Hiring inclusively can be challenging when navigating the long-held assumptions and systems that uphold the creative process and overall production landscape. Here you will find the necessary resources to support you in your efforts with equitably staffing your project both in front of and behind the camera.
Key Hiring Partners
Go to https://impact.net/wbd to learn more and crew up! Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s IMPACT is now the exclusive home of Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Crew making it the largest worldwide hiring network for the entertainment industry. By using Impact’s network of 600,000 profiles for crew from top film and TV shows, you can find talented, available professionals from a global, diverse network of art directors, production accountants, set designers, and much more.
Go to https://wbd.bbrsupport.com to learn more and crew up! The WBD | Black Beauty Roster Support Portal is focused on helping you build out diverse and inclusive beauty experiences for all your productions. You must be either an employee or affiliated with WBD to use this portal. Search the site for available talent, ask questions and get faqs on hiring inclusively and find heads of departments from our HOD program.
If you would like to request a login and/or demo with IMPACT, please fill out the form below and a member from our team will be in touch.
WBD INITIATIVES
In Front of & Behind the Camera
Access to Action
US & CANADA
Warner Bros. Discovery Access to Action (ATA) provides individuals who haven’t traditionally had pathways into the entertainment industry with access to entry-level, below-the-line jobs on Warner Bros. Discovery film and television productions. The program fosters a more creative and inclusive production workforce and aligns with the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Please contact impact@wbd.com for U.S. ATA and more information.
Please contact Access.Canada@warnermedia.com for more information or to hire an ATA candidate in Canada.
CrewHQ
CrewHQ supports WBD film and high-end TV production across the UK. Their mission to develop talent, retain crew and create a diverse, skills workforce to meet the needs of the growing film and TV industry.
For more information visit: https://crewhq.co.uk/
Impact Storytelling
For more information on how to make a difference and tell great stories, contact our Social Impact partners https://wbd.com/where-to-turn/. They are your go to resource for end cards and resource guides to accompany your completed films or television episodes.
WBD Access Programs
Through best-in-class talent development programs, mentorship, placement opportunities and industry exposure, WBD Access serves as a powerful conduit connecting underrepresented talent to our content and brands.
For more information on the talent coming out of these programs, contact: accessprograms@warnermedia.com
Or visit https://www.warner-access.com/PROGRAMS
WRITERS & MORE
The Black List is a renowned platform dedicated to nurturing written storytelling and empowering writers to maximize their professional potential.
CAPE champions diversity by educating, connecting, and empowering Asian American Pacific Islander artists and leaders in entertainment media.
A personalized service that links show runners and creative executives with mid- and upper-level disabled writers for development and staffing.
Veterans in Media & Entertainment is a nonprofit organization that unites current and former members of the military working in film and television.
Animation Resources
Documentary Resources
Games Resources
General Production Resources
Post Production Resources
These are third-party organizations and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. or its Affiliates do not advocate or endorse any of the organizations. The views expressed by the organizations are those of the organizations.