**Who We Are & What We Can Offer You: **

WBUR is Boston’s NPR and a public media leader, producing exceptional journalism on-air, online, on-demand, and in real life. Our mission is to produce high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection, and community for an expanding circle of people. WBUR is member-supported and licensed to Boston University.

WBUR is brimming with talent and ambition. Our colleagues work hard, strive for excellence, value truth, creativity, diverse perspectives, and open debate. Our culture is warm and welcoming — no matter what your role is — we work hard to ensure that everyone feels like they belong. On top of that people are both respectful and passionate about the work we do.

We’ve got exciting plans to keep innovating and building WBUR for the future. It’s a place to do meaningful work with interesting people and to learn and grow along the way.

We offer our employees both hybrid and in-office work arrangements.

We also offer:

• Health and Well Being Benefits including Gender Affirming Healthcare
• Paid Time Off, Holidays & Intersession
• Tuition Remission and Professional Development through Boston University

**The Opportunity and Who You’ll Work With: **

Position Type: Regular, Full Time, Benefits Eligible

Work Format: Hybrid; 2 days onsite, up to 3 days remote.

Schedule: Dynamic scheduled hours depending on project milestones and deadline; 40 hours per week.

WBUR Podcasts serves as the pioneering hub for groundbreaking hits such as Modern Love, Dear Sugars, and the latest sensation, Beyond All Repair. We're also proud of our National Murrow Award-winning podcast, Endless Thread, delving into internet and culture, alongside mission-driven projects tackling issues like criminal justice and gun violence, including Violation and The Gun Machine. Our lineup encompasses the chart-topping kids' storytelling show, Circle Round, and the critically acclaimed Anything for Selena. We're dedicated to crafting podcasts for evolving generations of public media enthusiasts, spotlighting voices that resonate with these dynamic audiences.

As an integral part of a new collaboration between ProPublica and WBUR, in this position you will function as a senior producer and liaison, fostering a close partnership between the two organizations to craft and distribute investigative audio stories.

You will bring ProPublica’s award-winning investigative reporting to a national audience by producing compelling broadcast and podcast pieces for WBUR's On Point, hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti.

Additionally, you will research, develop and lead potential stand-alone investigative series in collaboration between ProPublica and WBUR Podcasts. These initiatives echo recent partnership projects such as Violation, a podcast jointly produced by WBUR & The Marshall Project, and The Gun Machine, a podcast from WBUR & The Trace.

On occasion, you may be asked to work on non-WBUR stories.

This is a project position, funded through December 2024, based in Boston, MA, with regular visits to New York to ensure your role will be well-integrated with the ProPublica team.

Essential Functions:

• (50%) Audio Production: The senior producer is responsible for the production of ProPublica’s audio stories for On Point's broadcast and podcast. In addition, this producer will help develop stand-alone ProPublica/WBUR podcast collaborations — bringing ProPublica’s award-winning journalism to life in audio. This role requires story research, field producing, the ability to craft compelling narratives, strong writing and complex audio craft experience. This producer will work closely with hosts, reporters, editors on both the show team and the WBUR Podcast team.
• (30%) Content Management: The senior producer oversees the planning of the monthly recurring partnership specials scheduled to air/publish on On Point, WBUR Podcasts and ProPublica channels. The role is responsible for story production and execution along with clear communications with key stakeholders in support of the editorial planning.
• (15%) Project Management: The senior producer will help ensure overall project expectations are met/exceeded, chiefly through close communication with key stakeholders including ProPublica and WBUR leadership, WBUR Podcasts and On Point executive producers, and show teams. This includes setting and managing project deadlines and milestones, developing an accessible editorial calendar, understanding project expectations and presenting audience trends data.
• (5%) Audience Development: The senior producer will work across the partnership to lend support in all aspects of marketing/promotion, social media and audience development strategies specific to the collaborative’s audience-facing outputs.

Required Skills

**What You’ll Need to Succeed: **

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent/relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience telling audio stories in an editorial setting

Capabilities and Proficiencies:

• An excitement about WBUR’s mission to provide an essential public good: high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection and community.
• A commitment to ethical editorial practices, including accuracy, fairness, respect, honesty and independence. For more, see WBUR’s ethics guidelines and ProPublica’s code of ethics.
• We’re seeking someone who is brimming with ideas, open to creative ventures and able to work with non-audio-trained journalists to help guide them in the finer points of how to tell a great audio story.
• Proven track record as a team player, showcasing creativity, collegiality, independence and attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge of the audio storytelling/podcast market and platforms.
• Entrepreneurial spirit; willingness to embrace uncertainty and lack of definition as opportunities evolve.
• Professional-level understanding of podcast editing tools such as Adobe Audition or Pro Tools and Descript.
• Ability to meet deadlines, manage tasks effectively and multitask in a high-pressure environment.

_In an ongoing effort to enrich our organizational culture, WBUR is committed to building a staff and leadership team that reflects the diversity of our city, region and nation. _

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_Designing an organization where everyone thrives, creating connection and community that permeates our workplace requires real change across all facets of what we do and who we are. _

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_We must hire, support, develop, advance and retain diverse talent at all levels of the organization with a standard of inclusive excellence. _

If you are excited by this opportunity and have a passion for our mission - whether you meet all or some of our criteria - we want to talk to you. After submitting your application – join ourTalent Community!

**If you require an ADA reasonable accommodation to complete your application and/or participate in the interview process, please let us knowhere. **

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Experience

**What You’ll Need to Succeed: **

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent/relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience telling audio stories in an editorial setting

Capabilities and Proficiencies:

• An excitement about WBUR’s mission to provide an essential public good: high-quality journalism and enriching experiences that foster understanding, connection and community.
• A commitment to ethical editorial practices, including accuracy, fairness, respect, honesty and independence. For more, see WBUR’s ethics guidelines and ProPublica’s code of ethics.
• We’re seeking someone who is brimming with ideas, open to creative ventures and able to work with non-audio-trained journalists to help guide them in the finer points of how to tell a great audio story.
• Proven track record as a team player, showcasing creativity, collegiality, independence and attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge of the audio storytelling/podcast market and platforms.
• Entrepreneurial spirit; willingness to embrace uncertainty and lack of definition as opportunities evolve.
• Professional-level understanding of podcast editing tools such as Adobe Audition or Pro Tools and Descript.
• Ability to meet deadlines, manage tasks effectively and multitask in a high-pressure environment.

_In an ongoing effort to enrich our organizational culture, WBUR is committed to building a staff and leadership team that reflects the diversity of our city, region and nation. _

__

_Designing an organization where everyone thrives, creating connection and community that permeates our workplace requires real change across all facets of what we do and who we are. _

__

_We must hire, support, develop, advance and retain diverse talent at all levels of the organization with a standard of inclusive excellence. _

If you are excited by this opportunity and have a passion for our mission - whether you meet all or some of our criteria - we want to talk to you. After submitting your application – join ourTalent Community!

**If you require an ADA reasonable accommodation to complete your application and/or participate in the interview process, please let us knowhere. **

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.