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Three Rivers, England, United Kingdom
Onsite
Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.
Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.
Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.
If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!
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Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences extends the Studio’s powerful portfolio of entertainment brands and franchises into the lives of fans around the world. WBDGE partners with best-in-class partners globally on an award-winning range of theme parks, studio tours, hotels, LBEs, and dining inspired by franchises and properties such as Harry Potter, DC, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo and theatrical properties from historic library to brand new titles.
The division’s Global Experience business includes groundbreaking experiences such as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour and Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi. With innovative and groundbreaking projects, retail initiatives and thoughtful experiences, WBD Global Experiences is one of the leading experience and retail organizations in the world.
To be successful in this team, you must have a willingness to model our guiding principles, champion diversity and inclusion, leverage data and insights to maximize the legacy of our deep brands and franchises while maintaining a commitment to fostering best-in-class projects.
Your New Role
The Sr Design Manager will play an integral role in the creative vision for Global Experiences, reporting to the Vice President for Creative. This role requires expertise in environmental design, site installation, live entertainment, and character design, along with strong graphic layout and presentation skills. The Sr Design Manager will manage high complexity design projects, collaborating with partners to develop themed experiences and live entertainment. Management of categories include, but not limited to: theme parks, studio tours, exhibitions, rides, location-based entertainment, pop-ups, costumes, media, and character art. Candidate should be able to effectively communicate creative concepts in front of clients in a professional manner, while also collaborating with other designers, business leads and interdepartmental teams to help deliver best-in-class products.. Familiarity with Warner Bros brands, pop culture, industry trends, and emerging technologies is essential.
Your Role Accountabilities
•Oversee regional creative direction for themed entertainment, working directly with the department Vice President, business leads and franchise teams to ensure brand consistency and strategic alignment.
•Guide creative execution for regional projects from concept through production, coordinating design partners, licensees and consultants while collaborating closely with US-based creative teams to ensure consistency, quality, accuracy and legal compliance.
•Work with business leads in EMEA and the US to develop innovative ideas and designs aligned with department goals.
•Shape creative development and provide art direction across pop-ups, theme parks, hotels, experiential and retail spaces, exhibitions, location-based entertainment, F&B, graphics and live shows.
•Review and revise scripts for live entertainment and media, and review and approve creative submissions including show set packages, production drawings, graphics and media.
•Communicate creative ideas to partners, senior management and team members, working closely with partners, vendors and brand assurance teams to ensure execution aligns with approved concepts.
•Partner with product managers and internal teams across brand and franchise management, legal, data insights, project management and marketing to deliver compelling designs, share best practices and apply an understanding of construction and design for built environments and components.
Skills and Experience Required
Onsite Working - This role is advertised as Onsite, meaning all working hours and days (regardless of shift pattern) will be carried out at the place of work. Subject to any applicable laws, Skydance / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement, where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.
About Skydance
Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.
Some Important Details
We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.
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