[Hiring] Production Intern @American Public Media Group

Role Description

As the Production Intern at Marketplace, you will help us deliver our content to stations to serve our audience. You will also work specifically on local content initiatives, including self-narrated series that draw from listeners across every state in the US and several local markets that do not have media outlets.

Key Learning Goals:

• Learn how to work in a multichannel newsroom with different deadlines across the platform.
• Learn to work on varied pieces for online, on-air, and social platforms.
• Learn how to source new sources often invisible to national media outlets.
• Learn how to prepare those sources for national interviews.
• Overall goal is to provide firsthand experience so you can transition for any production job in public radio, podcasting or on digital.

In this fast-paced position, you will:

• Identify new sources to expand our reach and relevance.
• Write and deliver all local station content (including promotion materials).
• Cultivate regular interviews to build trust and engagement from our audience.
• Prep and produce host interviews and first-person audio essays.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a college or university, or graduated within the past 18 months.
• Available full-time (40 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) throughout the internship.
• Experience with Adobe Audition or similar digital audio software.
• Experience with digital editing for interviews and tape selection.
• Experience with writing for radio or for online platforms.
• Experience working with a team to create daily content (college newspaper, radio or internship in journalism).

Requirements

• Experience working on an editorial team with deadline experience.
• Must have the ability to multitask across several areas, including writing, cutting audio, researching, and filing on-air and online copy.
• Must have strong organizational and communication skills.
• Self-starter with an appetite for learning radio.

Benefits

• Eligible to accrue sick time off.
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA.
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan.
• Participate in a robust onboarding experience.
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspective of the organization.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.
• Required to move about in the community.
• Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.

Working Conditions:

• Moderate noise level.
• Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.