Supervising Producer/Editor, How I Built This (Temporary)

Application Deadline: Please apply by 11:59 Wednesday, April 30th.

How I Built This is an interview-based podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, and problem-solvers-sharing the powerful stories of how they built some of the world's best-known brands.

The How I Built This podcast is produced by NPR and distributed by Wondery, an Amazon-owned podcast publisher. The radio show is distributed by NPR to hundreds of public radio stations across the country.

NPR's How I Built This is looking for a Supervising Editor/Producer to join our highly collaborative and creative team.

Our team currently produces three episodes each week:

1. an hour-long podcast: an extended interview with host Guy Raz and a prominent founder/entrepreneur
2. a 45-minute long Advice Line podcast, featuring Guy and a former guest, giving business advice to start-up founders
3. an hour-long radio show: a hybrid of Planet Money and HIBT.

The ideal candidate is already familiar with How I Built This and has extensive experience working in long-form audio, as well as a solid understanding of how to write, frame, and edit a complex narrative.

From week to week, this Supervising Editor/Producer will manage production for the second weekly show, overseeing booking, editing, and research and background interviews of potential guests.

An academic background in business is not required, but a passion for business-and specifically entrepreneurship-is expected.

On this show, we are fascinated by what makes founders tick, what they were like before their brands became household names, and about their fears, failures, triumphs and insights. The ideal candidate will share our enthusiasm, as well as the spirit of optimism and inspiration that How I Built This listeners have come to love and look forward to.

This is a union-represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA.

This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff are defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.

RESPONSIBILITIES

BUSINESS:

• Represent NPR and facilitate communication with Amazon-Wondery counterparts on all partnership matters - from editorial content to marketing, sponsorship and digital /publishing
• In partnership with HIBT's senior supervising editor, ensure that all materials aired meet NPR program standards and practices.

EDITORIAL:

• Assist host and senior supervising editor in guiding creative direction of HIBT's second weekly episode and the HIBT franchise.
• Oversee production and edit the second weekly episodes, providing feedback to producers throughout the writing, editing, fact checking, and producing processes; assisting with Monday episodes as needed.
• Work with producers to finalize scripts, scoring, and sound design.
• Remain in close coordination with the host and senior supervising editor throughout the production and editing process.
• Assist with future planning of episodes, development of host pitches, episodes, series ideas, and strategic partnerships.
• Consider a balance of subject matter, themes, voices, and story approaches in show planning.
• Support the production of assets for social media and other show promotion.

MANAGEMENT:

• Supervise assigned producers, meeting regularly to understand their personal and professional needs and aspirations.
• Provide clear and consistent feedback to direct reports and mentoring to enable the achievement of professional development goals; make effective recommendations regarding any hiring, promotion, and discipline for these positions.
• Manage all deadlines associated with episodes on the production calendar, and guide staff as they work toward each deadline.
• Supervise overall team workflow, address pain points, and ensure the team meets editorial goals and weekly and annual production goals.
• Assist senior supervising editor in managing team meetings, pitch conversations, debriefs, and discussions; lead those conversations as assigned.
• Assist in staff, temp, and intern hiring as needed.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 8 years' experience producing and editing the weekly production of long-form audio, plus a minimum of 3 years' experience managing and advising the team-members who produce audio programs
• Strong organizational skills and proven success in creating and overseeing successful workflows.
• Comfort working in audio engineering producing (Dalet, Cool Edit, ProTools, or similar broadcast digital audio workstations).
• Strong oral communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to find, onboard, and develop talent.
• Commitment to cultivating and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Ability to foster an inclusive and equitable workplace culture.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience preferred.

WORK LOCATION

• Hybrid Permitted: This is a hybrid-permitted role. Some aspects of this role include duties that are better performed at an NPR facility. The employee will be required to be onsite at theWashington, DCoffice at least 10 days a year. The employee must also reside in an NPR-supported location based on the number of onsite days they choose.

JOB TYPE

• This is a temporary (6-month) full-time position.

COMPENSATION

Hourly Rate: The U.S. based anticipated hourly rate for this opportunity is $62.50 per hour. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum hourly rate NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR's benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.

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