Associate Producer, What Next & What Next TBD

Slate is looking for a versatile, capable associate producer to help us make our critically acclaimed daily news podcasts, What Next and What Next: TBD. This producer must be hungry to tackle the news, whether that’s finding fresh angles and voices on the biggest headlines of the day or bringing under-covered but essential stories to Slate’s national audience.

The ideal candidate must be flexible—the news moves fast—and ambitious. You don’t take yourself too seriously, but you’re serious about the work. You are kind, collaborative, and generous with your colleagues, but you can articulate concerns and solve problems as they crop up. You have an excellent ear, strong writing chops, a nose for news, and an appreciation for tight deadlines.

Associate producers are hyperorganized and able to work independently. Reporting to a supervising producer, you will be provided with mentorship and clear supervision to help grow your skills and take on more responsibility over time. You will eventually need to move fluidly between pitching, booking, prepping, recording, writing, editing, and mixing—with a degree of creative troubleshooting in between. The ideal candidate will come with a degree of experience in both audio and video editing and production.

This position can be located in Slate’s New York or D.C. office. We will consider remote work for the right candidate. The annual base pay range for this job is between $75,000 and $81,000. This is a position covered under a collective bargaining agreement between Slate and the Writers Guild of America East.

Work with a host and team of producers to conceive and develop episodes

Implement script notes quickly and sensitively

Pull tape and images for use in both audio and video edits

Help arrange interviews and oversee recording sessions, often over remote connections

Engage in episode mixing, including scoring, sound design, and audio correction

Interview and/or preinterview sources

Book guests, stringers, and studios

Prep host for interview tapings: research guests and prepare and send interview briefs

Put together mixes of episodes or episode introductions in Pro Tools and/or DaVinci Resolve

Fact-check scripts

Select and edit clips for social media and other promotion

Attend all production and editorial meetings

Lend general editorial feedback throughout the production process

Lend general administrative support to all producers and production teams

At least two years’ experience in radio or podcasting in a journalistic environment

At least two years’ experience with professional audio-editing software, preferably Pro Tools

A demonstrated ability with video-production software, including DaVinci or Adobe Premiere

Excellent writing skills and story sense

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