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Discovery Interns are explorers, they dive headfirst into the world in front of them. They aren’t afraid to be uncomfortable and boldly embrace any obstacle or challenge as an opportunity to excel. They walk confidently into the uncharted territory and make the most of their experiences. They ask the questions that go beyond the surface.
Seek adventure, find your passion, forge your path with an internship at Discovery.
Through Discovery’s Internship Program, you’ll have the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the entertainment and media industry and learn from the leader in global entertainment.
Here’s what we offer:
• Opportunity to immerse yourself and get your hands dirty with challenging work and projects
• Mentorship from Discovery’s best and brightest
• Intern Speaker Series featuring top executives and employees across the business
• Networking opportunities with great snacks
• A creative, collaborative and inclusive company culture with office spaces to match
Here’s what you’ll take away:
• Opportunity to develop professionally and uncover skills you didn’t know you had
• The insider scoop on the TV industry and what happens behind the scenes
• Relationships that will go beyond your collegiate career
• Real life experiences that will provide you with the confidence to delve into your next adventure
What you need to know:
• This summer, our 12 week semester will be held from May 29th-August 16th, 2019.
• Our internships are paid opportunities. Credit is not required; however, we will provide documentation if necessary.
•The application deadline is March 22nd. After this date, we cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed for the position.
• We do not require a cover letter. Please demonstrate your passion for the position through your resume.
Interviewing will take place from February through mid-April. A Discovery Intern team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates.
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Discovery, Inc is the leader in global real-life entertainment with powerful brands such as Discovery Channel, Genius Kitchen, TLC, Food Network, HGTV, and Travel Channel. Our Digital Studios team develops experiences on web, mobile, and voice that reach millions of users each day - inspiring them with ideas and tools to create their own unique world.
We’re looking for a Software Engineer role specializing in video to help us build the best video experience on our websites. This role requires knowledge of web video and the latest video streaming technologies, frontend web development, and general technical aptitude to serve as the point person for all things video-related. Maintaining and developing our web video player project is a key facet of this role. You will work across teams to provide support on all video-related projects and learn about the different use cases, problems, and needs throughout the organization.
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Discovery Interns are explorers, they dive headfirst into the world in front of them. They aren’t afraid to be uncomfortable and boldly embrace any obstacle or challenge as an opportunity to excel. They walk confidently into the uncharted territory and make the most of their experiences. They ask the questions that go beyond the surface.
Seek adventure, find your passion, forge your path with an internship at Discovery.
Through Discovery’s Internship Program, you’ll have the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the entertainment and media industry and learn from the leader in global entertainment.
Here’s what we offer:
• Opportunity to immerse yourself and get your hands dirty with challenging work and projects
• Mentorship from Discovery’s best and brightest
• Intern Speaker Series featuring top executives and employees across the business
• Networking opportunities with great snacks
• A creative, collaborative and inclusive company culture with office spaces to match
Here’s what you’ll take away:
• Opportunity to develop professionally and uncover skills you didn’t know you had
• The insider scoop on the TV industry and what happens behind the scenes
• Relationships that will go beyond your collegiate career
• Real life experiences that will provide you with the confidence to delve into your next adventure
What you need to know:
• This summer, our 12 week semester will be held from May 29th-August 16th, 2019.
• Our internships are paid opportunities. Credit is not required; however, we will provide documentation if necessary.
•The application deadline is March 22nd. After this date, we cannot guarantee your application will be reviewed for the position.
• We do not require a cover letter. Please demonstrate your passion for the position through your resume.
Interviewing will take place from February through mid-April. A Discovery Intern team member will contact you if your experiences and interests match an open internship position. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to give individual status updates.
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The TLCme.com Site Director is responsible for managing and publishing convergent and lifestyle-adjacent editorial content across both flat and video mediums. This role will be tasked with increasing audience reach, launching page-view turning experiences and creating content and commerce experiences that are directly tied to revenue and growth. He or she will report to the Vice President, Multi-Platform and Digital Media.
