Lead Producer

Summary

Join the Vox Media Podcast Network as a Lead Producer for the award-winning show "On with Kara Swisher." This role involves producing a podcast that reaches a large and influential audience, requiring collaboration, problem-solving, and a deep understanding of the tech industry and domestic politics. Responsibilities include pitching show topics, booking high-profile guests, preparing interview questions, editing audio, and fact-checking. The position is a six-month contract with benefits and the potential to become a staff position. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of podcast production experience and 5+ years of experience in news. The job is remote.

Requirements

• 3+ years podcast production experience
• 5+ years experience in working in news
• A strong interest in our key areas of coverage: tech, politics, business, and culture
• Skilled at editing audio in ProTools
• Experience partnering with show hosts
• Excellent scriptwriting skills, including a keen sense of pacing and flow, and the ability to reflect host tone and sensibility in placeholder copy
• Calm, reliable and responsive under pressure; can pivot proactively as news

Responsibilities

• Pitching guest ideas
• Researching episode topics
• Prepping interview questions
• Editing audio in Descript and ProTools
• Working with fact checkers to ensure accuracy
• Writing episode descriptions
• Posting episodes on Megaphone

Benefits

• This is a temporary, full-time position
• This job is benefits-eligible
• This job is remote