Senior Producer, Science & Technology

Title: Senior Producer, Science & Technology

Location: NYC

Range: $100,000 - $110,000

About Pushkin Industries

Pushkin Industries is an award-winning audio network and production company, committed to producing good, smart, fun audio in any format. Founded in 2018, Pushkin makes narrative and investigative series, as well as conversational shows. We have launched many new podcasts into Apple’s Top 10, including Against the Rules, The Happiness Lab, Solvable, Cautionary Tales, Deep Cover, The Last Archive, and Revisionist History, which is hosted by Pushkin co-founder Malcolm Gladwell. Pushkin also produces audiobooks such as Gladwell’s The Bomber Mafia and Talking to Strangers, Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver, Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon, and So Many Steves by Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work.

About The Role

The Senior Producer, Science & Technology is a showrunner and lead producer who leads audio production and project management on several projects at once. They can be reliably trusted to accomplish these tasks to a high standard, setting clear priorities, clearing roadblocks, maintaining relationships with colleagues and clients, and delivering excellent audio content. They should have a background in science, technology, or health reporting.

Primary Responsibilities

As a senior producer, this person leads production of shows at Pushkin. To that end they may:

• Create project calendars and budgets, and track both through a production’s lifecycle
• Maintain production spreadsheets, which includes show summaries, episode descriptions, production schedules (airdates), and booking details
• Lead the production team, including producers, associate producers, editors, sound designers, fact-checkers and engineers
• Send weekly show digests
• Working with clients to identify, develop, and meet their storytelling goals
• Work with hosts, editors, clients, and executive producers to shape episodes and series
• Research episode topics and guests, often consulting scientific and medical studies or journals, and conduct original reporting as needed
• Develop interview preps and outlines, coordinate and produce interview recordings both in-person and virtually, or direct others in this work
• As needed, coach hosts on interview technique and on-mic delivery
• Work on all aspects of technical production including technical set-up of interviews, editing interviews, sourcing music and archival tape, assembling rough drafts, and rough-scoring episodes, ads, or promotional materials
• Write scripts, or collaborate with client, host and/or editor on script writing
• Address editorial and other notes from editors and clients
• Create custom ads, whether narrative or simple scripts
• Work with the marketing team to gather any materials needed for marketing/promotion
• Act as the point person for any show-related requests or questions from Marketing, Operations, Development, Finance, or any Pushkin employee outside of their team
  
  

Baseline Qualifications

• 7 years of audio production experience, across a range of show styles
• Experience independently leading multiple teams and shows
• Consistent, persistent creativity from development, to launch, to series promotion
• An academic and/or professional background in science or science reporting, including experience covering artificial intelligence
• Comfortable communicating with leadership about deadlines, targets, budgets, and any problems that arise
• Proficiency with ProTools and Descript
• Exceptional organizational, time management, and communication skills
• Superior writing skill for copy and script drafting
• Experience with production scheduling, project management and episode planning
• Demonstrated strengths in journalistic research/reporting, storytelling, audio editing & scoring
• A positive and collaborative approach to work
• At least 2 years experience leading production on one or more large-scale projects, including working directly with hosts and/or clients.
  
  

WHY JOIN US?

• Innovative Environment: Work with a talented team in a creative and forward-thinking company.
• Editorial Principles: We produce podcasts, audiobooks and other projects that inform, entertain and inspire listeners. Our work is built on principles of trust: respect and fairness, accuracy, accountability and honesty.
• Flexibility: We provide a hybrid work model, with three days per week in our New York office. Pushkin employees also enjoy generous paid vacation, paid holidays, and eligibility for parental leave.
• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary package and performance-based incentives.
• Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and work-life balance, including medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, stock options, ancillary benefits and more.