WBBM News Radio - Part-Time Assistant Producer

Overview

Job Title: Assistant Producer

Department: Programming

Reporting To: Brand Manager

Employment Type: Part-Time

Pay Transparency: $15.71/Hr.

- $15.71/Hr.

Location(s): Chicago, IL

Work Arrangement: On-Site

Salary information: The anticipated starting salary range for Illinois-based individuals is $15.71/Hr. Salary will be determined by experience, knowledge, skills, and location.

Benefits: Audacy offers a comprehensive benefits package including health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex-time, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, student loan payment assistance, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

WBBM Newsradio, Chicago’s number one news station, is looking for a talented part time Assistant Producer with an enterprising attitude and impressive work ethic to join our team of award-winning journalists. This is an on-site position without opportunity for remote work. Shifts may also include early mornings, evenings, holidays and/or weekends. You will be expected to operate under tight deadlines, work collaboratively, and pitch story ideas.

• Primary duties involve taking and editing audio from multiple sources including reporters, weather feeds, and network audio feeds.
• APs 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.
• 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 a high volume of work, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

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About You:

Required & Preferred:

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 the applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

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