Senior Producer, Times Podcasts

News UK; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks

LinkedIn Learning access

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Bikes for Work

Annual leave 30 days

Volunteer days

Zusammenfassung

News UK is seeking a Senior Producer for our podcast team in London. You will generate, drive and oversee output on all platforms to the same standards as The Times and The Sunday Times.

You will work mainly on The Story, collaborating with reporters and editors on episodes and multi-part series while managing production, platform expertise and data-driven audience insights. The role requires editorial and legal judgement, experience in audio production, and flexibility with hours, including

Qualifikationen

• Experience in daily news or current affairs reporting.
• Strong understanding of British media law.
• Experience with podcast research, production and storytelling.
• Proven podcast/audio production experience with Descript and Adobe tools.

Aufgaben

• Produce podcast content for daily, weekly and serialized publication.
• Output around two episodes per week with editorial, legal and other responsibilities.
• Maintain high editorial and production standards and liaise with legal/compliance.
• Collaborate across teams to plan and execute multi-format shows.

Kenntnisse

Daily news

Media law

Podcast production

Descript

Adobe Audition

Adobe Premiere

Data analysis

Work under pressure

Editorial standards

Teamwork

Tools

Descript

Adobe Audition

Adobe Premiere

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Your role

As a Senior Producer in our podcast team, you’ll be responsible for generating, driving and overseeing our output on all platforms with the same scope, ambition and rigorous standards as the other journalism produced by The Times and The Sunday Times.

Working primarily on our flagship news show, The Story, this will involve cooperating with reporters, correspondents and section editors on both individual episodes and multi-part series. This is an exciting and demanding full-time role and will require regular Sunday working. You’ll be part of a small, supportive and successful team working sometimes unpredictable hours and under tight deadlines to meet the demands of that day’s story. At times, you may work on other of our slate of shows.

You’ll have proven editorial and legal judgement, experience of audio / multi-platform production and be a team player. The role combines programme-making, people management, platform expertise, and data-led analysis of our audience and subjects, as well as the ability to constantly adapt to changing circumstances to deliver the best version of our news, investigative and current affairs reporting.

Day to day you will:

Audience

• Work with your Executive Producer and Producers to execute the show’s strategy across seven days and multiple formats

• Identify growth opportunities across platforms, formats, and audiences, aiming to surprise our existing audience and appeal to new audiences

• Collaborate with other editorial, platform and marketing teams to align audience goals with broader brand objectives

Content

• Work creatively to produce podcast content for daily, weekly and serialized publication. As a Senior Producer, you will be responsible for outputting around two episodes per week with all the editorial, legal and other responsibilities this entails

• Maintain the highest editorial and production standards, including liaison with our legal and compliance teams

• Liaise with those teams working elsewhere within the papers and on other of our podcasts

• Be part of consequential and complex editorial decision-making processes, often under pressure of a deadline and escalating these when necessary

Performance

• Be part of the team’s continued evolution, including working on new formats, new ways to telling stories, bonus and afternoon editions and field production / reporting

• Be committed to realising the best quality podcast content not just nationally but internationally

• Work independently to manage your own work and generate a flow of fresh ideas for both new subjects and the treatment of subjects as required

• Potentially work unsociable hours, including weekends

What we’re looking for from you:

• Experience of daily news, investigative and/or current affairs reporting, ideally within a newspaper or media organisation

• A strong understanding and practical experience of British media law. This is non-negotiable.

• Understanding of podcast research, production and storytelling, including narrative and non-narrative models

• Deep experience of podcast or audio production, including the use of Descript, Adobe Audition and ideally Adobe Premiere

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate it into new approaches to content making

• Experience of working well under pressure and the ability to constantly adapt in a changing work environment and/or demands of that day’s story

• Experience of working to strict editorial standards and legal requirements within a media environment

• Experience of working well within a team

We are News UK:

One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• 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 including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, as well as an extra anniversary day off

• Up to 3 paid volunteering days per year to support causes you care about

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [e-mail].