Audio Department Lead (Maternity Cover)

Start date: April/May 2025

Hours: 3 days/week, 9 months, flexible with occasional weekend work 

Location: home based, remote working, anywhere in the UK

Salary: £32,000 pro rata

Interviews: conducted remotely on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 March 2025

Little Wander is a comedy production company which creates festivals, tours, live events, TV, radio and podcasts. We are looking for a highly-skilled audio producer to join our team and provide leadership and management to the audio department. 

Key responsibilities:

• Hold regular meetings with the audio team 
• Manage workloads and deadlines for staff members and freelancers
• Oversee multiple audio projects including the production and delivery of radio programmes and the creation and publishing of podcasts 
• Liaise with talent, agents, clients and commissioning editors
• Provide feedback and sign off on social media content creation
• Contribute to overall departmental strategy including marketing of audio projects, development of new ideas and pitching for tenders 
• Attend some face-to-face meetings and on-location projects, including some studio-based recordings and festival-based projects

Essential experience:

• Excellent programme-maker with proven track record in ents, comedy, and/or factual
• Range of radio production skills including field recording, studio producing and audio editing to broadcast quality 
• Must have experience in BBC Radio production to Producer level and have thorough knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines 
• Some experience of line management 
• Experience working in festivals or events
• Experience working with performers or creatives 
• Evidence of managing multiple projects at once
• An interest in comedy and the arts

Person specification:

• Outstanding organisational skills to manage multiple busy projects 
• Excellent people skills to build and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to lead a team and work creatively in a collaborative and cooperative manner
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Confidence to ask for support when required
• Enthusiasm to work independently and take ownership of workload

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience of BBC News and Current Affairs or other broadcast journalism
• Experience working as part of a team remotely
• Some experience of podcast distribution
• Some experience of festival radio 
• Knowledge of the UK comedy industry 
• Welsh and/or living in Wales and/or Welsh speaker
• Driving license and own vehicle 

We welcome applications from everyone, especially those who identify as BIPOC and/or members of the global majority and/or disabled and/or a marginalised gender and/or economically disenfranchised and/or as a member of any other under-considered community. 

Application process:

Longlisted candidates will be invited to complete some hypothetical tasks to give both parties the opportunity to see if the role is a good fit. These should take no longer than 30 minutes and answers will not be used outside the application process. Longlisting will take place on Wednesday 12 March with a deadline of Thursday 20 March to return the tasks.

From this, shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 March 2025. 

To apply:

Please email hello@littlewander.co.uk with any questions or with a short covering letter, CV, and links to a portfolio of recent work to apply. Video applications are also welcome.