Production Operations Crew Supervisor
Production Operations Crew Supervisor
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Job Description
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.
Your New Role
The Production Resource Crew Supervisor is responsible for leading our fixed facility crew bookings team across all of WBDs sport productions ensuring that we have the best freelancers booked to deliver and support our worldclass sports coverage. They work in partnership with our production and operations colleagues ensuring their broadcasts are delivered to the highest standard on budget and in line with WBD policy. They log all information across our booking systems (Provys/MediaPulse) and departmental documents (Event and Crew trackers) ensuring all teams and crew have the information they require to deliver a smooth production.
This role may require occasional weekend and evening work as large productions dictates but predominantly standard office hours will apply. Flexibility is key and from time to time there may be a requirement to work from different sites within the WBD portfolio. The role is based out of our west London offices (Chiswick and Stockley Park).
Your Role Accountabilities
Leads the Production Operations crew coordinators in booking crew across multiple productions and live eventsout of Londons fixed facilities. (Directors Vision Mixers GFX Livetouch/EVS PAs Sound Supers Lighting teams Camera teams Sound Assistance Editors MUAs)
Works with production leads on crew preferences maintaining a healthy and happy freelance population.
Updates WBD crewing systems with the crew booked to ensure budgets are accurately tracked and reported on by department management.
Approve freelancer timesheets ensuring all cost centre information is correctly reflected and claimed against.
Liaising with internal teams to ensure all requirements are correctly requested and captured across our systems.
Flag resource hotspots early and escalate with a solution based approach.
Onboard new freelancers in partnership with our external workforce suppler.
Enforces our Homebase policy consistently and fairly across all productions.
Attends daily scheduling meetings to ensure information is captured correctly our and other teams tracking documents and systems to ensure we have the correct resource booked.
Support internal & external contributors to navigate corporate provisioning systems to ensure smooth workflows on site.
Ensures cost allocation information is correctly allocated to workers in our Freelancer timesheet portal so they are able to accurately claim for the time they have been booked.
Weekend cover (where required) to ensure production teams and freelancers have the correct level of support with fast escalation to senior team where required to limit any production impact.
Qualifications & Experience
Solid understanding of the full production process
Prior experience working within a broadcast industry
Ability to adapt quickly and effectively in a dynamic production setting
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrated soft skills including collaboration and problem-solving
Financially aware with a good grasp of budgeting and cost control
Comfortable working cross-functionally and building relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders
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.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
