Supervising Producer, Podcasts

• Be a part of Australia's independent national broadcaster
• Full Time, Permanent Role
• Location: Flexible (Sydney preferred)
• $104K to $114K plus 15.4% ABC Nominated Super Fund

About the Role

In this role you will supervise the development, production, and delivery of high quality, impactful, audience focused, digital first narrative and true crime driven podcast series to meet ABC strategy. You will collaborate with the Executive Producer to shape podcast formats, tone and narrative across both scripted, and unscripted series.

You will also:

• Initiate, research, write and edit scripts for complex true crime form podcast series; ranging from interview based to long form narrative.
• Supervise and mentor creative contributors and team members, providing editorial and production guidance.
• Identify and generate original approaches to podcast commissions.
• Oversee podcast production from development to publishing, including managing production schedules and staffing.
• Develop strategies to help grow audiences by considering podcast distribution, promotion and analytics..
• Develop a strong network of contacts to help develop and produce original stories with impact. 

About You

We are seeking a Senior Producer with experience in developing, structuring, and producing scripted, long form, short-run narrative series and unscripted interviews or chat podcasts; in the true crime genre. You will have a broad understanding of online audiences, international podcast distribution trends and social media strategies.

You will also have:

• Advanced and creative audio production skills and experience supervising Content teams working on long form narrative productions. In particular; high level research, script writing and editing skills.
• Demonstrated successful track record in journalistic investigation, including identifying legal and editorial risks within stories and content.
• Demonstrated experience in being a confident and clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills and proven experience in successfully liaising with a broad range of stakeholders.

For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description:  50050079 SUPERVISING PRODUCER.pdf

We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).

For further information on this position please contact Tim Roxburgh, Executive Producer, True Crime, Audio Content via roxburgh.tim@abc.net.au

We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.

We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.

The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services the ABC seeks to represent, connect and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTIQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.

For more information about working at the ABC, please feel free to explore our careers page at https://www.abc.net.au/careers/

Applications Close: 11:55 pm, 8th May 2024.