Executive or Managing Producer, Wisconsin

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Job Category: Academic Staff

Employment Type: Regular

Job Profile: Executive Producer

Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) is hiring a leader for its weekday, statewide talk show team. The successful candidate will be hired as an Executive or Managing Producer depending on their qualifications and previous experience. The Wisconsin Today Executive Producer is a senior leader in the WPR News Department and is responsible for delivering a timely, relevant Wisconsin-focused show of the highest quality.

The show helps audiences develop a deeper understanding of the events, issues and ideas shaping our world and reflects and highlights communities across the state. The Executive Producer establishes and executes on a vision and strategy for the show, and expectations for team members. They are the primary representative of the team within the organization and the primary point of contact for internal collaborators.

This role reports to the Executive Editor and supervises several direct reports.

A candidate hired at the Managing Producer level would direct the work of team members, make daily decisions, supervise several direct reports and report to the Executive Producer. The Managing Producer makes decisions about and directs the day-to‑day work of the show team in alignment with the vision, direction and strategy established by the Executive Producer.

This position is ongoing/renewable and full‑time (40 hours per week). It is a hybrid role based in Madison, WI. The expected schedule is Monday‑Friday 8:00 AM–5:00 PM CST, with occasional evenings and weekend work as needed. The position is located in Vilas Communication Hall on the UW‑Madison campus at least two days per week with the option of partial remote work. Fully remote candidates will not be accepted.

Remote work requires an approved flexible work arrangement (FWA) and the employee must provide their own high‑speed internet and phone on a university‑provided computer. Transportation between home and work location is at the employee’s expense per university policy. Driver authorization requirements are available at the UW‑Madison driver authorization URL.

• Supervises the work of hosts, producers, reporters and/or support staff for the production of broadcast and/or digital content, and may serve as backup host or fill‑in for producers when necessary.
• Serves as a liaison to internal and external stakeholders and collaborates with other content creators from pre‑production through post‑production processes.
• Leads editorial planning meetings and generates program ideas for segments, shows and digital projects.
• Monitors and evaluates program content and employs editorial judgement to generate program ideas, and to create, write, and edit content.
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees.
• Directs various administrative aspects that may include booking guests for interviews, maintaining team schedules and deadlines, and creating and/or maintaining program and/or project budgets.

Wisconsin Public Media, Wisconsin Public Radio, News Network – Wisconsin Today. The WPR News Department strives to deliver journalism for news consumers who want to understand Wisconsin. Our newsroom and talk show teams produce work about Wisconsin and its residents that provides a deeper understanding of the events, issues and ideas shaping our world.

PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio are part of Wisconsin Public Media. The person in this position will be required to comply with the Wisconsin Public Media Code of Ethics and the UW‑Madison code of ethics.

Expected hiring range for this position is low‑to‑mid 80,000s for an Executive Producer and low‑to‑mid 70,000s for a Managing Producer, depending on experience and qualifications.

This position offers a comprehensive…