Job Description

PODCAST PRODUCER

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are an award winning digital content studio and media network who are currently on a quest to find a Podcast Producer to join our team at History Hit. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios and is the UK’s biggest digital history brand - Is this your next opportunity?

As the Podcast Producer, you will be responsible for editorial planning, guest sourcing, managing talent, and ensuring high-quality podcast output. The ideal candidate will be a creative individual with strong experience in audio and video production, excellent research and scriptwriting skills, and experience with editing softwares. If you have a keen interest in history, podcasts, and storytelling, and can manage multiple project deadlines, this could be the opportunity for you.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender neutral parental leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Developing podcast ideas and treatments, researching and scriptwriting new and engaging ideas with confidence.

• Conducting in-studio and on-location recordings.

• Comfortably work with high-profile talent and translating their needs to wider audiences.

• Incorporating an intersectional world view into the work process, particularly for traditionally underrepresented viewpoints and stories.

• Recording, directing, and self-editing, with technical proficiency in editing software such as Adobe Audition and Premiere.

• Interpreting and communicating editorial feedback to the wider team while utilising collected data to inform editorial decisions.

• Managing multiple project deadlines across different teams, and therefore maintaining excellent timekeeping and consistently meet deadlines.

• Showing a keen interest in history, podcasts, and storytelling — this includes having knowledge of History Hit and its podcast brands.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.

• A strong understanding of YouTube and its insights.

• Experience working in audio/video production, and recording both in-studio and on location.

• Able to record, direct, and self-edit with a technical understanding of editing software such as Adobe Audition and Premiere.

• Ability to generate engaging, creative ideas and treatments, as well as able to demonstrate strong research and script writing skills.

• Strong people skills to work comfortably with high-profile talent.

• Knowledge and sensitivity to diverse audiences and inclusivity, including viewpoints and stories that were traditionally underrepresented.

• Comfortable using data to proactively inform editorial decisions.

• Experience managing multiple project deadlines for different teams.

• A keen interest in history, podcasts, and storytelling as well as knowledge of History Hit and its podcast brands.

LITTLE DOT, BIG HIT 🔥

History Hit is one of the UK’s biggest digital history brands, with a global reach, across podcasts, Video on Demand, social media and the web. Its podcast network, including Dan Snow’s History Hit, has millions of listens each month. Alongside History Hit, Little Dot Studios’ digital history brands form part of an integrated history offering and include Timeline, Real Royalty, Odyssey, War Stories and Absolute History, generating millions of video views a day globally across OTT and social video platforms including Samsung, Roku, TikTok and Instagram, with Timeline amassing over 5.5m subscribers on YouTube alone.

WE ARE COMMITTED

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.

USE OF AI IN APPLICATIONS

We value authenticity, and want to get to know you - your thinking, and your originality. While generative AI tools can help refine text, we require your applications to be in your own voice and words. AI cannot be used to generate your responses, and any applications appearing to be entirely AI-generated will not be progressed.

Learn more about us, our values and our commitments please visit our website www.littledotstudios.com for more information.