This role manages a direct report plus a small team of freelancers in order to create high-quality editorial content that helps to enhance the TLC brand and extend the reach of TLCme.com. He or she will work closely with the entire digital team, including the video team and social media team, to create short form social content that can be amplified across multiple platforms. A love of all things wedding, parenting, family and most-importantly of the TLC brand, is paramount.
This position can sit in both New York City, New York or Silver Spring, Maryland.
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The Digital Media Director is responsible for conceiving, managing and publishing best-in-class digital and social content experiences for TLC and Discovery Life. This person will lead a small team in establishing and implementing effective, innovative and influential social media strategies that are aligned with the network’s target brand voice and show priorities. He or she will report to the Vice President, Multi-Platform Strategy and Digital Media.
This role manages the entire project lifecycle and, along with the team, creates engaging and high-quality content that is both on brand and meets growth and engagement goals. He or she will also work closely with various departments including marketing, talent management, media, video production, editorial, design and product. The goal of this role is to create social and digital content that extends the brand, communicates a coherent message in sync with network initiatives, and drives viewers across all owned and operated platforms. A love of all things lifestyle and TLC is paramount.
This role can be located in either New York City, New York or Silver Spring, Maryland.
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The Human Resources Services Coordinator is responsible for front line (Tier 1), direct contact with customers and internal support of HR partners within a digitally native environment. Responsibilities include answering of employees’ inquiries through the HR Portal and case management system, troubleshooting questions related to the Tier 1 administration of benefits, compensation, HRIS and Case Management systems functionalities. The Human Resources Services Coordinator will partner and collaborate with other members of the HR Operations team to determine escalation protocols to ensure compliance within all operational SLAs.
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Write accurate and engaging descriptive metadata; edit titles and descriptions; assign taxonomy/tags for linear and non-linear video assets; establish and maintain best practices for video metadata creation; curate and maintain metadata for an enterprise-level asset library.
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Our Team
As Discovery Inc’s portfolio continues to grow – around the world and across platforms – the Global Technology & Operations team is building media technology and IT systems that meet the world class standard for which Discovery is known. GT&O builds, implements and maintains the business systems and technology that are critical for delivering Discovery’s products, while articulating the long-term technology strategy that will enable Discovery’s growing pay-tv, digital terrestrial, free-to-air and online services to reach more audiences on more platforms.
From Amsterdam to Singapore and from satellite and broadcast operations to SAP, we are driving Discovery forward on the leading edge of technology.
The Role
Reporting to the Director Center Operations (UK or US), this position is critical in ensuring the implementation of the vision for the 24/7 Technology Operations Centre organizational unit. This position will ensure the delivery and support of IT Event, Incident and Request Management processes at Discovery ensure a culture of excellence and consistent service and supporting Discovery’s best in class distribution and infrastructure.
Highlights of the Role
Utilizing strong cross-functional alignment, this position will be responsible leading unified “virtual” teams that will consist of members from multiple disciplines (Distribution Operations Network Operations, Enterprise Platform Operations, Digital Platform Support Operations and Security Operations) to form a dynamic technology focused team capable of providing monitoring all Discovery linear and non-linear output as well as supporting IT infrastructure. The support operation also leads Discovery’s response to all incidents within our infrastructure.
Organizational scope of Duty Operations Manager staff within either our London or Sterling, VA centers – circa 12 staff across multiple discplines In addition the role holder will line manage a group of between 6-7 staff within a functional group based on skill group (Distribution Operations Network Operations, Enterprise Platform Operations, or Digital Platform Support Operations) based in 2 locations supporting 50 offices and productions centers globally, each led be an Operations Center Director.
The position is keyl to ensuring organizational improvements, consistently maintain and improve our customer feedback system, and establish effective performance measurements to show successes and areas of opportunity.
This position is a mission critical role in leading GT&O’s global Technology Operations Centers. As a function it is the 24/7 Command & Control Hub for all our all Distribution and IT support services. Post holders will be expected to work shifts including weekends whilst regular night work is not required it should be expected that the post holder will need to work nights during certain events.
