD Sports channels
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Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are
When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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.
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 multinetwork production requirements. Identify opportunities to maximise commercial inventory and react to requirements of new events and formats.
- Assisting the Broadcast Producers with the ontheday 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 onair scheduling liaising with interritory and UK departments to ensure a fully optimised and compliant playlist.
- Schedule onair look in accordance with channel and slot branding.
- Manage delivery planning and booking of international advertising and sponsorship campaigns working alongside our international adsales teams.
- Coordinating with program planning international and local ad sales production and transmission teams to follow up any onair or technical issues related to scheduling.
- Daily reconciliation of channel asrun data. Validation of previous days 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 adhoc tasks as needed.
Qualifications & Experience...
- Experience in free to air/commercial onair scheduling is beneficial.
- Experience of sport scheduling & live broadcast and/or a keen passion for sports.
- Good knowledge of the scheduling system Whats On or equivalent system.
- An understanding of the endtoend broadcast chain.
- Good knowledge of break optimisation and marketing strategies is beneficial.
- Knowledge of Ofcom BLM Arcom & other European Regulatory bodies.
- Selfstarter 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.
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 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.If youre 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
