Senior Podcast Producer, The Times
Senior Podcast Producer, The Times
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Senior Podcast Producer The Times
The Team: Times Podcasts is responsible for designing and producing podcasts that match the breadth depth and dynamism of The Times and The Sunday Times. The team is expanding to test new podcast ideas and to help produce a podcast portfolio that covers politics to sport. We are looking for experienced journalists to work on great new podcasts particularly those with knowledge and experience in defence foreign affairs and diplomacy.
Your role: As Senior Podcast Producer you will be the driving force behind Times Podcasts. You will help lead a team of talented producers working collaboratively with presenters and journalists across The Times and Sunday Times to create compelling and innovative podcasts that align with the Times brand. This is both a hands-on and creative role requiring a balance of creativity leadership and exceptional operational expertise in producing scripting and editing.
Day to day you will:
Produce new original podcast offerings both as stand alone episodes and serialized storytelling
Devise and produce always on regular weekly or daily podcasts covering a wide variety of issues.
Work on podcast productions working creatively within budgets and staffing levels
Identify new opportunities for podcast growth including audience development and content innovation.
Analyse industry trends and listener data to inform decision-making and ensure content remains competitive and relevant.
Work closely with senior editorial to integrate podcast content into broader Times initiatives.
Lead the creative development of new podcast concepts ensuring they reflect The Times style and journalistic values.
Provide editorial guidance and feedback to producers presenters and contributors to maintain high production standards.
Research script and comply material to the highest standard reflecting all aspects of media law and relevant guidelines and regulations
Manage and mentor a team of podcast producers fostering a culture of collaboration creativity and excellence.
What were looking for from you:
You are a Senior Producer who is proactive organised and great at working with a huge variety of people. You will have a strong track record in audio storytelling ideally with production within a successful podcast or radio programme team. Video editing skills are also viewed as an asset for these positions.
Exceptional ability in recording and editing audio using advanced editing software. (Familiarity with filming and video editing.)
Knowledge of the legal framework for journalism in UK and industry guidelines
Awareness of the issues around defence diplomacy and foreign affairs
Excellent writing skills
Strong and creative ideas on how to make compelling content.
Confident working in a fast-paced environment and able to react positively to change and to build long lasting professional relationships
Effective communication skills with the ability to work closely with presenters and within a team
We are News Broadcasting:
Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships ClassPass at Home weekly virtual HIIT yoga and run club classes
Bikes for Work scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know at any stage whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.
About The Candidate
About The Company
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
