Associate Producer, Studio 360

WNYC Programming

Studio 360

Position Type

Full-Time

Location

New York

Brief Description

"Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen" – public radio’s arts and culture weekly, co-produced by WNYC and Public Radio International – seeks an Associate Producer to join the award-winning team. 

Description

“Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen” – public radio’s arts and culture weekly, co-produced by WNYC and Public Radio International – has been making lively radio and podcasts for 15 years. We’ve garnered a shelf-full of awards (including two Peabodys) for our surprising interviews, sharply reported stories, inventive sound design, and innovative digital work. We’re also always looking ahead, spotting new talent and giving emerging producers a national platform, while helping to cultivate their voices and their skills.

Come work with us if you have the ears – and the heart – to make great radio.

The Associate Producer reports to the Senior Editor and Executive Producer and collaborates with the host. Apply if you are this person: You’re passionate and informed about the arts, a great writer, and both diplomatic and assertive when it comes to booking guests. You’re savvy with digital media and eager to try new forms on-air and online. You’re a sharp, counterintuitive thinker who understands how to excite and grow an audience through audio stories and the web. You’re a voracious consumer of culture, someone who delights in the “high” and “low” and everything in between.  You play well with others.

We are looking for experienced audio storytellers – but we are looking for emerging ones as well, so we will also consider candidates with less experience as an Assistant Producer.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 
• Contribute ideas for all aspects of the program: interviews, reported stories, listener engagement projects, and themed shows 
• Produce sound-rich, character-driven stories, and help pioneer novel formats, like radio diaries and crowdsourced tape, to do so.
• Produce interview segments for and with host: research and book guests; develop thoughtful and surprising questions; use clips and other materials creatively; and edit recorded interviews 
• Write and produce multimedia content for website 
• Develop original content for social media 
• Research and conceive special projects in depth 
• Some administrative tasks as needed

QUALIFICATIONS: 
• 1-6 years experience in a fast-paced, idea-driven media environment (either on-staff or freelance) 
• Experience reporting and producing features stories using tape collected in the field, scoring, and other found sound.
• A voracious appetite for a wide variety of contemporary culture: movies, music, books, theater, fine art, comedy, dance, television, online, gaming, design, architecture, and the next big thing.
• Superb writing skills showing originality and humor; experience writing for broadcast or performance strongly preferred 
• Proficiency with audio editing (preferably using ProTools) or related video software 
• Production experience with other multimedia (image and/or video) preferred
• Experience working with talent and freelancers in an editorial capacity preferred 
• Proficiency with a range of social media platforms and awareness of new platforms 
• Effective time-management and ability to produce excellent work on deadline
• Ability to collaborate closely and cheerfully with others and thrive in a team environment
• Ability to work independently, exercising sound editorial judgment. 
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

ALL POSITIONS AT NYPR REQUIRE:
• The intellectual and emotional depth, maturity, self-confidence and interpersonal skills to work effectively with the senior leadership team, colleagues, staff and external partners and provide motivation at all levels of an organization.
• Excellent communication skills-both oral and written – with a reputation for building and maintaining relationships with people at all levels of an organization, across a diverse range of cultural, generational, ethnic, racial, educational and social backgrounds.
• Use of a computer, telephone and other office and/or broadcast equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively through a variety of methods including but not limited to: email, internet based applications for internal and external communications.
• Compliance with WNYC/WQXR policies and guidelines.
• Ability to work extended hours as needed.

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement between New York Public Radio and SAG-AFTRA.  

Please submit cover letter with salary requirements and resume. New York Public Radio must receive all information requested in order to consider your candidacy. 

New York Public Radio is an Equal Opportunity Employer and invites and encourages qualified applicants from all walks of life. 

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