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About the Role
The English Transcriber Specialist supports the creation of English scripting and transcription deliverables for entertainment content, ensuring technical accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery within WBD’s localization lifecycle. The role applies foundational knowledge of scripting, accessibility materials, and entertainment media content while working within established processes, tools, and specifications. This role supports highly confidential content and therefore requires regular on-site attendance to work on secure projects.
Responsibilities
- Creating English transcription and scripting deliverables, including Spotting Lists, English Dialogue Lists, Closed Captions (CCAP), English SDH, and English Templates.
- Utilizing WBD-approved in-house tools to transcribe episodic, catalog, and internally approved content.
- Accurately transcribing spoken dialogue, narration, and relevant audio cues from audio recordings and video content.
- Capturing required scripted events such as on-screen text, speaker identification, on- and off-screen indicators, scene descriptions, and basic annotation including sensitive events.
- Performing self-review and proofreading to ensure transcripts are free of grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and formatting errors.
- Researching names, terminology, locations, and references using approved sources.
- Applying WBD formatting standards and templates consistently.
- Escalating unclear audio or creative ambiguities to the appropriate reviewer.
- Maintaining confidentiality for sensitive or restricted content.
- Coordinating assigned workload to meet established deadlines and maintain required quality standards.
- Coordinating with team members on daily assignments.
- Using internal tracking tools for work queue management.
- Ensuring all work complies with brand standards, departmental needs, and applicable regulations.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in transcription, captioning, scripting, accessibility, timed text, or a related field within the entertainment media, broadcast, streaming, or post-production industry.
- Experience using transcription, captioning, or subtitling software.
- Experience working with film, television, streaming, or other entertainment media content.
- A strong command of written English, including grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage.
- Excellent listening skills to accurately transcribe spoken content.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to follow established specifications and workflows.
- Solid formatting and proofreading skills.
- Ability to research and fact-check information.
- Proficiency with productivity and collaboration tools.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal peers.
- Ability to coordinate time and priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to adapt to changing production needs.
- Ability to learn new tools, systems, and technical processes.
Skills
- Transcription
- Captioning
- Scripting
- Accessibility
- Timed text
- Written English
- Grammar
- Spelling
- Punctuation
- Usage
- Listening skills
- Attention to detail
- Formatting
- Proofreading
- Research
- Fact-checking
- Productivity tools
- Collaboration tools
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.
- If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.