Producer, Early Edition with Lisette Reymer

New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME); Auckland; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Newstalk ZB in Auckland is seeking an experienced radio producer to join the morning team and play a key role in launching the Early Edition for 2027.

You will identify stories, secure guests, shape questions, and drive stories forward in a fast-moving live radio environment, with strong editorial judgement and a passion for news.

Qualifications

• Previous radio producing experience, which is essential.
• A background in journalism, news or current affairs.
• A genuine passion for staying on the pulse of news.
• Strong editorial judgement and a sharp instinct for a great story.
• An excellent eye and ear for engaging talent.
• The ability to identify fresh angles and drive stories forward.
• Confidence working in a fast-moving live radio environment.
• Strong collaboration, communication and organisational skills.
• A positive, proactive and solutions-focused attitude.

Responsibilities

• Identify stories, talent and fresh angles across New Zealand and around the world to inform and engage the audience.
• Secure great guests, ask the right questions and shape the day’s biggest developments into compelling live radio.
• Adapt the programme as stories evolve, operating under pressure with sound editorial decisions.

Skills

Radio production

Education

Journalism / Current affairs background

Job description

Early Edition with Lisette Reymer.

Newstalk ZB is looking for an experienced radio producer to join. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the morning team that sets the news agenda for the day. You will also play a pivotal role in launching the new Early Edition for 2027, bringing your ideas, creativity and experience to help shape the show and make your mark from day one.

How You’ll Make It Happen

You will stay connected to what is happening across New Zealand and around the world, identifying the stories, talent and fresh angles that will keep our audience informed and engaged.

You will bring a strong understanding of local and international news, excellent editorial judgement and the ability to move a story forward. You will know how to secure great guests, identify the right questions and shape the day’s biggest developments into compelling live radio.

News can move quickly, so you will be comfortable adapting the programme as stories develop. You will work well under pressure, respond positively to direction and have the confidence to make sound editorial decisions and operate independently when required.

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• Previous radio producing experience, which is essential
• A background in journalism, news or current affairs
• A genuine passion for staying on the pulse of news
• Strong editorial judgement and a sharp instinct for a great story
• An excellent eye and ear for engaging talent
• The ability to identify fresh angles and drive stories forward
• Confidence working in a fast-moving live radio environment
• Strong collaboration, communication and organisational skills
• A positive, proactive and solutions-focused attitude

What’s in it for you

You will join Newstalk ZB’s award-winning newsroom and work alongside some of the country’s leading interviewers, producers and journalists.

You will be supported to develop your skills, broaden your perspective on news and make a meaningful contribution to how one of New Zealand’s leading news programmes comes together.

Most importantly, you will have the opportunity to bring your ideas to a new show, helping shape its direction and build something exciting with Lisette Reymer from the outset.

If you are an experienced radio producer who lives and breathes news, thrives on the pace of a live newsroom and wants to help set the agenda each morning, we would love to hear from you.

All applicants will be asked to confirm their working rights in New Zealand, including citizenship, residency or current visa status.

New Zealand Media and Entertainment is NZ's premium integrated media group. We keep Kiwis in the know about what matters most to them, and dig into what’s going on in the world and why, as well as shining a light on the latest and greatest in news and entertainment. Combining radio, digital, and print we reach more than over 3.6 million* Kiwis every week.

We are home to more than 50 of Aotearoa’s award-winning media brands - each with its own voice, and each powered by the country’s top media personalities, journalists, broadcasters, designers, writers, commercial thinkers, operations teams, marketers, digital and tech specialists and many more. You can achieve anything you set your mind to here – the possibilities are endless!

Come and join the future of NZME. Give it your all and enjoy the ride because this could lead anywhere…