Part-Time Assistant Producer

Company/Station Name: WBBM Newsradio
Job Location: Chicago, IL

• Primary duties involve taking and editing audio from multiple sources including reporters, weather feeds, and network audio feeds.
• AP’s will place phone calls to check on news stories, and use internet and other sources to follow up or gain insight for use in news stories.
• Additionally, answer telephones in a polite and helpful fashion.
• Recognize the urgency of telephone calls (immediate, routine, can wait)
• Answer listener questions, which may require determination and ingenuity
• Screen calls from public relations firms, take messages for reporters
• Refer complaints to management; take in detailed news tips and forward immediately to the desk
• Call back people you have offered to help
• Perform work on very short deadlines with attention to detail
• Prioritize high volume of work, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Other duties as assigned by management

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• A college degree, with a concentration in broadcast journalism is preferred.
• Hands‑on internships or experience at a college radio station is required.
• Must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.

Knowledge & Skill Requirements:

• Must follow news on a regular basis, have a working knowledge of the basic facts of topical news stories and demonstrate ‘news judgment’.
• Assistant producers must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.
• Must be familiar with basic technical standards including level noise and clarity of sound.
• Must be able to write clearly and juggle multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.

Internal/External Relationships:

• Assistant producers take much of their direction from the editor on the desk, who helps determine priorities for audio to be used on the air.
• Assistant producers work closely with editors, writers, reporters and anchors.
• When answering the phone, assistant producers represent the radio station to listeners and callers, and must project a professional and unhurried image to callers.
• There is no remote option for this position.
• A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

$17.05/Hr.

Audacy offers employees who are eligible for benefits with a comprehensive benefits package which includes: a health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, halth savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex‑time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.