Playout Resource Supervisor

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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...

An integral part of the LTH Playout teams scheduling full-time staff, additional freelance operators and individual room and workplace resources throughout the facility. Providing day-to-day bookings and administrative support in a reactive environment.

The position will work within the Broadcast Playout team and be responsible for supervising the staff resourcing for over 10,000 live events each year, on linear and digital platforms. The ideal candidate would be passionate about sport & live broadcast, with previous experience of working in a similarly demanding operational environment. Our work is essential in ensuring that our global 24/7 MCR, Production & Playout teams have every small element required to successfully broadcast every second of Live sporting content to all our consumers.

Your Accountabilities...

• Allocating Playout resources in Mediapulse resourcing system

• Keeping up to date on all facility work area functionality and assigning based on production and operational needs

• Coordinating with Supervisors daily to check on the needs of the department and the upcoming rosters

• Meet with other department heads on regular basis to review future sporting plans and to clarify resourcing needs,

• Review current processes on a regular cycle to look for improvements and efficiencies

• Oversee non-permanent staff recruitment and onboarding

• Working with Supervisors across multiple teams on a training plan for new Freelancers and monitoring their training

• Liaise with payroll to ensure all processing of overtime payments

• Verifying of operational staff holidays and blackout periods

• You will follow a tight workflow and be proactive in resolving any issues and chase up any missing information

• Take a mid to long term overview to requirements and peak periods throughout the sporting year, feeding back to management when required

• Organising testing, UAT and training for Ops on new broadcast systems as they come online

• Provide general administrative support and financial oversight as required

Desirable skills/experience:

• Sports knowledge or an interest in sports

• Previous production coordinator or broadcast bookings experience

• Experience in sport production

• Previous experience of live programming

• Knowledge of satellite bookings and distribution

• Production technical knowledge

• Experience of dealing with UK broadcasters and understanding of the UK TV industry

• Previous experience of Mediapulse, or a similar resource scheduling system (eg Xytech MediaPulse) is highly desirable

Skills needed:

• You must have strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to multi-task

• Excellent communication skills

• Can-do attitude

• Diplomacy and negotiation skills

• Consumer focused

• Good team player

• You must be able to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.

The role will be based on a Monday to Friday role, however there may be a need to work weekends, evenings or public holidays when required.

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The Legal Bits…

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 need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.