Producer (12-month Contract)

Bloomberg is expanding its audio offerings and looking for an experienced podcast producer to work on an ambitious daily podcast- The Big Take focused on the economy, the world, and enterprise business news. The producer will work on this show in collaboration with a larger audio team and alongside reporters and editors in Bloomberg’s wider newsroom. They will work under the guidance of an Executive producer. This role will be project based, and there will be opportunity to work across other shows in the Bloomberg Podcast portfolio. This opening is for a producer candidate with ideally 6-7 years of experience on reported, narrative shows.
Responsibilities:

Pitching episode and guest ideas
Producing and reporting, both in the field and in the studio
Supporting a host editorially during an interview
Logging tape and pulling archival
Syncing and cutting interviews and tracking
Show assembly and light sound design
Collaborate on scripting episodes with the ability to develop the story arc, outline, and framing of episodes
Book interviews both internally and externally
Building an episode assembly
Fact-checking
Implementing edits on episodes
Comfort with being on the mic is a bonus
Excellent news judgment able to provide thoughts on the biggest business news stories of the day and week

Skills and experiences:

Experience in a newsroom environment or on projects with rigorous journalistic ethics
Reporting experience in addition to experience with production tasks
Experience with field, remote and in-studio production
Demonstrated interest in covering business news
This show is produced using Descript, Audition and Google Docs. Proficiency in editing software (Audition) is required (Pro Tools is a plus)
Any experience in Sound engineering, Sound Design, and Story Editing is a plus
At least 6-7 years of experience

This is a 12-month contract opportunity. We encourage the submission of portfolio website or work samples with this application.