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.
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Your New Role...
Reporting directly to the Talent Acquisition Manager - News & Sport EMEA, the Talent Acquisition Advisor is responsible for the placement of top talent both internally and externally to support the growth of Warner Bros Discovery's News & Sport teams.
This role serves as a key business partner, across all entities, to ensure best-in-class attraction, sourcing, assessment and selection of candidates for all roles up to, and including, Senior Director level, positioning Warner Bros. Discovery as an Employer of Choice.
This is a maternity cover contract position starting in April 2025.
Your Role Accountabilities...
- In response to business needs, manage full-cycle recruitment, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Leading kick-off meetings with hiring executives, to understand their business unit, department, and position needs, and develop recruitment strategies to source, attract and recruit to fill key positions.
- In partnership with hiring executives, develop an effective interview and sourcing strategy, with an eye toward internal and diverse talent.
- Write engaging job postings to better attract target audience.
- Leverage tools to source viable candidates (Workday, Phenom, LinkedIn, etc.).
- Partner with the Sourcing team, where applicable, for in-depth market intelligence and to further attract passive candidates.
- Engage and assess candidates for company and position viability and present candidate shortlist that are diverse and representative.
- Partner with hiring executive on candidate slate from initial presentation to finalist selection, coaching them to develop new practices and capabilities with regards to interviews and selection procedures.
- Negotiate salary terms and process subsequent offer details.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and P&C across the EMEA businesses.
- Work with Early Talent to identify career opportunities where appropriate.
- Work closely with your TA Operations buddy group to ensure that a superior candidate experience, reflective of our values, is being adhered to across all recruitment.
- Participate in special projects that support continuous business improvement.
- Update Workday on a timely basis to ensure accurate reporting on statistics on time to fill, costs, and source of hire.
- Keep up to date with industry news.
Qualifications & Experience...
- Proven experience managing a high volume of recruitment at one time.
- Fluent in both Polish and English.
- Strong professional demeanour, with strategic mindset, and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with absolute discretion.
- Exceptional communication skills to cultivate and manage effective relationships with a wide range of individuals across the organization.
- A strong client satisfaction focus, able to influence hiring executives with regards to recruitment practice and selection activities.
- Strong work ethic, accountability, and ownership of work.
What's in it for you...
- Contract of employment (fixed-term)
- Hybrid work
- Benefits package: private medical care, life and accident insurance, MyBenefit cafeteria platform, sports card, social fund, retirement pension plan, Employee Referral Program
- Free access to the Max platform
- Work-life balance initiatives: well-being platform, yoga, massages, educational webinars, Employee Support Program, film screenings organized by employees in the office cinema
- Training and development: training platform, co-financing of English lessons, Employee Resource Groups, Engagement Club - the opportunity to develop your interests in thematic employee groups, online meetings with experts
- CSR activities: volunteering, ecological and social initiatives
- Access to parking spaces
#LI-Hybrid
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. 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 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 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.