Senior Podcast Producer

www.grapevinejobs.co.uk - Jobboard; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

As Senior Podcast Producer, you will be the driving force behind Times Podcasts.

The Team: Times Podcasts is responsible for designing and producing podcasts that link with 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, and we are looking for experienced journalists to work on great new podcasts. We are particularly interested in people with knowledge and experience in defence, foreign affairs and diplomacy.

Your role: You will help lead a team of talented producers, working collaboratively with presenters and journalists 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:

1. Produce new original podcast offerings, both as standalone episodes and serialized storytelling.
2. Devise and produce ‘always on’ regular weekly or daily podcasts covering a wide variety of issues.
3. Work on podcast productions creatively within budgets and staffing levels.
4. Identify new opportunities for podcast growth, including audience development and content innovation.
5. Analyse industry trends and listener data to inform decision-making and ensure content remains competitive and relevant.
6. Work closely with senior editorial to integrate podcast content into broader Times initiatives.
7. Lead the creative development of new podcast concepts, ensuring they reflect The Times style and journalistic values.
8. Provide editorial guidance and feedback to producers, presenters, and contributors to maintain high production standards.
9. Research, script and compile material to the highest standard reflecting all aspects of media law and relevant guidelines and regulations.
10. Manage and mentor a team of podcast producers, fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and excellence.

What we’re looking for from you:

1. 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.
2. Exceptional ability in recording and editing audio using advanced editing software.
3. Knowledge of the legal framework for journalism in the UK, and industry guidelines.
4. Awareness of the issues around defence, diplomacy and foreign affairs.
5. Excellent writing skills.
6. Strong and creative ideas on how to make compelling content.
7. Confident working in a fast-paced environment and able to react positively to change and to build long-lasting professional relationships.
8. Effective communication skills with the ability to work closely with presenters and within a team.

We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must-listens for millions across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio - home to Chris Evans at Breakfast. talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans. Times Radio brings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including John Pienaar, Aasmah Mir. Talk is redefining speech broadcasting on digital and audio platforms. We also have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland.

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 champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.

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.
• 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.

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