Director, Content Planning

Full Time Job
Location: New York, New York, United States of America

Company Overview

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Company Overview

WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.

Bleacher Report, a WarnerMedia company, makes it as easy as possible to be a sports fan by defining the moments that matter. Empowering, personal and community driven, its vision for making sports bigger than the game has led to unmatched engagement on social media, where it consistently ranks as the No. 1 digital and social brand. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through its unparalleled app experience. This year Bleacher Report was ranked as one of the 'World's Most Innovative Companies' by Fast Company.

Find Bleacher Report on the web at www.bleacherreport.com and on Instagram @BleacherReport. Bleacher Report is a division of Turner Sports.

The Job

The Director of Content Planning will be responsible for ownership and planning of key tentpole events, shows and content executions across Bleacher Report. They will manage a team of content planners and work cross functionally to drive all aspects of B/R's tentpole and live show planning process.

The Daily
• Own and develop B/R's content planning process and timeline
• Evolve B/R's content planning strategy and hit business KPIs
• Responsible for ensuring there is a clear goal and objective for each tentpole
• Ensure content plans are vetted and delivered before deadlines
• Accountable for delivering the executive level overview of our content programming strategy for each tentpole
• Steer alignment with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Design, Content, Programming, etc.
• Partner closely with the Director of Programming to ensure content plans are holistic, strategic, and build off of past executions
• Manage, coach and develop a team of content planners
• Collaborate with Operations to develop and run a post-mortem process for the content and programming teams each tentpole

The Essentials
• 8+ years of experience in digital media, sports media, planning or operations
• 3+ years of leading and managing teams
• Extensive knowledge and passion for sports and sports culture
• Awareness of Bleacher Report's voice + extensive knowledge of internet sports culture
• Deep experience working in a cross-functional role and getting stakeholder buy-in
• Project ownership experience, with examples of seeing a project thru from inception to post-mortem
• Results oriented, self-motivated
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

The Perks
• Paid time off every year to volunteer
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• An in-house learning and development team to help shape and grow your career
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

Warner Media, LLC and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

The Perks
• Exclusive WarnerMedia events and advance screenings
• Paid time off every year to volunteer for eligible employees
• Access to well-being tools, resources, and freebies
• Access to in-house learning and development resources
• Part of the WarnerMedia family of powerhouse brands

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, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status 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@warnermedia.com.