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About the Role

CBC Podcasts produces award-winning podcasts. This role is an 18-month contract for a Producer-Series Showrunner, reporting to the Senior Producer. You will be responsible for crafting multiple seasons that connect with and grow our audience, acting as a skilled journalist and audio storyteller with a proven track record of creating premium quality audio and podcasts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects meet the highest standards of editorial excellence and align with CBC’s Journalistic Standards & Practices.
• Work with the Senior Producer to outline the narrative arc of each episode and the season as a whole.
• Guide editorial direction and production schedules, ensuring production stays on schedule and within budget.
• Assign, coordinate and supervise the work of personnel (Host, Associate Producer/Producer, Mixer) who contribute to the season.
• Write scripts and question lines, chase guests, conduct interviews, produce host interviews, edit interviews, research and fact check.
• Ensure the proper and accurate clearance of all material used in the program.
• Provide host coaching for performance as needed.
• Provide feedback on scripts and audio cuts.
• Incorporate notes on mixes and scripts from Senior Producer and Execs.
• Exercise editorial responsibility as delegated by Management and Executive Producers.
• Work with the Senior Producer, Executive Producers and Director to conceive and develop ideas and directions for future seasons, while concurrently producing an active season.
• Support the audience growth team ahead of launch, providing episode titles and descriptions, season descriptions as well as direction on show art and promotional videos.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of and passion for the podcast industry, including major players and developing trends.
• Excellent writing, vetting and audio production skills with an ear for pacing, tone, presentation and production.
• Clear and considerate communicator, enjoys working closely on a team and can work collaboratively, taking direction and implementing notes strategically.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of, and connection to, a wide range of different and diverse communities and people across Canada.
• Openness to diverse perspectives and ideas, and differing points of view is critical.
• Experience programming content for digital audiences within a media organization.
• Track record of strong journalistic and editorial judgment.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices.
• University degree or equivalent, as well as seven (7) years’ experience of which three must involve work in an industry directly related to the area of assignment.
• Track record of creativity and innovation.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven chase skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in writing for broadcast and writing of host scripts, with an ability to capture a conversational tone.
• Ability to identify and write with a consistent host/show “voice”.
• Demonstrated ability to use tape creatively and write to it with flair.
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to prioritize and delegate.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and produce content for an online audience.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing work patterns and methods.
• Independent, self-motivated combined with the ability to work well in a team environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure environment and under tight deadlines.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
• Candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check, including a mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

Skills

• Journalism
• Audio Storytelling
• Podcast Production
• Writing
• Editing
• Research
• Fact-checking
• Interviewing
• Host Coaching
• Scriptwriting
• Creative Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Interpersonal Skills

Location

• Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Work Type

• Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)
• Full time

Experience Level

• Seven (7) years’ experience of which three must involve work in an industry which is directly related to the area of assignment.

Education Level

• University degree or equivalent

About the Company

• At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.
• CBC Podcasts produces a richly diverse collection of award-winning podcasts that engage, enlighten and entertain. We are the #1 Canadian podcast publisher with dozens of series in genres such as investigative, documentary, entertainment, narrative storytelling, and news.
• Understood is a podcast that releases 3, 4-episode seasons a year. It takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action. Each season tells a single story, grounded in journalism you can trust and hosted by a well-connected reporter. Driven by insight and fueled by curiosity, the stories of our time: Understood.

Equal Opportunity

• CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster.
• For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website.
• If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
• You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment.
• We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.