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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.
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Your New Role
Leading the planning of MAX and HBO Premium Linear channels in (HBO1, HBO2, and HBO3) in Poland.
Ensuring a holistic approach is taken to the EMEA Content Roll in collaboration with other Planning Managers and the streaming and linear leadership team.
Leading local Regional Planning & Scheduling for Poland ensuring we have an aligned approach combined with a clear local focus across MAX EMEA.
Plays a key and strategic part in the BAU Management of the MAX content offering as well as the linear channels considering both Global and Local content initiatives. Making sure sound editorial decisions are taken based on data, local input and global guidance.
Ensuring all content roll out plans are up to date and sharing it within the team and the wider business as the short-, medium- and long-term plans are evaluated and set. Serve as the bridge between the local content needs and global content roll outs working closely with the whole Planning & Scheduling team.
Your Role Accountabilities
- Planning and defining the ultimate EMEA and local proposition based on customer needs and consumption data on streaming.
- Creating the optimal monthly line-up on HBO Linear, taking into account a number of plays and value of programs with regard to cast, box office, country of origin and genre of programs and aligninng it with the streaming priorities.
- Closely monitor regional trends and consumer facing preferences and trackign industry trends to advise on future content acquisitons and originals greenlighting decissions.
- Maintain and up-to-date knowledge of competitors schedules, competing content launches and major competitive initiatives both on streaming and linear.
- Supporting the other regional managers as well as our central teams in all aspects of planning ensuring the strongest possible plans are put in place and executed and that all variables are accounted for.
- Play a strong advisory role to senior managers on the content mix needed to produce consumer focused and competitive schedules, that ultimately help drive customer acquisitions, engagement and retention.
- Together with the team, working with the Content Strategy and Analysis team to ensure we take advantage of available data and use it when planning as well as acquiring content.
- Continuously checking and analyzing the EMEA content offering and running a gap analysis on market vs audience needs.
- Maintains an overview of all content types and works with the other planning manager and team to ensure we are aligned, and team is working towards optimizing the content release across EMEA on both streaming and linear.
- Expand and maintain an inventory database and tracking systems to provide management with oversight of content availability on MAX and HBO Linear in terms of volume, mix of genres and quota fulfilment.
- Directly accountable for overseeing the local planning documentation with short term and forward plans and ensuring data accuracy on up and downstream teams for both MAX and Linear
- Lead the development of the strategy for the local schedules and detailed schedule plans, ensuring that they accurately reflect the overall strategy and priorities of key stakeholders at any point in time.
- Create and communicate detailed contingency and business continuity plans for anticipated and unanticipated changes to the schedules
- Ensuring we share and take advantage of all content within EMEA and informing key stakeholders of content roll out.
- Work closely with our LatAm, Apac, and US colleagues on alignment and content roll out of MAX Originals and sharing best practices across streaming.
- Work with local Acquisitions VP's on avail list, inventories for the month and content expiration ensuring there is a steady flow of content to the EMEA platforms.
- Work closely with the MAX EMEA Merchandising group and leading the team to ensure avail list, inventories and content expiration being supported and displayed on platform as expected based on medalling and other frameworks.
- Work closely with the WBD Ops team and media supply chain to ensure a smooth and consistent roll out of content plans.
- Actively checking and following up on material status with Global Content Operations and if materials are not ready for publishing updating schedules and informing key stakeholders.
- Act as key point of contact with operations and acquisitions when there are delivery delays that will affect content premiere dates for assigned content types ensuring updates are communicates to their local regions.
- Use analytics and work with Content Strategy Team and Data Insights and Planning Team on volumes by categories and demo target.
- Close cooperation with localisations and content ops, ensuring the timely availability of localizations (subs and dubs where customary).
Skills and Experience
- Fluent in English and Polish.
- Solid experience in digital media/stream platforms and/or linear network planning.
- Have excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to interface with all levels within the organization.
- Possess strong organizational skills.
- Able to work well under pressure, complete projects successfully and respond to changing demands and priorities whilst maintaining a flexible and positive attitude.
- Business oriented with strong negotiation/mediation skills.
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.
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