Senior Producer

📋 Description

• Oversee episode approvals while ensuring high production standards across the portfolio, honoring each show's unique voice and host-driven identity.

• Assess rough cuts and final episodes, offering constructive editorial and production feedback prior to publication.

• Assist with daily production activities across shows, including scheduling, booking logistics, recording coordination, post-production transitions, and publication timelines.

• Produce recordings, aid in tapings, edit episodes, or assist in preparing final deliverables.

• Source, evaluate, book, and manage freelance editors, producers, engineers, shooters, and other production support; create clear assignment briefs.

• Maintain a dependable roster of freelance and vendor support for overflow work, special projects, field shoots, and live events; monitor assignments to ensure timely delivery, adherence to scope, and expected quality levels.

• Travel as required for live events, field shoots, interviews, and special recordings; act as the on-site producer managing schedules, run-of-show details, venue communication, and the needs of hosts and guests, as well as recording workflows.

• Operate basic audio and video equipment, including cameras, microphones, lights, and recording gear; capture necessary footage and interviews, along with b-roll.

• Generate content and write/edit metadata that performs effectively on social media platforms.

• Assist in the development of new shows, special series, live events, and video-supported formats; convert creative direction into workable production plans, staffing requirements, timelines, and budgets.

• Aid in testing and refining new formats, including pilots, reported segments, limited series, and video-supported projects, while considering downstream production needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in producing podcasts, video, radio, digital journalism, or similar editorial audio/video programming.

• Exceptional editorial judgment with a keen ear for structure, pacing, clarity, and the audience experience.

• Experience in reviewing edits and providing constructive feedback to producers, editors, or hosts.

• Highly skilled in audio and video production workflows, with proficiency in tools like Riverside, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, and Descript.

• Strong organizational abilities and capacity to manage multiple shows, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.

• Experience in coordinating freelancers, vendors, live recordings, field shoots, or special productions.

• Ability to work collaboratively with hosts, editors, producers, freelancers, vendors, and senior leadership in a diplomatic manner.

• Comfort in a small, fast-paced team environment where senior staff are expected to be both strategic and hands-on.

• Willingness to travel as necessary for live events, field production, interviews, and special projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.