Director- Sports

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.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels, and platforms in Europe. It collectively engages 130 million people every month, reaching fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time: free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. WBD Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, as well sports programming and content on WBD’s free-to-air TV networks and streaming on HBO Max. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 1,000 live cycling broadcasts per year, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; the PGA TOUR year-round in some markets; the FIM Endurance World Championship; The Ocean Race; the FIM Speedway GP and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event.

Your New Role...

Join WBD Sports as a Director and play a key role in delivering high-quality live and non-live sports coverage across a diverse multi-sport rights portfolio. Working across studio, remote and on-site productions, you will help shape the distinctive on-air look and feel of WBD Sports while ensuring outstanding editorial and production standards. If you are passionate about sports broadcasting and thrive in dynamic live production environments, we would love to hear from you.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Direct live and non-live productions across WBD Sports’ multi-sport portfolio, adapting editorial and technical approaches to a wide range of sporting events.
• Cut multi-camera live and non-live studio shows.
• Deliver live productions across studio, remote and on-site environments, adapting workflows to meet the editorial and operational requirements of each production.
• Oversee, coordinate and support freelance directors and gallery crew on individual productions, ensuring consistent editorial standards and alignment with WBD Sports’ on-air output.
• Maintain the look and feel of WBD Sports’ on-air presentation.
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and operating systems relevant to sports broadcasting.
• Collaborate closely with Producers and the Production Management team to plan and deliver events, while building and maintaining strong relationships with on-screen talent.

Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive experience as a live and non-live sports television director.
• Strong understanding of the sports production process.
• Demonstrated ability to guide and support production teams in live broadcast environments.
• Good working knowledge of vision mixing desks.
• Current knowledge of broadcast technologies and production workflows

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.

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