Audio Producer, Little Wander (maternity cover)

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Description
Start date: mid-March 2022 until September 2022 with possibility of extension
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, flexible times to suit candidate
Location: home based, remote working
Fee: £30,000 pro rata
Reporting to: Director, Little Wander
Interviews: conducted remotely, exact dates flexible in February 2022 to suit applicant
Little Wander is a comedy production company working across festivals, tours, live events, TV, radio and podcasts. This role requires working independently to record, edit and deliver podcasts and radio programmes for broadcast.
Essential skills/experience
- Audio recording and editing
- Talent management
- Organisation and project management
- Communication and relationship building
- Working knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines
- Remaining calm, friendly and professional in challenging circumstances
Key responsibilities
- Remote audio recording using a combination of ipDTL and local recordings
- Confidence to guide recordings where required to ensure optimal content
- Ability to edit podcasts and radio programmes and deliver final versions to broadcast standard (equipment/software can be provided where required)
- Talent management of hosts and guests
- Suggesting and securing appropriate guests, scheduling records, managing technical difficulties, and providing support to technophobic guests
- Liaising with hosts, agents, transcribers, artists and contributors and creating a friendly, relaxed, professional environment at all times
- Meeting with podcast platforms and commissioners
- Production, editing and compliance of BBC radio programmes
- Keeping the marketing department across TX dates for promotion
Desirable but not essential
- Welsh or living in Wales
- Experience developing and pitching new audio ideas to commissioners
- An understanding of how to use the DAX podcast portal
We welcome applications from everyone especially those who identify as disabled and/or BIPOC and/or members of the global majority and/or any other under-considered community.
Please email jo@littlewander.co.uk with any questions or with a short covering letter and CV to apply. Video applications are also welcome.