Creative Production Assistant for ICAN & Classical Radio

All Classical; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

All Classical Radio in Portland seeks a creative, self-motivated Production Assistant to support ICAN and the main broadcast channel. This full-time role (40 hours / week) will foster deeper community engagement, improve efficiency, and streamline content and programming across our two networks, with approximately 75% of time devoted to ICAN and 25% to All Classical Radio.

The ideal candidate possesses creativity, energy, commitment, integrity, outstanding storytelling and customer service

Qualifications

• Experience as a producer, interviewer, or host in public media.
• Experience working with children and youth.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively under deadline pressure.
• Knowledge of an audio editing suite and prior audio production work.
• Social media and/or web development experience.
• Extremely high attention to detail and fast learner.
• Strong written and verbal communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to represent the station professionally and authentically.

Responsibilities

• Deepening engagement with partners, educators, and youth; oversee sessions and train youth in radio production.
• Coordinate ICAN talent schedules and assist recruitment of new youth participants.
• Schedule automated programming in ENCO; create rotating sections for non-music content.
• Engineer and oversee recording sessions; cut, edit, and produce audio features.
• Support new content development; schedule programs; expand music library.
• Provide technical and production support for ICAN flagship programs like ICAN Compose.
• Write web stories and social content for ICAN and All Classical Radio.
• Research story ideas; identify local partners for sponsorship opportunities.
• Represent ICAN and All Classical Radio at events and community gatherings.
• Collaborate with engineering and radio traffic teams.
• Perform data entry, audio editing, music entry, and related tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Producer/interviewer experience

Experience with children/young people

Deadline-driven and independent

Audio editing experience

Social media / web development

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Public media experience

Education

College degree

Tools

ENCO

Music Master

WordPress

Adobe Audition

Adobe Creative Cloud

Canva

Constant Contact

Job description

All Classical Radio in Portland seeks a creative, self-motivated Production Assistant to support ICAN and the main broadcast channel. This full-time role (40 hours / week) will foster deeper community engagement, improve efficiency, and streamline content and programming across our two networks, with approximately 75% of time devoted to ICAN and 25% to All Classical Radio.

The ideal candidate possesses creativity, energy, commitment, integrity, outstanding storytelling and customer service