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Full Time Job
Overview
Neon Hum Media is an emerging passionate west coast podcast production company that creates cinematic, top quality, and wide-appeal audio programming. Over the past two years, Neon Hum has helped produce multiple chart-topping podcasts that reached tens of millions of listeners.
Neon Hum is currently looking for an editor with exceptional audio and storytelling skills to help us produce documentary podcasts, scripted fiction and talk shows.
The ideal candidate will bring leadership, organization, and enthusiasm to everything they do. Special consideration is given to editors with a strong journalism background, or several years experience editing longform podcast projects.
Neon Hum, a leading podcast production company, and Sony Music Entertainment, have formed a new creative partnership to expand their development of original podcast content with a slate of new shows across multiple genres. Based in Los Angeles, Neon Hum has helped create multiple podcast hits including the duPont Award-Winning ''Bag Man'' with Rachel Maddow, ''The Thing About Pam,'' ''Room 20,'' Crooked Media's ''This Land'' and L.A. Times Studios' ''Larger Than Life.''
Responsibilities
• Edit for story, structure, and clarity a mix of documentary, talk and fiction podcasts.
• Shepherd the story development and structuring of long-term, major documentary podcasts.
• Manage the editorial calendar for a number of podcast productions, leading editorial sessions, read-throughs, and group edits.
• The job requires juggling multiple shows, so staying organized is a priority.
• Ensure that Neon Hum documentaries are high quality, accurate and produced with the excellent editorial standards of all Neon Hum podcasts.
• Liaise between clients, the host, and the production team to insure unity and on-time delivery of assets across multiple stakeholders.
• Assist in the editing and development of limited-run and pilot projects for Neon Hum.
• Report to the Senior Editor, and assists on special projects as-needed.
Qualifications
• 5 years audio editing or related storytelling experience preferred
• High level of skill in story editing and Often getting a writer to rewrite well requires walking them through next steps or showing them what's possible.
• Experience editing audio content on tight deadlines. Public media or journalism background a plus.
• Experience working with talent, including voice coaching in studio.
• A clear track record of producing innovative, diverse, and complex audio works.
• Experience cultivating talent from multiple creative sectors and backgrounds.
• Collaborative, team-driven approach to working.
• A skilled communicator and team leader who excels at staying organized.
• Experience writing longform audio or documentary scripts.