Job Description
City Cast is seeking a post-production staffer to support our City Cast teams by taking care of the post-production work for daily podcasts, newsletters, and other bi-weekly newsletters. The role is remote and contract with the possibility of it becoming a salaried, full-time position. Work hours are from 9:30 -5:30 PST. We are looking for a producer with extensive audio and video skills, who is detail-oriented, already experienced with or willing to learn newsletter building in a CMS, and an eager collaborator. The ideal candidate has a sharp ear and eye for quality and thrives in deadline-driven environments. Deadline to apply: Friday, April 24 Key Responsibilities Complete daily post-production duties for two City Cast cities in two different time zones. Edit podcast episodes for video and audio using Adobe Premiere and Autopod. Repair audio by running audio files through iZotope RX to address reverb, plosives, and background noise as needed. Provide feedback and flag issues to city teams, such as overly choppy Descript edits or poor audio quality from remote recordings. Edit podcast ads for video and audio using Descript, Premiere, and Izotope, as needed. Potentially edit video ads for social media down the line. Prepare previously aired episodes to be re-run using Audition Work within our CMS and ESP to build and schedule newsletters and articles, ensuring that the copy (written and edited by others) and photos are presented clearly for the reader. Create episode thumbnails in Canva, including sourcing screenshots from Riverside, removing backgrounds, and building out the graphic Schedule episodes to our hosting/distribution platform and video episodes to the city teams’ YouTube pages.