Christianity Today

Producer

• Own episodes from conception to publishing. This includes research, booking, recording, producing the episode, and working with the sound engineer on final edits and mixes.
• Direct and manage all talent (commentators, guests), ensuring everyone is properly briefed with overall vision for each segment and episode.
• Consistently generate timely and thoughtful segment/interview ideas in alignment with CT’s Declaration of Principles.
• Moderate recorded conversations with commentators and guests, including intermittent 1:1 interviews.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Advertising to extend reach of Bulletin content to multiple CT platforms.
• Oversee content and growth of The Bulletin substack account to further engage the show audience.
• Build bench of premier guest commentators to enhance the show’s credibility.
• Work directly with host, scripting and refining questions, prepping them for recording sessions, and directing in Riverside.
• Coach CT editors to translate their written pieces into compelling audio episodes.
• Contribute to programming strategy, helping identify potential episode ideas and experiments in format that can deepen listener loyalty and expand what the show can do.
• Lead weekly cadence of post-mortem meetings and writer’s room meetings for development of content and continual show improvement.
• Meet weekly with associate producer to review show lineups, check progress, and conduct long-term planning.
• Maintain production spreadsheet, which includes show summaries, episode text, production schedule (air dates), and booking details.
• With data analyst and production team, ensure episode metrics are captured and recorded for every episode.
• Conduct monthly team business meeting to review show metrics, team goals, marketing, advertising, and special projects
• Work with Coordinating Producer to maintain a healthy show budget.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.

Podcast Producer