Slate is hiring a production assistant to join the tightknit, scrappy team pioneering Slate’s first daily news podcast.
You don’t have to have a ton of experience, but you must be hungry. Maybe you’ve taught yourself how to edit audio because you got obsessed with radio stories. Maybe you found yourself drawn to podcasts because they offered just a smidge more intimacy than radio. Maybe you aren’t a journalism school graduate, but you are a student of the news, examining how different outlets attack the same story. You are not exhausted by this news cycle—you are energized by it.
The right person for this job can deal with ambiguity—our show is going to grow and change a lot in its first year. You don’t take yourself seriously, but you’re passionate about the work. You’re kind and generous with your colleagues, but you can articulate your concerns and solve problems as they crop up.
The right person for this job knows it isn’t merely a stepping stone. You’re committed to making this show fantastic. This is a bizarrely fortuitous opportunity to build a show from scratch, and you want to know what that’s like. This show is based out of Slate’s Brooklyn offices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work on a team to shape each day’s show: identify the top news stories every day and monitor stories that might become more urgent.
- Pitch guests who can speak with verve and break down intimidating stories.
- Edit audio quickly and flawlessly on Pro Tools.
- Cultivate our network of friends of the show. You are a collector of fun people, you are a natural casting director, you are helping our show host put together the best daily party available for download.
Requirements:
Here are some things that you, the perfect candidate, have:
- 1 year of work experience in hard news
- 1 year of experience in audio editing. Excellent digital audio editing skills on Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, or Hindenburg.
- An abiding love for wallowing in tape. You will have to do a lot of audio editing.
- Excellent writing
- Excellent news judgment
- Excellent communication skills
- Humility. We are assembling a team of X-Men, and everyone has a superpower, but you must respect your team and the outer bounds of your knowledge.
Slate is committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. We encourage everyone to apply.
To apply, please send your résumé and cover letter (please list any other application needs) to talent@slate.com. Please include Production Assistant in your subject line.
Originally posted on 09/27/2018 at:
