Supervising Senior Producer

newyork-public-radio; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Vacation

Personal time

Sick leave

Inclusive family leave

Job summary

New York Public Radio's WNYC is seeking a Supervising Senior Producer for Weekend Edition and Weekend All Things Considered. This role oversees the shows’ sound and editorial direction, supervises producers, and coordinates with hosts and engineers to ensure top quality.

The successful candidate will bring 5+ years of experience in audio news production, lead multiple teams, manage live coverage, and drive innovative storytelling that expands audience reach while upholding editorial standards

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience producing audio news.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to supervise and mentor staff.
• Strong editorial judgment and commitment to accuracy.
• Experience using audience data to enhance storytelling and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Oversee weekend shows’ programming, editorial direction and rundowns.
• Lead planning for weekend coverage and breaking news logistics.
• Direct producers, assign tasks, and give regular feedback.
• Lead weekly meetings with hosts and producers and represent weekend coverage.
• Uphold sourcing, accuracy, fairness and clarity in content.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure multiplatform reporting.
• Coordinate with engineers during live broadcasts.
• Promote ethical standards and newsroom culture; mentor staff.
• Contribute to newsroom initiatives and special projects.

Skills

Audio news production

Leadership

Editorial judgment

Audience engagement

Live coverage

Job description

Description

Supervising Senior Producer, Weekends

WNYC

The WNYC and Gothamist newsroom is looking for a motivated and thorough Supervising Senior Producer for our highly-rated weekend magazine shows, Weekend Edition and Weekend All Things Considered. This role will oversee the shows’ sound and editorial direction, supervise producers, and professionally coordinate with hosts and engineers

The Supervising Senior Producer, Weekends pushes the boundaries of our storytelling with their creativity. The Supervising Senior Producer, Weekends eagerly integrates smart data analysis with inventive approaches to storytelling that produce distinctive show segments and elements that make the WNYC air a compelling listen, and represents and impacts all those who live in our coverage area. They also inspire their teams to find inventive ways to reach new, diverse audiences.

Supervising Senior Producers are newsroom leaders who reinforce our culture of audience centricity, professional respect and journalistic excellence. They are the conduit between upper management and individual contributors, and play an important role in our newsroom culture. The ideal candidate has experience overseeing live news coverage as well as managing – directly and indirectly – a team of journalists.

This role, which reports to the Senior Editor of Audio Strategy, will work a Wednesday through Sunday schedule, with conventional business hours on weekdays, and a 7 a.m. start time on weekends. This leader will also be required to flex their schedule as needed to account for developing news and to contribute to weekday shows and special projects as needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the programming, production and editorial needs of WNYC’s weekend magazine shows. Set the shows’ daily rundown, delegating tasks, and prepare hosts

• Lead planning for each weekend’s coverage as well as logistics for breaking news.

• Directly manage producers and daily assignments, providing clear expectations as well as consistent feedback

• Lead weekly meetings with the weekend hosts and producers; represent weekend coverage at newsroom meetings

• Hold all content up to the highest standards, editing for adequate sourcing, accuracy, fairness and clarity

• Collaborate with newsroom editors on assignments, ensuring our reporting is multiplatform and aligned for all our audiences

• Collaborate with the shows’ engineers throughout each live broadcast

• Reinforce standards for ethics, professionalism and excellence, regularly articulating how coverage fits into the WNYC newsroom vision of serving the needs of a diverse population, and encouraging the production of content that gives daily utility to listeners and readers.

• Model and exhibit the highest standards of professionalism at all times.

• Propose and accept one-time or ongoing assignments or special projects within the newsroom, as decided with their relevant supervisor.

• Serving on newsroom committees focused on issues such as editorial standards, style or training.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience producing audio news

• Sophisticated understanding of the broadcast landscape, including applicable metrics, relevant audience trends, and audience engagement techniques. Experience in using audience data to inform good journalistic decisions to drive results

• Demonstrated commitment and ability to contribute an equity lens to every aspect of people development and management processes, and ability to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion competency in their teams

• Demonstrated knowledge of complex social and cultural issues

• The intellectual and emotional depth, maturity, self-confidence and interpersonal skills to work effectively and/or interact with the public and with other staff at NYPR

• Self-starter with proven ability to meet deadlines and pay close attention to detail and fact-checking

• Ability to manage several projects concurrently

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team and supervise content creation

• Excellent broadcast writing and editing skills

• Experience working with and managing on-air talent

• Fluency in audio editing, working in a variety of content management systems, and other broadcast and digital delivery systems

• Interest and appreciation for the medium of audio and text and how they can be used to reach separate audiences

• Experience leading breaking news coverage

• Impeccable journalistic integrity and editorial judgment

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Additional Information

This is a full-time role with an annual salary $103,500.00. New York Public Radio also offers excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance, vacation, personal and sick time as well as inclusive family leave.

This role is a hybrid capacity of two days in the office; with the ability to work from home at times. However, this position is part of the NYC staff and will be expected to work from WNYC's Lower Manhattan offices on specified days with regularity.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

New York Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We continuously strive to place our employees at the center of our thinking and elevate inclusive practices to develop and support a more engaged and productive workforce. Our journalism and operations in the service of that journalism benefit from a broad range of perspectives, from all backgrounds, at all levels of the organization. Diversity is essential to honest, authentic, accurate storytelling and reportage; creating an institution in which all voices are encouraged, valued, and heard.

Equal Opportunity

New York Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving the goal of equal employment opportunity for all. Applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions without regard to mental or physical disability, race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, employment status or any protected federal, state or local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.