Content Transmission Specialist

Job Description

Your New Role…

The Content Transmission Specialist I primary tasks are to provide transmission services across News, Sports, and Entertainment. This position requires a willingness to learn and a basic knowledge of Broadcast Television, various transmission formats over satellite, fiber, and IP, related transmit and receive equipment, WarnerMedia engineering infrastructure, transmission services and associated internal clients, and vendor services. Build a working knowledge or an Understanding of the full-time and occasional use receive and transmit infrastructure that connects Warner Bros Discovery, CNN bureaus and affiliates, vendors, and remote locations used for planned events and breaking news is required.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Candidate must work to become fully proficient in the current Scheduling System(s) used for provisioning transmissions, cost accruals and billing. Working closely with Business Administration on billing, reconciliation of disputes and discrepancies. The position requires constant daily interaction with staff and clients in receiving and provisioning transmission requests.
Other requirements are the ability to work across the team and manage conflict between staff, clients, and vendors. Flexibility and understanding to propose or accept alternate transmission or technical solutions to meet customers' needs.

For assigned event and projects, work with customers, vendors, managers, staff, and others in gathering requirements, gaining approvals and consensus, and execution. Review and update standard operating procedure (SOP) documents and Internal platforms with management.

Must work well under pressure, be able to multitask, be extremely detail oriented, have great organization skills, communicate effectively, and provide excellent customer service.

The Content Transmission Specialist I report to Operations Managers and Supervisors as direct reports to support the business.

Qualifications & Experience…

Experience or knowledge of Broadcast TV transmissions and live remote events

Knowledge of transmission systems, technologies and providers

Customer service and organizational skills customers

College Degree, preferable Communications or Technical

Previous Television, Broadcast to satellite or fiber industry experience

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.

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, 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@wbd.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn589k-3-138-113-188-42 in your application.