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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.

Your new role

Warner Bros. Discovery produce award winning content which is distributed around the world to millions of fans from different cultures who consume content on a variety of devices. The role of Media Supply Chain Technologies intern is to gain an understanding of the technology and processes used to modify this content for local markets.

Have you ever wondered how a television programme, once made, is distributed all over the world in many languages and made suitable to be watched on both a large living room screen and phone at the same time?

We call this the Global Media Supply Chain and the EMEA & APAC Media Supply Chain – are the technical engineering department, involved in solving complex technical problems to make this possible. We look after a large array of systems involved in the media supply, covering several computer operating systems.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to learn about the technical software applications that we use for secure file transfers, editing and file format changes for different devices. You will also learn how we process media files including video, audio & subtitles, how content is found and securely stored and how T&O enable the localisation through dubbing to local languages and adding subtitles and audio description for access services to make our content suitable for all fans across the world.

Your role accountabilities

Gain a high-level understanding of Warner Bros. Discovery Media Supply Chain.
Help support the Turner Media Asset Management System (TMC)
Support the migration of content to new playout centres.
Acting as a hub between other departments, feeding information back where relevant and attending meetings as an WE representative
To respond to phone and email enquiries on engineering issues or new requests.
Helping to resolve issues with content & workflows for all types of content, problem solving and escalating problems as and when required.
Documenting new workflows and project work.
Provide support to team on relevant Project work.

Qualifications & experience

You must be a recent university graduate, having graduated no earlier than July 2022.  
The role would suit someone who is analytical minded, likes to understand how things work and is happy to question and probe to gain further understanding.
An interest to learn about the Media Industry and computing.
A problem solver, with an interest in improving workflows.
Familiar with Microsoft Excel or has a willingness to use and learn more.
Keen to learn about technical software applications that we use.
Has an interest in how we process media files, including video, audio, subtitles.
Ability to work independently and to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Attention to details and methodical approach.
Good communication skills.

The internship

Salary: £27,000
Contract Length: 12 months
Start Date: Likely to be 9th September 2024
You will gain hands-on experience working on business-critical projects.
You will have access to personal and professional development courses, executive speakers’ series, special screenings and more.
You will be part of our Early Talent network of over 100 interns & apprentices, meaning you will have an important support network of other students, graduates and apprentices and plenty of opportunities to socialise!

Next steps

Stage 1: Submit your CV by Sunday 17th March (you will not be able to apply after this date).
Stage 2: For eligible candidates, you will be invited to complete a written questionnaire in HireVue. The deadline for this is Sunday 24th March.
Stage 3: Pre-recorded video interviews via HireVue will be sent out, to be completed in April.
Stage 4: Assessment Centres & Interviews will take place May-June.

Due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to provide individual feedback, but if you are unsuccessful we will aim to let you know within 6 weeks of the closing date.

How we get things done

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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, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.

Media Supply Chain Technologies Graduate Intern