Podcast Producer, Times Podcasts - London, United Kingdom - News UK

News UK

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Podcast Producer, Times Podcasts
**Permanent Position

The Times makes some of the most successful and respected podcasts in the UK, and we are now looking for an experienced and creative podcast producer to join the team and grow our portfolio. Existing podcasts across the Times include the Red Box politics podcast, Off Air with Jane and Fi, Stories Of Our Times, The Game, The Ruck, Giles Coren Has No Idea, Books To Live By, World In 10 and Wine Times. As well as developing these existing podcasts, we are also looking to move into new sectors such as business, food, science and tech, and harness the world-class expertise of the journalists at The Times.

Times podcasts are made by News Broadcasting, the successful audio arm of News UK which is also responsible for Times Radio, talkSPORT, Virgin and TalkTV.

Thanks to a deep partnership with The Times and Sunday Times, we are able to combine the journalistic pedigree with the technical and broadcasting know-how across the company to make podcasts that win awards, generate revenue and top the charts.

Your team:

You'll be joining The Times podcast team whose portfolio includes Off Air with Jane & Fi, the Red Box politics podcast, Wine Times, Books to Live By, The Game, Giles Coren has no idea and Planet Hope.

Your role:

As a Podcast Producer, reporting to the senior management within Times Radio, you will use your podcast-making experience to produce and edit compelling series and episodes in partnership with our talent, correspondents and producers.

You will work closely with some of Britain's leading journalists and broadcasters, creating audio that engages audiences and in some cases sets the news agenda.

Day to day you will:

Produce new original episodes for existing podcasts, with both daily formats and/or serialised storytelling covering all aspects of production including budgets, resources and creative.
Identify opportunities for new podcasts and develop new formats, series and approaches which you can take into production
Work with colleagues on bestinclass digital podcast practices.
Partner with crossnetwork teams on marketing, sales, and communication strategies.
Forward plan and generate fresh ideas.
Work with the Times Radio social media team to ensure effective visualisation and promotion of podcast content
Potential unsociable hours including weekends

What we're looking for from you:
You are a Podcast Producer, proactive, organised and are great at multitasking.

You will have a great track record in audio storytelling with production on a successful podcast, news radio programme or relevant commercial podcasting know-how.

Knowledge of editing audio and familiar with software.
Proactive, a doer with excellent writing skills and creative ideas on how to make compelling content.
Confident working in a fastpaced environment and able to react positively to change
You will have an ability to influence and build long lasting relationships
Effective communication skills with the ability to inspire and lead small teams and work closely with presenters
Willingness to support and facilitate the visualisation of podcasts
Drive to improve diversity in all aspects of the podcast production process
A creative mind and ability to think differently

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;

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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.

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Private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions
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Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
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'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.