Manager, Platform Partnership & Livestreaming

Job Description

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.

The Job

WB Games Inc. seeks a best in class Platform Partnership & Livestreaming Manager to help us establish, grow & create the best experience for our community of viewers and streamers on Twitch, YouTube Gaming & fb.gg. The position will build strong relationships with each livestream platform to find opportunities in utilizing tools, features & products that they provide to help create the best viewership experience.

We are looking for a livestream expert to think outside the box strategizing and executing the livestreaming plans. Our ideal candidate is responsible working with Twitch, YouTube Gaming & fb.gg on building out a plan, monitoring & tracking the tooling that has been created. They will also be working with various internal teams to set up best in class activations to help support our game's key marketing beats.

This position will have the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the games we launch due to the importance of livestreaming, integration with the development studio & main point of contact for all things livestreaming.

In addition to knowledge of and passion for fighting games, the ideal candidate will be an expert of livestreaming across Twitch, YouTube Gaming, fb.gg & any emerging platforms. This position be joining a team committed to thinking community first, increasing viewer engagement & looking to push the envelope with innovation and fresh ideas.

The Daily

Platform Optimization
• Create a livestream strategy to help support key marketing beats to amplify messaging and grow the community.
• Develop strong relationships with livestreaming platforms creating an evolving partnership
• Bring new and big ideas to the table, as well as collaboratively build on others' concepts to deliver game engagement and build brand passion
• Product management of approved tools with livestreaming platforms, internal teams & external agencies
• Be the point of contact & expert on any livestreaming events or programs to build in best practices
• Focus on building the best viewership experience & push streamers to utilize tool to build their communities
• Research and build case studies on what competition is doing on the livestreaming platforms.
• Monitor, report, and drive key livestreaming engagement performance metrics (e.g., viewership, sentiment, interactions, etc.).

Creators & Viewers Management
• Work closely with the Influencer & Community team to reach out to streamers on feedback & ideation on tools
• Monitor and listen to viewer sentiment, emotes & what they are saying

Be the Voice of the livestreaming to the Game Team and the Org
• Build livestreaming presentations shared at an executive level
• Analysis to show impact of livestreaming projects in correlation to in-game data
• Produce Best Practice Docs and Processes that can be distributed across the Org

The Essentials
• 3-4 year's experience in livestreaming and platform optimization.
• 5+ years of overall work experience in related field
• Understanding of livestreaming and the impact it has for games
• Experience collaborating within a large organization, driving creative work with multiple departments
• Ability to effectively interact with internal/external stakeholders and all levels of management
• Familiarity with the gaming industry and overall enthusiasm for gaming

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0z88m-3-149-243-32-42 in your application.