Lead Producer – Pioneers of AI

🕒 May 8

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WaitWhat

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11 - 50 employees

📱 Media

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

Media • Education • eCommerce

WaitWhat is a pioneering media company dedicated to creating premium content that elevates human potential. Founded by former TED executives June Cohen and Deron Triff, WaitWhat has developed its independent portfolio of media properties that have accrued over 130 million downloads. These properties include innovative shows across business, wellness, creativity, and technology such as 'Masters of Scale', 'Meditative Story', and 'Spark & Fire'. With a unique approach to content and a history of creating new media genres, WaitWhat aims to engage its audiences by sharing profound wisdom from iconic individuals, sparking curiosity, and fostering creativity. The company’s success is built on inventing new business models and nurturing strategic partnerships, ensuring its content reaches diverse audiences in multiple formats including technology products and live experiences. Headquartered in New York City, WaitWhat continues to scale its offerings and infuse its productions with transformational insights.

📋 Description

• Pitch guests and episode topics • Work closely with the host on the editorial voice and format of the show • Manage the show's production workflow and schedule to ensure timely publishing • Collaborate with the video editor, mix engineer, and talent booker, and delegate tasks within the team • Direct host in interview recordings • Edit episode audio in Descript and assemble sessions in ProTools • Coordinate with mix engineer on episode sound design, mix and mastering • Outline and draft scripts for host • Maintain voice of show across platforms (with support of Editor/EP and Host) • Handle recording logistics, including booking studios and sending out recording kits • Coordinate with video editor, giving editorial direction and feedback to episode videos • Collaborate with marketing team on preparing social media and promotional assets for the show • Participate in creative ideation, brainstorming and supporting general WaitWhat franchise extensions such as live events and webinars • Work alongside video, design, technology, events, audience engagement and all WaitWhat teams on content creation, production, management, and promotion • Support the EP of Pioneers of AI in sharing timely updates with the team that include content, data and goals, and budget • Be service-oriented with internal and external partners • Bring a constructive mindset to all aspects of your job and a ‘no job too big or too small’, ‘all hands on deck’, ‘we can find a way’ mentality

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years audio production experience in podcasting or radio, specifically with deadline-oriented interview formats; previous experience lead producing a show preferred • A passionate curiosity and thoughtfulness about cutting-edge technology and its role in society • Demonstrated experience in working effectively with hosts • A love for working 'in tape' • A genuine interest in entrepreneurial stories and a belief in the value they bring to listeners • Excellent Pro-Tools editing experience required • Fluency with Descript (or similar) and a Descript-to-ProTools workflow • A proactive, collaborative, and constructive problem solver • A ferocious appetite to research and figure out tasks you may not be familiar with • Experience organizing media assets, directory structures, and maximizing post-production workflows • Time management skills to coordinate multiple projects • A direct communicator who has the finesse and maturity to communicate effectively with both internal and external partners • Someone who wants to both roll up sleeves and do the work while building a team capable of doing the same • You are grounded, honest, and a team player who thrives on collaboration • You have a sense of humor and delight in what you do • You have a genuine interest in Artificial Intelligence and its applications

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • Disability and Life Insurance • Flexible PTO policy • Wellness benefits