Audio Producer, Podcast

Job Description:

About the Role:

Dow Jones is seeking a creative and entrepreneurial Audio Producer who is well versed in business news markets and finance to produce a weekly financial news podcast from Barrons and support audio needs across the department.

The ideal candidate has experience producing fast-paced news content interviews and video podcasts as well as experience working with on-air talent a strong understanding and interest in financial news markets and business and an ability to turn around episodes quickly. The candidate will work with the show host to select topics structure episodes with multiple interviews on a weekly basis and build episodes with multiple tracks and scoring. Candidates will also have experience writing compelling scripts and producing and editing full video podcasts and clips.

This person will also provide data and insights on audio performance and suggestions for growing audience and engagement across shows.

You Will:

• Produce full episodes from start to finish including researching pitching ideas to the host booking guests producing host reads and narration fact checking cutting tape finding archival news clips assembling mixes and scoring and finishing episodes.

• Schedule recordings with podcast host

• Record and direct host recordings both remotely and in studio

• Coach reporters and editors without audio experience on presenting for audio

• Book and schedule interviews with guests conduct pre-interviews and interviews as needed

• Maintain the show production schedule including scheduling meetings interviews and recording sessions

• Produce and edit video podcasts and edit video clips from long form episodes

• Assist with production needs across other podcasts as needed

• Help with growing audiences and promotion efforts across audio

You Have:

• 2-4 years of experience as an Audio Producer

• The ability and flexibility to work in a fast paced changing environment

• Strong writing skills and experience in building podcast episodes from start to finish

• Experience working with on air hosts

• Ability to juggle multiple tasks problem solve and execute against deadlines

• Professional-level understanding of podcast and video editing tools such as Adobe Audition or Pro Tools Descript and Premiere.

• Interest and knowledge in business finance market and economics

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at Please put Reasonable Accommodation in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $86000 - $105000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..