TL;DR
- Position: Podcast Producer
- Experience: 2+ years of experience managing workflows for media productions, with experience in audio production strongly preferred
- Skills: A kind and clear approach to client communications; A fine-tuned ear for audio quality, cohesive narratives, and pacing; Proficiency with project management tools and systems; Experience managing project timelines and workflows; Proficiency with Google Drive and Monday.com is a plus; Experience with media feedback tools like BounceBoss or Frame.io is a plus
- Pay: $40 per hour
- Weekly Hours: 15-20 to start
- Location: Eastern time zone of North America or international equivalent
- Team Lead: Michelle Khouri
- Collaborators: Enna Garkusha, Matthew Ernest Filler, Sidney Evans
About Our Wavelength
We’re FRQNCY Media, the audio production company for Jane Goodall’s “Hopecast,” Diane von Furstenburg’s “InCharge With DVF,” Coca-Cola’s “Total Refresh,” the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities’ “Hidden Voices,” and many others.
FRQNCY is a one-in-a-million blend of innovation, passion, and joy. We offer tailored audio production support including integrated services that take (super-skilled) care of content strategy, market research, production, editing, and marketing.
Meet Our CEO & Founder
Michelle Khouri is a podcast executive producer and audio entrepreneur. Michelle founded and singlehandedly bootstrapped FRQNCY Media in 2018 with the vision of making the audio industry inclusive and accessible to all voices who want to bring good into this world. She is a first generation Colombian American who comes from a long line of entrepreneurs, musicians, and activists. Get to know her.
Culture and Purpose Come First
FRQNCY is a purpose-driven company. We value alignment, intention, diversity, kindness, determination, and clarity. Every new member of our team shares our same values with equal fervor. We unabashedly work every day to dismantle toxic patriarchal systems, including Capitalism and white supremacy. You’ll experience that in our day-to-day conversations as we bring to the surface ego-driven, racist, or misogynistic programming that must be called out in order to be healed.
We focus on our people before all else. Which means that all part-time positions are built to open doors for future expansion within the company. If you want to be a part of a company that is changing what it means to work, we should talk.
Oh, and we value joy. We wake up every day wondering how it is we got lucky enough to spend our days surrounded by compelling stories, cradled in beautiful sounds, and entrenched in opportunities to whip up innovative new pieces of audio for our clients.
The Right Fit
Our ideal part-time producer is a deadline-driven, workflow-building, narrative-loving audiophile who’s aching for more inclusive, diverse, and higher quality content in the podcast industry. You know how to strike the balance between running a tight production schedule and communicating clearly and compassionately.
You are kind at your core, approach your work with diligence and intention, and have big ideas on how to make a production feel smooth to both our internal teams and also our clients. You are a clear communicator, especially when it comes to what you need, how your team can support you, and what you aim to achieve.
You will manage production workflows, timelines, and quality checks for FRQNCY clients, who range from multinational brands to global icons to high-growth startups to small local businesses, making sure every client gets the same level of care and service.
You will flex your superpowers in the following ways:
- Support the executive producer during recording sessions to flag pickups, capture best takes, and make note of cuts and action items
- Create smart run of shows and manage recording sessions to ensure a smooth flow and all key takeaways captured
- Provide nuanced quality checks on all episode cuts that encourage consistently smooth cuts, high quality mastering, artful sound design, and tactful pacing
- Build out and manage workflows and production timelines for new projects, and onboard new clients onto those systems
- Oversee internal and external reviews and feedback cycles and approvals for episodes, ensuring clients deliver timely feedback to keep their production on track
- Maintain ongoing production timelines and team workflows, as well as ongoing client check-ins and updates
- Provide remote recording guidance to host and guest leading up to recording sessions
- Schedule in-studio and remote sessions, tape syncs, and mailing of equipment boxes
- Develop editorial outlines for upcoming seasons
- Provide guidance and coaching to new clients on how to be a strong podcast host
- Add to our Strategy Team’s brilliant podcast development process by chiming in with your feedback/input about new shows being concepted
Experience
Our ideal part-time producer has:
- Experience: 2+ years of experience managing workflows for media productions, with experience in audio production strongly preferred
- Skills:
- Client communications and relations
- A fine-tuned ear for audio quality, cohesive narratives, and pacing
- Proficiency with project management tools and systems, and managing project timelines and workflows
- Proficiency with project management tools and systems and experience managing project timelines and workflows
- Proficiency with Google Drive and Monday.com is a plus
- Experience with media feedback tools like BounceBoss or Frame.io is a plus
- Clarity: Strong communication skills and a dedication to meeting deadlines
- Initiative: If you’re proactively thinking about the next cool project, thinking through potential pitfalls, and identifying ways to improve without being prompted, we want to meet you.
- Curiosity: You are naturally wired to research, explore, unearth, and discover.
- Passion: Podcasts are what we do. They’re what we eat, breathe, and sleep. Having a passion for the core of our business is pretty, pretty, pretty…important.
Samples
We ask that you provide the following examples of your work:
- Podcast episodes or videos you’ve produced with specific notes on your role in the production
- Bonus: Podcast episodes or videos you’ve edited, if available
- Bonus: Writing samples, particularly narrative scripts written for audio productions. If available
FRQNCY Media is the audio production company for Jane Goodall, Diane von Furstenburg, Coca-Cola, and small businesses alike. FRQNCY is a one-in-a-million blend of innovation, passion, and joy. We offer tailored audio production support including integrated services that take (super-skilled) care of content strategy, market research, production, editing, and marketing.