Senior Podcast Producer

About The Role

An exciting opportunity to join The Telegraph’s audio department, joining one of our award-winning podcasts, Ukraine: The Latest.

Alongside a video producer, this role will lead on the delivery and production of the podcast, encouraging the show producers to develop and mould the editorial within a video context. You will work in collaboration with dozens of the UK's best reporters, correspondents and writers.

The role will include the pre and post-production of this daily show, as well as audio editing. The role may also include working on other podcast titles down the line.

The ideal candidate will have a background in broadcast news or news podcasts. They will be able to demonstrate experience of working accurately and to tight deadlines and the technical and creative skills to make our podcast shine.

A love of foreign affairs news and a knowledge of the wider news podcast landscape are also essential.

Key Responsibilities

• To act as Senior Producer of one of The Telegraph’s daily news podcasts, working alongside our Video Producer, Hosts, Head of Podcasts and other producers, to deliver the show.
• This will include assisting with editing and publishing both pre-recorded interviews and the daily show.
• Leading the pre- and post-production, including briefing and bidding guests and A/B testing headlines.
• Liaising with our other desks to make the most of our publishing plans across our app and website.
• Monitoring the Ukraine: The Latest inbox.

Key Skills

• A good foundation of experience working in news audio or video, be that for broadcast, newspapers or other digital news platforms
• Experience creating daily content, demonstrating a skill in working to tight deadlines
• Audio editing
• Understanding of The Telegraph voice
• A strong sense of editorial judgement and full knowledge of media law
• Passion for podcasting as a medium
• A keen interest in foreign and defence reporting
• Experience working with a wider newsroom and high profile journalists and presenters

Desirable skills useful for the role

• Experience in foreign reporting

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.