Saarländischer Rundfunk

Music Journalist – Culture

Saarländischer Rundfunk

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Saarbrücken • Germany

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About the role

  • You will produce your own contributions as an author for the cross-media cultural programming department, with a focus on the music scene in the SaarLorLux region.
  • This includes, among other things, reportages, conversations with colleagues, interviews for radio and television, texts, graphics and reels for online and social media.
  • You will work as part of the editorial team and plan SR kultur's daily radio schedule.
  • You will populate SR kultur's repertoire and use MusicMaster to schedule the daily program and special broadcasts.
  • The list is illustrative; our tasks are diverse.
  • We are in a constant process of change, which may also affect the future scope of responsibilities.
  • We also work on weekends, public holidays and at early mornings and late evenings.

Requirements

  • Completed traineeship (Volontariat), a comparable journalistic training programme, or equivalent practical qualification
  • A completed university degree or several years of relevant professional experience
  • Confident handling of current distribution channels (radio, television, online and social media) and their respective formats
  • Good knowledge of the music scene in the SaarLorLux region, or willingness to undertake intensive familiarisation and active local networking
  • Good knowledge of the genres dominant on SR kultur (non-mainstream pop, jazz, chanson, classical music and film music)
  • Experience with system-supported music scheduling (MusicMaster) or willingness to learn
  • Structured way of working, team spirit and the motivation to contribute your own topics and ideas
  • Ideally, moderation/presentation experience on-air and off-air
Benefits
  • A positive working atmosphere and motivated colleagues in the team
  • The status of an employee-like engagement for approx. 4 weeks per month (according to § 12a of the Collective Agreement Act) with full social insurance coverage (health, pension, unemployment insurance) and numerous collective-bargaining benefits (e.g. holiday pay, continued fee payment in case of illness)
  • As part of ARD, we offer diverse opportunities for individual development and the chance to work at a high professional level
  • Measures to reconcile work and private life, such as the option to work remotely (up to 50%)
  • Option to take out occupational disability insurance
  • Company health management
  • Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
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Hard Skills & Tools
journalistic trainingmusic schedulingreport writinginterviewinggraphic designcontent creationaudio productionvideo productionsocial media managementprogram planning
Soft Skills
team spiritstructured workingcommunicationcreativitylocal networkingadaptabilitymotivationcollaborationpresentation skillsinterpersonal skills
Certifications
Volontariatjournalistic qualificationuniversity degree