Manager, Digital Content at HBO | NYC
Company Overview
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Now, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.
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The Job
The Manager, Digital Content on the HBO Program Marketing team works on a range of digital content projects connected to show campaigns. The work includes developing creative across platforms including but not limited to video, podcasts, written editorial, emerging technology, native advertising, transmedia and social media.
The manager will often serve as a creative lead on HBO programs and oversee the work of other team members, ensuring projects are delivered in scope and on strategy. Additionally, this person will serve as a resource for the Program Marketing team as the go-to subject matter expert on a show, and will assist/oversee team members in their research, brainstorming, presentation contributions, video pitches, and the writing of episodic coverage. They will need to be able to edit and proofread with speed while also giving team members clear notes.
Most importantly, this person will be tasked with bringing in new ideas to the team, infusing a creative spirit in everything they do. This role reports directly to a Director of Digital Content, but will work extensively across the internal team and with external stakeholders.
The Daily
Works as part of the HBO Content team by doing the following:
Serve as Content’s creative lead in digital content development across a range of show campaigns
Maintain a strong awareness of digital trends and be able to present and share them with the wider team
Work closely across the internal team to bring in new approaches to content marketing
Serve as a liaison between the Program Marketing Content team and the internal Creative Services video team, ideating and facilitating compelling content that is on strategy
Offer support in copyediting, proofreading, writing, editing, and brainstorming
Conduct interviews, gather reporting/information, and craft questions as needed for projects
Read scripts and other background materials, often editing coverage and providing creative points of view
Manage the overall flow and day-to-day updates of assigned content projects
Create briefs and be able to articulate creative thinking to rework documents and creative frameworks
Develop decks for creative pitches that will be shared with internal stakeholders and showrunners
Collaborate with other teams, as well stakeholders inside and outside the company
The Essentials
The ideal candidate has a strong background and varied experience in content creation,writing/editing, and creative development in the digital space.
They should have an enthusiasm for entertainment and pop culture as well as a deep knowledge of HBO programming.
This candidate should avidly follow digital marketing trends and new technologies.
This person is a creative thinker and a strong writer with a clear, natural style and a sense of humor.
5+ years of content/editorial experience in the digital field, preferably with an eye toward video
Strong communication (written, verbal, presentation) and collaboration skills, with experience in front of large groups and key stakeholders
Proven ability to meet deadlines
A sound knowledge of the digital space, social media, podcasts, emerging tech, voice, and related technologies
Proactive, organized, efficient, detail-oriented, unassailable focus on the basics, accountable, enthusiastic, able to follow detailed instructions
Ability to balance multiple, competing directions and manage multiple projects successfully.
Proficient in Google Docs, MS Office, KeyNote; well-versed in other tools and tricks of the trade
Experience in the development and production of podcasts is a plus