Creating Career Pathways

Building careers in the entertainment industry by providing essential skills training, education, and job opportunities.

• CrewHQ is a training and development program at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden designed to support crew, create career pathways, and foster the next generation of skilled talent. In 2025, CrewHQ launched a suite of new initiatives.
  • SevenUp, an opportunity for those that either already work or want to work in below-the-line production roles to shadow heads of departments on Warner Bros. Television, HBO, and Warner Bros. Pictures Limited (UK) productions;
  • Programs that showcase the work of crews behind the biggest blockbuster movies and television series, including the Out of Frame podcast and a Careers Day celebrating the release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ film Mickey 17; and
  • A job-share program designed to address the retention of mid-level skilled workers in feature film and high-end television drama productions.
• In partnership with SkillsUSA, a top workforce development organization for students in America, WBD launched a program in 2025 to empower the next generation of skilled workers and help close the skilled trades gap through events and video content that broaden young people’s awareness of careers in entertainment.
• WBD Story Lab, created in partnership with Young Storytellers, is a comic book-inspired, in-school and after-school program designed to develop the next generation of storytellers. Harnessing DC Super Heroes’ values and characters, Story Lab enriches classroom learning, strengthens storytelling skills, and raises awareness of careers in entertainment. In 2025, WBD expanded Story Lab to schools and Boys & Girls Clubs across the U.S. and partnered with Discovery Education to launch the DC Superpowered Storytellers hub, delivering in-classroom and at-home curriculum to over 560,000 students nationwide.

Helping Vulnerable Communities 

Supporting our viewers, employees, and communities in times of need through programs that help build a brighter future. 

• Impact Your World is CNN's long-standing initiative, providing opportunities for viewers to respond to the catastrophes and hardships reported in the news through donations. CNN launched eight campaigns in 2025, empowering nearly 20,000 viewers to donate to more than 100 nonprofits that helped survivors of natural disasters and provide valuable assistance to people in need.
• Food Insecurity: Inspired by Food Network and its chefs and hosts, WBD is helping address food insecurity by providing meals, building awareness of food needs - including through our annual Keep Hunger Out of the Holidays campaign - and driving donations across our platforms in partnership with third-party organizations, such as Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign, Save The Children, and World Central Kitchen.
• Since 2001, TVN, Poland's leading broadcaster and part of WBD, has helped support the living standards and health conditions of individuals and communities in Poland through the TVN Foundation. In 2025, with the Polish Ministry of Health, the TVN Foundation opened the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Oncology at the Children's Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw to provide comprehensive support for young patients experiencing mental health crises and undergoing oncology treatment.
• Disaster Relief: We support brand-led activities and giving opportunities to support response to global emergencies and disasters. In 2025, WBD took a comprehensive approach to support local employees and communities impacted by the 2025 Palisades and Altadena wildfires.

Supporting Our Employees

• Provided emergency assistance to eligible employees affected by the fires through the Team Member Relief Fund.
• Created an internal campaign with a list of vetted emergency response partners for donations that WBD matched.
• Organized LA-based volunteer events within weeks of the fires, including with Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Our Big Kitchen LA, and Project Angel Food.
• Hosted a community donation event with employee volunteers during which local nonprofit organizations received supplies from WBD's emergency supply center for their clients in need.

Supporting Our Viewers and Business Partners

• Utilizing WBD platforms, we launched a multi-channel impact campaign that spread awareness and shared information about ways to donate to organizations that provided direct and immediate help. The campaign was customized to accommodate various WBD brands, including The Jennifer Hudson Show special interest stories, TNT Sports, The Bachelor franchise, The Pitt, Naked and Afraid, and Animal Planet.

Protecting the Planet

Taking action to protect the environment by participating in initiatives that are aligned to our business objectives that inspire people to act.

• Discovery Channel’s 40^th Anniversary: In partnership with Arbor Day Foundation, WBD delivered measurable and lasting impact to celebrate Discovery Channel’s 40^th anniversary in 2025. Through reforestation projects around the world, 40,000 trees were planted, restoring approximately 78 acres of land.
• Encore Program: For nearly 30 years, WBD businesses and productions have donated food and surplus materials to local community nonprofits, promoting environmental stewardship and social impact in our productions. For example, in 2025, HBO’s The Gilded Age focused on reuse by donating personal protective equipment, furniture, books, art supplies, and air filtration systems to nonprofits across New York City. The production team of Warner Bros. Television’s The Pitt supported local needs by donating over 1,600 pounds of food to homeless shelters, verterans centers, Los Angeles food banks, and individuals and families in need.