Production Manager, Domestic Football

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands, channels, and platforms in Europe. It collectively engages 130 million people every month, reaching fans and broad audiences in more than 200 markets and in 20 languages across all platforms where consumers are spending time: free-to-air TV, pay-TV, streaming, online and social. WBD Sports Europe includes the much-loved consumer brands Eurosport and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, as well sports programming and content on WBD’s free-to-air TV networks and streaming on HBO Max. They connect audiences with the greatest sporting events in the world. This includes being the Home of the Olympics Games in Europe; tennis’ Grand Slams; cycling’s Grand Tours, more than 1,000 live cycling broadcasts per year, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series; the PGA TOUR year-round in some markets; the FIM Endurance World Championship; The Ocean Race; the FIM Speedway GP and every major winter sports World Championship and World Cup event.

Your New Role...

Join WBD Sports as a Production Manager, Domestic Football, and play a key role in the planning and delivery of domestic football productions. Working across editorial, production, engineering, technical facilities providers, freelance crews and external stakeholders, you will help deliver high-quality live broadcasts safely, efficiently and within budget. If you enjoy coordinating complex productions and making a visible impact across a busy sports portfolio, we'd love to hear from you.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Oversee the operational planning and delivery of domestic football match rounds, coordinating multiple fixtures, locations and production requirements.

• Coordinate technical facility requirements, providing clear briefs, schedules and updates to support efficient delivery across each match week.

• Oversee freelance crewing plans, ensuring resources are allocated effectively against location, editorial ambition, technical specification and budget.

• Partner with editorial teams to understand production requirements and deliver creative ambitions in a practical and cost-effective way.

• Own production budget tracking, forecasting and reconciliation, maintaining visibility of costs and accountability throughout delivery.

• Ensure production protocols, risk assessments, health and safety requirements and approval processes are in place and followed.

• Build strong relationships across freelance crews, vendors, clubs, federations, venues and other stakeholders while maintaining proactive communication and supporting Production Coordinators and Assistants where required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale live broadcast productions within sport or multi-fixture environments.

• Strong budget management capability, including forecasting, tracking, reconciliation and cost control.

• Good understanding of broadcast facilities, production workflows and technical delivery requirements.

• Proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to take ownership and resolve challenges effectively.

• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately, work with key stakeholders and travel as production requirements dictate.

Location

• Chiswick

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

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About Us

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.