The centers are the point of contact and owners for an IT Major Incident Incidents and as Operations Center Director are responsible for the implementation of the IT Major Incident process and procedures for Global Technology & Operations and the department’s recovery plans. The centers are also the focal point of contact for an IT response in the event of an organization wide Major Incident.
This position is a member of the leadership team for Technology Operations and will guide the development of the team, and communicate the direction of the organization.
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Discovery Inc is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching 2.7 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories, and the Global Technology & Operations team, of which the Master Control Operator is a member, provides the technological infrastructure and operations to ensure that audiences can enjoy Discovery's programming around the world and across platforms.
Provide quality control for and delivery of the on-air product. The key focus is to monitor air continuity, demonstrate job knowledge and organizational skills. Additional focus will be on demonstrating efficient computer skills.
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Live Events Systems Engineer is a leading member of the Broadcast Engineering team in Sterling, VA. This position will manage all engineering aspects of live broadcast and social media on-air events. This person will work jointly with Media Engineering, Operations and network clients to realize all the requirements of each event. Must be able to balance technical requirements with creative desires and provide a solid and comprehensive production plan.
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The Asset Management Technician is responsible for the creation and preparation of secondary graphic events for broadcast, the technical evaluation of vendor created graphics (to ensure they conform to Discovery Communications Inc. deliverable specifications), and the conversion of all graphic files to the Miranda format for on air use. This position is directly involved with the planning and execution of live Social TV events, including graphics creation, testing and event execution alongside network personnel. The Asset Management Technician also assists with the day-to-day asset management and purging of broadcast media including, but not limited to, automation schedules, short form and long form electronically delivered content, on air graphics, proxy files and closed captioning files. Responsibilities include close interaction with various internal/external partners in response to client requests, missing media reports, on air initiatives and technology integration, with a strong emphasis on customer service.
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This Integrated Account Executive will be responsible for selling national advertising across the Discovery linear and TVE/Go App properties for The Food Network, TLC, OWN and The Cooking Channel. This Account Executive will work with clients and advertising agencies throughout the Midwest region with an assigned account list and target new business development clients.
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The Pricing and Inventory Analyst will coordinate with their Manager to work with Sales Assistants and Sales Planners to ensure inventory is utilized and managed to optimally drive revenue. The position will report to the Manager of Pricing & Planning. Pricing and Inventory analysts provide support to Account Executives and Sales Planners on Discovery’s US networks which include: HGTV, ID, Animal Planet, DIY Network, Food Network, TLC, OWN, Cooking Channel, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, Science & Motor Trend Network.
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The Sales Planner develops media proposals and creates sales presentations for all Discovery Inc. networks and platforms utilizing all available research, sales and content resources.
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The Director – Factual Digital is responsible for conceiving, managing and publishing best-in-class digital and social content experiences for the Factual brands reporting to the department Vice President. He/she will develop best practices and metrics for success, monitor and adopt industry innovations, lead testing efforts and recommend new technology/software investments. The director will create opportunities to increase awareness, intent to tune-in, and ratings of upcoming priority shows on Factual networks through marketing and communications activities. He/she will be expected to deliver high-levels of non-paid impressions and encourage sampling of branded content, create buzz around content that demonstrates the networks’ brand positioning and increase traffic to network O&O sites.
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This role requires a talented, highly creative and original designer brimming with ideas for a full-service in-house creative and production team. While grounded in design must be able to concept how ideas can work in all mediums knowing that successful marketing is holistic and must be consistent across all media.
Work will include marketing/advertising campaigns and collateral pieces; print, digital and television branding efforts; occasional event, industrial, presentation and web design and corporate identity as well as various other formats to support and promote Discovery, Inc.
Ideal candidate can communicate their ideas and present them with flare; relishes selling in ideas to clients and peers and can take and interpret constructive changes and critiques with ease.
