Producer, Podcasts

Job Title: Producer, Podcasts

Department: Digital Content

Reports To: Associate Director, Digital Content

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Chicago, IL (3 days in office/2 days remote)

Founded in 1991, Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) is the world’s largest SAP user group, serving 2,300-plus businesses via company-wide memberships. ASUG’s mission is to help people and organizations get the most value from their investments in SAP technology. The Chicago-based organization accomplishes this by connecting and educating people through in-person and virtual events, delivering customer feedback to SAP, and advocating for its members.

ASUG is seeking a Podcast Producer to manage the development, production, publishing, and promotion of ASUG’s podcast offerings. As part of the Digital Content team and reporting to the Associate Director of Digital Content, this role ensures a high-quality experience for guests, listeners, partners, and ASUG members while supporting the growth and visibility of ASUG’s audio content.

The Podcast Producer collaborates with editorial, marketing, research, and partner-facing teams to coordinate recordings, prepare guests, support audio production, publish episodes, and promote content across digital channels. This individual will help strengthen production workflows, support audience growth initiatives, and build a solid knowledge and understanding of the IT field and SAP ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is an organized, detail-oriented communicator with a passion for storytelling, multimedia content creation, and emerging technology trends, as well as the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced digital content environment.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Edit each podcast episode for both audio and content quality, ensuring episodes are polished, accurate, engaging, and aligned with ASUG editorial standards.
• Lead quality assurance requirements for every episode, including audio review, content review, final approvals, and readiness for publication.
• Use audio engineering and editing software, such as Adobe Audition or similar solutions, to support recording, editing, mixing, and post-production workflows.
• Collaborate with the ASUG IT team to ensure podcast equipment, platforms, and resources are ready for episode recordings in the office, virtually, and on location as needed.
• Manage podcast guest scheduling, recording logistics, technical checks, and pre-production coordination to provide a smooth experience for hosts, guests, and internal stakeholders.

• Oversee the episode publication process, including writing episode headlines, descriptions, show notes, email copy, and supporting promotional language.
• Write editorial recaps of select podcast episodes for publication on , translating key conversations into concise, engaging digital content.
• Liaise with the ASUG marketing team to develop and distribute marketing collateral, including social media posts, email copy, landing page copy, and other promotional assets.
• Support social media promotion for podcast episodes by drafting clear, audience-focused copy that increases awareness and engagement.
• Work with ASUG podcast partners to ensure sponsorship entitlements are fulfilled accurately, professionally, and on schedule.

• Collaborate internally to ensure ASUG podcasts address strategic topics and align with ASUG content published across digital, event, research, and marketing channels.
• Partner with editorial, marketing, research, membership, events, and sponsor-facing teams to identify timely podcast topics, support guest preparation, and strengthen audience relevance.
• Apply strong writing, copy-editing, and verbal communication skills to support podcast scripts, promotional copy, show descriptions, guest communications, and editorial…