Specialist, VOD Content Merchandising

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
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.
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing day-to-day operations of Homepage as well as overseeing strategy and execution of local originals merchandising and other local content and country-specific differences in the region.
• Accountable for execution of select pan-European pages within the platform on other MAX markets in cooperation with the broader EMEA Merchandising team.
• Power user of Site Builder (our Content Management System) once trained.
• Collaborates with Merchandising Analysis & Insights team to receive the right data to inform merchandising decisions.
• Supports other merchandising team members on troubleshooting, diagnosing, and making sure high priority impact issues are being followed through by the correct teams and solved in a timely manner.
• Partner with the EMEA Sports team on strategy and page construction across relevant pages
• Acts as a Merchandising primary point of contact for the local stakeholders from the Marketing and Content teams
• Strategy
• Adapts Global and EMEA Merchandising strategies with an eye to make it relevant to local audiences.
• Create strategy for all LOP and reports back to leadership on progress. Work collaboratively with CEE Merchandising Team.
• Leverages merchandising strategies to improve content discoverability, minutes/impression, impression efficiency, content diversity, and other relevant KPIs that improve the engagement/retention of subscribers and the performance of content on D+. Leads initiatives to improve key metrics.
• Uses data to drive decisions; shares actionable insights and recommendations with the Global Merchandising team as well as other stakeholders.
• Makes relationship points with local market stakeholders and stays in sync and connected to the pulse of the market to leverage zeitgeist moments into content discovery opportunities.
• Actively participates to overall strategy through cross-team collaboration, sharing successful curation strategies that can be used outside their primary page.
• Provides recommendations for improvements in any aspects relating to day-to-day merchandising performance and operations, including product features and operational workflows.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• English/Russian or English/Hebrew language
• Passionate about all things content: Expert knowledge of local content, deep familiarity with WBD's catalog, strong familiarity with competitor's content generally.
• Data-Driven: Comfortable analyzing data and using it to optimize our work: level of effort vs consumer impact. Demonstrated evidence of implementing shifts in strategy based on quantitative evidence, working command of evolving performance metrics.
• Consumer Obsessed: Tenacious focus on the consumer, delivering seamless and delightful experiences.
• Relentless pursuit of operations and work-flow efficiency.
• Proficiency in digital merchandising operations and workflows with a commanding knowledge of various merchandising tools and CMSs
• Ability to quickly learn, assimilate, and train others on new processes and product innovations.
• High self-initiative with the ability to work well under pressure and with minimal supervision.
• If internal hire, working relationships with Scheduling, CS&A, Programming, Marketing, CRM, Content Ops, Enterprise Metadata, and Image teams; comfort collaborating with functions including Executive, Product, Data, Engineering, And Data / Reporting.
• Strong verbal and written and communication skills.

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.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
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.
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