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Our Team
As Discovery Inc's portfolio continues to grow – around the world and across platforms – the Global Technology & Operations team is building media technology and IT systems that meet the world class standard for which Discovery is known. GT&O builds, implements and maintains the business systems and technology that are critical for delivering Discovery’s products, while articulating the long-term technology strategy that will enable Discovery’s growing pay-TV, digital terrestrial, free-to-air and online services to reach more audiences on more platforms.
From Amsterdam to Singapore and from satellite and broadcast operations to SAP, we are driving Discovery forward on the leading edge of technology.
The Global Data Analytics team enables Discovery to turn data into action. Using big data platforms, data warehousing and business intelligence technology, audience data, advanced analytics, data science, visualization, and self-service analytics, this team supports company efforts to increase revenue, drive ratings, and enhance consumer engagement.
The Role
The Data Engineer should be a technical contributor who has hands-on knowledge of all phases in building large-scale cloud based distributed data processing systems and applications. You will be part of the Global Data & Analytics engineering technology team and will partner closely with a team of data scientists, business analysts & data engineers leading Discovery’s cloud based Big Data & Analytics strategy.
You’ll work on implementing complex AWS based big data projects with a focus on collecting, parsing, managing, analyzing and visualizing large sets of data to turn information into insights using multiple technology platforms. Therefore, this role requires an understanding of how a secure big data cloud environment is architected to gain real insights faster, with less friction and complexity. The data engineer should be passionate about working with cutting edge technologies in solving problems and developing prototypes using different open source tools for the selected solutions.
You’ll need to be an innovative forward-thinker who will help lead end-to-end execution of data engineering initiatives and contribute directly to existing and emerging business strategies and goals. Creativity, Attention to detail and ability to work in a collaborative team environment are essential.
The Data Engineer will work closely with the Data Engineering Director to decide on needed infrastructure architecture and software design needs and act according to the decisions.
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Our Team
The Media Strategy & Analytics team acts as an internal media agency that handles the strategy, buying, execution, and reporting of all media vehicles with the goal of driving multiplatform viewership of Discovery Inc’s TV networks and TV Everywhere streaming services (Discovery, TLC, HGTV, Food Network, etc.), along with subscriptions to their direct-to-consumer digital products (Motor Trend and GOLFTV).
The Role
This role is a critical position within the Media Strategy and Analytics team, specifically within the Paid Acquisition pod. S/he will be focused on paid search with the goal of efficiently acquiring consumers to Discovery’s digital products. This includes cost per install and cost per acquisition/subscription. Responsibilities will include working closely with the Acquisition Strategy team to develop and execute paid search across all search engines and platforms (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Apple Search).
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Our Team
The Media Strategy & Analytics team acts as an internal media agency that handles the strategy, buying, execution, and reporting of all media vehicles with the goal of driving multiplatform viewership of Discovery Inc’s TV networks and TV Everywhere streaming services (Discovery, TLC, HGTV, Food Network, etc.), along with subscriptions to their direct-to-consumer digital products (Motor Trend and GOLFTV).
The Role
This role is a position within the Media Strategy and Analytics team, specifically within the Paid Acquisition Strategy pod. S/he will be responsible for assisting in the development of digital media plans that are strategic and data-driven, with the goal of efficiently acquiring subscribers/users to GOLFTV, Motor Trend, and Discovery’s TV Everywhere platforms.
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Our Team
The Media Strategy & Analytics team acts as an internal media agency that handles the strategy, buying, execution, and reporting of all media vehicles with the goal of driving multiplatform viewership of Discovery Inc’s TV networks and TV Everywhere streaming services (Discovery, TLC, HGTV, Food Network, etc.), along with subscriptions to their direct-to-consumer digital products (Motor Trend and GOLFTV).
The Role
This role is a critical position within the Media Strategy and Analytics team, specifically within the Paid Acquisition pod. S/he will be focused on paid social buying with the goal of efficiently acquiring consumers to Discovery’s digital products and generating awareness around key premieres. This includes cost per install and cost per acquisition/subscription. Responsibilities will include working closely with the Acquisition Strategy team to develop and execute paid social (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Snap, etc.)