Summary: Paramount Australia & New Zealand is a subsidiary of Paramount, a leading media company that offers premium content for audiences worldwide
What it does: Paramount Australia & New Zealand provides premium content to audiences across multiple platforms through their streaming services, studios, live events, merchandise, networks, and more.
Mission: To make a positive impact on the people and areas where they work and live
Size and presence: Paramount employs 1,700 people in Australia, and more than 25,000 staff globally
Best known for: It is known for an extensive library of series and reality shows
The good bits: Lots of learning programs to develop your skills and career
The not-so-good bits: At certain job roles, it might be hard to move up the corporate ladder
Paramount Australia & New Zealand offers cultural and economic contributions to Australia’s and New Zealand's booming creative economy by delivering quality local content to audiences across their various platforms:
Paramount is one of the largest investors in Australian content. There are more than 16 million Australians who view their Free to Air and Pay television channels and over 2 million Australians who use their streaming services every month.
Paramount+, their premium SVOD streaming platform, replaced 10 All Access when it was launched locally on 11 August 2021. It has become one of the largest commissioners of Australian content.
Their studios create content for all audiences, across every format and genre. In addition to offering digital video products and streaming services, the company also provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.
People in the company are friendly and great to work with. Although you work in a productive and fast-paced environment, they also promote a flexible and balanced work culture. However, some departments are very flexible with work-from-home arrangements, while others can not allow it.
With talented colleagues and multiple entertainment platforms, you will have lots of opportunities to work on exciting projects and scope to your interests. You are also able to learn more of the skills you did not know you had which works to your advantage with your next career advancement.
To apply, you need to go to the Career page of their website and search for the roles by keyword, by location, or by job function. You can click the Apply Now button next to the role of your interest. You will be directed to create a profile where you can submit all the documents needed for the application process. You can also create an alert for the incoming jobs and select how often you want to receive it.
When you are shortlisted, you will get a recruiter screening call and an HR interview, followed by one or two departmental interviews. You may want to prepare to answer some questions related to the job description, your education, job experience, or some very technical questions, as well as behavioural questions like how you handle your setbacks, what you consider to be your personal weakness, or what you can bring to the team.
For employees’ career development, they provide Paramount Global Learning which offers the ’Propel’ program with manager skill-building courses, virtual workshops, and high-impact learning held online every month in multiple time zones. In addition, they also provide free access to LinkedIn Learning so their team can continue to develop their skills and careers.
The company offers a range of personal and professional benefits to their employees, including:
Paramount Australia & New Zealand continues to invest in educational and entertaining content for children, although this genre only has small potential audiences and limited opportunity for advertising or subscriptions.
Paramount also keeps the commitment to expand the voice and presence of First Nations people through a range of content and stories to celebrate inclusivity, equity, and storytelling for and with First Nations people.
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