Podcast Producer; Client Projects – FTC

Podcast Producer (Client Projects) – FTC

Location:

Islington, London (On‑site)

Salary: £40,000 pro rata (6 month FTC, with potential to extend)

Closing Date: 1 April 2026

We’re looking for a sharp, unflappable and editorially‑minded producer to work across our high‑profile client slate. Supporting our head of clients, you’ll be the linchpin between our studio and our impressive (and eclectic) range of clients. This is initially on a six‑month contract, with a view to extend dependent on client wins and contract extensions. Due to this we need someone with the experience and attitude to hit the ground running.

Our current portfolio includes Saga, The University of Leeds, The Institute for Government and The Managers – with new clients coming in constantly. This isn't just a technical role, it’s a hybrid of editorial and project management. You’ll need the range to pivot from shows for over‑50s, football fans and politics nerds, and sometimes a mix of everything in between.

• Client liaison: You’ll manage stakeholder expectations, lead briefing calls, and ensure our clients feel in safe hands.
• Logistics: You’ll own the production schedule. From booking studios to syncing calendars, you ensure every deadline is hit and every asset is delivered.
• Scripting and storytelling: Working from the research stage through to "must‑listen" scripts. You’ll write with wit, clarity, and pace.
• Directing talent: Briefing high‑profile guests and coaching hosts, often senior leaders or experts, to ensure they deliver a polished, high‑energy performance.
• Booking: Seeking out engaging hosts and guests for a range of shows.
• Packaging: Writing sharp headlines and show notes. You’ll make sure the final product looks as good as it sounds.
• Quality Control: We don’t micromanage, so your eye for detail must be faultless. No typos, no factual slips, no missed cues.
• Production coordination: You’ll work with our in‑house editors to ensure episodes are produced in a timely fashion, and to the best possible standard.

We mainly hire for personality and aptitude. This role is for someone who likes working at pace and finds managing what could be a chaotic production schedule satisfying. It requires rigour, tact and confidence.

• Experience: You’ll have 3+ years of experience in a multimedia role, ideally dealing with client‑led content and external stakeholders.
• Organisation: You live for a tight spreadsheet. You can juggle multiple series and projects at once without dropping the ball.
• Client whispering: You’re professional, persuasive, and patient. You know how to guide a client through the creative process while keeping the project on track.
• Intellectual range: You’re interested in everything. You know what makes a story work for a specific audience.
• Concise writing skills: You can explain a complex crisis or a university breakthrough in punchy sentences.
• Self‑starter: We move fast. You’ll need to pick up our tone, workflow, and client nuances at speed.
• Confidence across platforms: Our shows have to work in audio and video formats, and in long and short formats – plus, they need both long and short text sells to go alongside them.

• Familiarity with Riverside, Adobe, or Reaper.
• Basic editing skills/knowledge
• Experience prepping non‑broadcast professionals for media appearances.
• Basic design skills (Canva is always handy!)
• Social media experience – we need people to interact with our shows as much as possible.
• A good sense of humour and taste in music – we like to have a laugh and the office playlist is even more political than our podcasts, no pressure…

• £40k salary (Pro Rata).
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas closure.
• The vibe: An open and friendly team, in a relaxed office environment, with a very complex but good coffee machine and an array of snacks.

Email (address to our managing editor, Jacob Jarvis) with your CV and the following:

• One branded or client‑led podcast you love, and one you don’t (and why).
• One guest and theme for Saga’s Experience is Everything.
• Tell us about a time you handled a logistical nightmare or a tricky client request. How did you nail it?