Producer I, How I Built This - Temporary
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OVERVIEW
How I Built This is an interview-based podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, and problem-solvers, sharing the powerful stories of how they built some of the world's best-known brands. The How I Built This podcast is produced by NPR and distributed by Wondery, an Amazon-owned podcast publisher. The radio show is distributed by NPR to hundreds of public radio stations across the country.
NPR's How I Built This is looking for a temporary Producer I to join our highly collaborative and creative team.
Our team produces three episodes each week:
• an hour-long podcast: an extended interview with host Guy Raz and a prominent founder/entrepreneur
• a 45-minute long Advice Line podcast, featuring Guy and a former guest, giving business advice to start-up founders
• an hour-long radio show: a hybrid of Planet Money and HIBT.
The ideal candidate is already very familiar with How I Built This and has extensive experience working in long-form audio, and a solid understanding of how to write, frame, and edit a complex narrative. From week to week, this producer will rotate through a series of assignments, ranging from audio production to intensive research and background interviews of potential guests. A producer at the P1 level will be expected to occasionally fill in as a backup editor, working with team members on how to shape, write, and structure their projects.
An academic background in business is not required but a passion for business–and specifically, entrepreneurship–is expected. On this show, we are fascinated by what makes founders tick, about what they were like before their brands became household names, about their fears, failures, triumphs and insights. The ideal candidate will share our enthusiasm, as well as the spirit of optimism and inspiration that How I Built This listeners have come to love and look forward to.
The position can be remote, reporting to the Supervising Producer/Editor of How I Built This.
This is a union represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Editing, writing, scoring, mixing, and publishing individual episodes of the podcast, from raw interview to fully-produced project.
• Preparing and fact-checking research material for the host, including comprehensive summaries of their biographies and the growth of their businesses, as assigned.
• Pre-interviewing and evaluating prospective callers for the HIBT Advice Line podcast.
• Writing, and producing promotional copy for the podcast, as assigned.
• Generating pitch ideas.
• Occasional back-up editing, which includes overseeing the fact-checking and final scripting of an episode.
• Scripting and producing NPR's HIBT/Planet Money radio show, which typically requires refining and restructuring already-produced material.
The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• At least five years audio editing and production experience, preferably in long-form narrative.
• Ability to edit audio confidently on deadline.
• Considerable experience and confidence in editing other producers' work. This will include shaping, shortening, and restructuring interviews whose initial length could range from three to four hours.
• Impeccable track record with fact-checking and considerable experience with quality assurance on final scripts.
• Ability to be the final editorial gatekeeper before an episode is published.
• 4-5 years experience researching and writing for audio: broadcast and/or podcast.
• A passion for business and entrepreneurship.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with others, demonstrating, at all times, respect for the diverse constituencies at NPR and beyond.
• Ability to learn production platforms quickly and handle multiple projects simultaneously under stringent deadlines and changing conditions.
• Ability to prioritize, anticipate problems, and communicate effectively.
• Highly supportive of cultivating and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Ability to manage all of the above with minimal supervision.
REQUIRED SKILLS
• Proficiency in ProTools editing software is a must.
WORK LOCATION
• Remote Permitted: This is a remote permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, DC office but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that NPR approves.
JOB TYPE
• This is a temporary (6-month) full time position.
COMPENSATION
Hourly Rate: The U.S. based anticipated hourly rate for this opportunity is $46.88 per hour. The hourly rate displayed reflects the rate NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.
Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR's benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.
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