Working at playsportsnetwork

The Play Sports Network is the world’s largest cycling media company and community, reaching and engaging with more than 40.1 million hyper-engaged cycling fans and riders globally across our portfolio of road cycling, mountain biking, triathlon and e-mountain biking channels.
Every day of every week we deliver original content across multiple channels and languages, all presented by highly authentic and credible, accomplished former pros who have competed at the highest international levels, inspiring our audiences through their enthusiasm, humour and insight.
Our channels include the Global Cycling Network (GCN), the Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN), the Global Triathlon Network (GTN), and the Electric Mountain Bike Network (EMBN); their tech- and racing focussed sister channels, GCN Tech, GMBN Tech and GCN Racing; and language localised GCN en Español, GCN Italia, GCN Japan and GCN auf Deutsch channels.

Whatever their focus, all our channels engage our passionate communities across multiple touch-points, allowing us to deliver our content to them wherever they are and however they want – with more than 2 billion views.

Play Sports Network is a subsidiary of the US-owned Discovery Inc Group that has a global footprint in over 170 countries. We have firm investments, helping us to grow our business, and are driven by our values. As our culture is key, we believe in supporting each other at every step and strive to foster a collaborative work-environment for our colleagues. We are headquartered in the beautiful city-centre of Bath, in newly-renovated modern offices with showers, bean-to-cup coffee machines, bike parking, free teas, fresh fruit and a bunch of other amenities.

If you are passionate about an active outdoor lifestyle that includes cycling, triathlon, running or any other sport, you’ll fit right in! Some of our employees cycle to work together, or even have mini running clubs. We are a casual office, so there is no dress code or formal uniform. However, a love for sport or cycling in particular is not a prerequisite to be a part of our community. Our people tell us that they love working here, that their colleagues are friendly & approachable, and that managers at all levels sit alongside their teams. This enables a collaborative, inclusive workplace, which we believe encourages our team to be innovative and creative, regardless of their position, role, background or length of service. Our Board is transparent and open about business goals, with All-Hands Company meetings being held for all staff members to attend.

Whilst our head offices are in Bath, we also have offices across the world, including Germany, Japan and Spain. If you are a passionate cyclist who can speak another language, we’d love to hear from you! In addition to channels tailored for the content of the cycling and tri-sports industry, we also provide specialist sports equipment, casual apparel, kits and accessories over our E-commerce Stores.

At Play Sports Network, we strive to maintain an environment that does not have any barriers to progression, and is open and inclusive. If you wish to apply for one of our roles but want to apply anonymously, no worries, just put "anon" in the name field of your application. Also, please feel free to remove your personal details from your CV, if you’d prefer. We look forward to hearing about how you have the skills and drive to join us.

 

Social Mobility:
As a corporation, we believe our recruitment process can play an essential role in increasing social mobility. We evaluate every application on equal grounds and we lay emphasis on people’s ability, accomplishments and potential.

- We target non-Russell Group universities with above average levels of students from various socio-economic backgrounds when we promote our graduate, internship and placement year programmes.
- We have no-minimum grade requirements for any of our roles as we believe more in people’s passion and motivation. It’s more important than ever that we continue to play our part in providing opportunities for everyone.
- We work with external organisations, such as Career Ready and others, to improve social mobility and employability for younger people from different backgrounds.

Diversity & Inclusion:

We have a diverse audience, from a range of cultures and backgrounds, but with one common passion: cycling. At Play Sports Network, we want to produce content for everyone, and make our workplace as diverse as we can. We are looking for the best possible talent, who also help us to represent our shared vision. That’s why we welcome individuals from all backgrounds – your ability, motivation and passion is what really matters to us.

We’re unique, we are all unique

- We value the seeable and unseeable characteristics that make you who you are.
- We have courage in our viewpoints as our inclusive culture motivates us to speak openly which helps us learn, grow and belong.
- We need diversity of thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to make our Global Storytelling Platforms such as GCN, GMBN, and other channels reach their full potential.
- We partake in Diversity & Inclusion training as a mandatory requirement each year.