Warner Bros. Discovery

Business Development Rep

• Conduct market research to identify, assess, and refine a strategic target list of business opportunities across the AI ecosystem, with particular focus on “middleware” and application AI data licensees
• Translate market research into structured business development strategy, e.g. by market segment or industry vertical, and build fluency in each segment’s specific needs
• Provide continuous feedback to CNN product and IT teams to refine licensing offerings and business model
• Identify new market opportunities, trends, partnerships, and product opportunities to expand CNN’s reach and revenue streams
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including potential partners, clients, and investors, towards an Ideal Customer Profile target list
• Source, evaluate, and negotiate high-impact deals across AI ecosystem
• Oversee the entire deal lifecycle from initial contact through negotiation to post-deal integration
• Collaborate closely with internal departments, including editorial, legal, finance, and IT/product, to ensure alignment and seamless execution of licensing deals and other revenue opportunities
• Represent CNN at industry conferences, events, and meetings to enhance the company's profile and network

Director of Business Development – AI Licensing

Product Manager

• develop product and business strategy based on customer needs and create a clear product vision for your CTV product area
• translate data, customer needs, strategy, and vision into prioritized product roadmap and OKRs while establishing goals and building alignment across teams
• partner with key stakeholders (especially platform partners, research, design, technology, content, and leadership) to align teams around your product vision and execute against company business goals
• establish yourself as a trusted partner to design and engineering and the primary point of contact for voice of the customer
• work with a broad group of cross-functional partners to deliver complex products on time and within budget
• write clear and concise product artifacts (PRDs, PR/FAQs) that serve as models for effective documentation
• leverage data to derive insights and inform product decisions; use data to validate and communicate impact
• effectively partner with research to develop insights that drive decisions; demonstrate skill in UXR and A/B testing
• set and communicate appropriate priorities while managing post-launch reviews and incorporating feedback and learnings into future iterations

Senior Product Manager, Lightning CTV

• Define and own the long-term roadmap for CNN’s subscription, authentication, payment, and billing capabilities
• Collaborate with engineering, design, data, finance, legal, and marketing partners
• Lead integrations with third-party payment and billing providers
• Define and monitor key subscription and billing health metrics
• Partner with finance, legal, and engineering teams to ensure payment and billing systems meet requirements
• Communicate product vision, progress, and outcomes to ensure alignment

Staff Product Manager, Commerce Capabilities

Product Designer

• Lead design innovation on consumer AI experiences across user-facing digital platforms.
• Collaborate closely with design, Product, Engineering, Editorial, UXR and Analytics teams.
• Develop and steer a bold user experience vision for evolving consumer experiences through delightful AI features.
• Identify user needs, produce cutting-edge user experiences, conduct rapid prototyping and validate product features.
• Ensure AI features feel seamless, natural, and cohesive across surfaces and platforms.
• Guide the overall UX strategy for consumer AI experiences using user research and analytics data.

Principal Product Designer, AI

• be an integral part of the product design team
• create information architecture diagrams, experience journeys, user flows, wireframes, design mockups and interactive, AI-powered prototypes
• conduct regular user research sessions with editorial users
• perform usability tests and draw insights to make informed recommendations
• create, contribute, and maintain tokens and components for our design system
• champion our design principles, design systems and product roadmap
• collaborate with stakeholders and team members to brainstorm, envision, and validate new features and functionalities

Staff Product Designer, Newsroom

• Manage a team of 10 product designers
• Partner closely with design directors for web and mobile apps
• Foster a deep collaborative culture
• Promote partnership with cross-functional leads and senior leadership
• Conduct rapid prototyping to iteratively test and validate product features
• Guide the overall design vision

Director, Product Design, Streaming

Director

• manage day-to-day breaking news across business, markets, tech, media and economy coverage
• identifies, sets, and oversees editorial priorities with an eye toward CNN’s own reporting process and through monitoring the competitive landscape
• manage a team of reporters, editors, and video producers including prioritizing assignments, directing reporting targets, identifying gaps and opportunities in coverage and coaching and evaluating the work itself
• help editors and reporters develop clear beats and coverage priorities
• ensure that reporting is fair, complete and appropriately aligned across platforms
• oversee editing of text pieces, ensuring high and consistent quality in the written product
• work with colleagues across CNN to develop sophisticated video and audio offerings on business topics
• help develop new digital storytelling formats designed to advance the audience’s understanding of business, finance and the economy
• play an active role in talent development across the team

Senior Director

• Leads the strategic direction and day-to-day operation of the international Rights & Clearances team which operates across time zones
• Works closely with the VP Legal advising on all budget matters relating to the department including team travel and compensation
• Works closely with Business Affairs Department to lead the review process including tracking all third-party production deliverables for CNN Original Series and CNN Films
• Supervises the work of other Rights & Clearances members and manages the relationship between the team and the Business Affairs Department
• Serves as the sole point person for the CNN Tribute Award Show and manages all negotiations for talent presenter and performer agreements and any third-party materials included in the program
• Analyzes all relevant information, summarizes terms and restrictions for use in all programming and distribution and drafts guidance memos for all editorial staff
• Acquires third party content (video, photos, audio, etc.) for all CNN networks and platforms worldwide
• Negotiates, reviews, and drafts related license agreements and other content agreements
• Identifies potential copyright and other rights issues in third party agreements and releases
• Provides advice and analysis of rights and terms of use of licensed third-party material to all CNN editorial staff worldwide
• Oversees the management of an annual recurring events calendar to timely usage guidance
• Ensures Rights & Clearances team is aware of and follows guidance from CNN media attorneys on how to approach fair use risk assessment and analysis for various types of third party content
• At the direction of CNN media attorneys, assesses risk and records approvals of fair use requests on a day-to-day basis
• Negotiates and drafts gratis license agreements for organizations approved by PR and senior management
• Co-leads internal database to administer, track and file acquired rights, fair used material, license agreements and invoices
• Maintains and updates the internal site on a daily basis for all licensed third party material in order to inform all CNN platforms of permissible uses, rights and restrictions
• Controls and tracks information regarding copyright claims and settlements
• Produces quarterly reports for the Legal team
• Files, tracks and codes all license agreements and invoices and coordinates payment with CNN accounting/TPAS

Director of Rights & Clearance

People Operations

• Partner with clients to provide People & Culture support, including coaching, org design, talent planning, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness
• Maintain a positive work environment through effective P&C practices and employee support
• Assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of P&C initiatives to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Coordinate project timelines, resources, and stakeholder communication to ensure timely delivery of initiatives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless implementation of P&C programs
• Collect, analyze, and interpret HR data to generate insights on employee performance, retention, and engagement
• Prepare reports and presentations for leadership highlighting trends, risks, and actionable recommendations

Associate – People & Culture Partner

Data Analyst

• Support and conduct analyses of commerce initiatives across CNN’s digital platforms to identify trends and opportunities for optimizing conversion
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and evaluate hypotheses, contributing to data-driven decision-making
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards that track key conversion metrics and key performance indicators
• Conduct exploratory analyses to uncover friction points in the user experience and support recommendations for improvement
• Develop a deep understanding of commerce data to proactively alert appropriate teams when data is outside of established thresholds, make recommendations based on business insights
• Present findings in clear, concise formats to stakeholders, with guidance from senior analysts and managers
• Collaborate with data engineering and platform teams to ensure data accuracy and scalability of analytics solutions