Job Description
Your New Role
This person must be exceedingly well-organized and motivated. The ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast-paced environment and to be proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality is crucial to this role.
Your Role Accountabilities
• Assistant will support the VP of Original Programming, Drama for HBO Max with administrative tasks such as heavy scheduling, rolling calls, booking travel, processing departmental expenses, and liaising with executives and talent.
• They will be responsible for maintaining company-wide and departmental grids to keep track of the slate from development, pre-production, production, to post.
• They will be responsible for tracking all incoming materials and assigning coverage as well as ensuring timely payments.
Qualifications & Experiences
• At least 2+ years of desk/executive assistant experience within the entertainment industry; preferably programming or at an agency.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to multi-task; must be able to constantly and consistently prioritize workload of senior executive and oneself simultaneously.
• They must be able to handle themselves professionally as they will have direct interaction with many other executives within the company as well as writers, producers, talent and other executives within the industry.
• The person in this position will also need to handle many sensitive documents and must be trusted with confidentiality.
• This individual must also have a solid understanding of the entertainment industry specifically as it relates to the creative side of the business.
• The ideal candidate will be experienced in handling a wide range of administrative and executive support related tasks and will be able to work independently with little or no supervision and handle typical entertainment assistant responsibilities along with other projects and duties at executive's discretion/direction.
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…
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $42,224.00 - $78,416.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
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-rz8043-98-80-143-34-42 in your application.