What's the role?
The Supervising Producer oversees the end-to-end execution of two flagship podcast series. This role acts as the central production lead, managing the workflow between talent, editorial, and technical teams to ensure all content meets brand standards and delivery deadlines.
This is a full-time position offered as a 12 Month Max Term Contract.
Key Responsibilities:
* Production Oversight: Lead the weekly production cycle from guest sourcing to final distribution. Manage all scheduling, studio logistics, and team communications to ensure all milestones are hit.
* Recording & Direction: Direct recording sessions to ensure high-quality output. Manage real-time needs like fact-checking and pickups, followed by immediate post-record file management and transcription.
* Content & Editorial: Execute audio edits and provide creative direction (paper edits) for social video cuts. Write SEO-optimised metadata, show notes, and editorial pitches for network-wide promotion.
* Distribution & Analytics: Oversee multi-platform scheduling and publishing, track and report weekly performance metrics across all channels to key stakeholders.
* Strategic Management: Run weekly production meetings, manage recording budgets, and remain reactive to breaking news by pivoting guest strategy and schedules as needed.
Who are you?
* Technical Skills: Proficiency in audio editing software is a must. Video desirable (e.g., Adobe Audition, Premiere, Descript) and podcast hosting platforms (e.g., Omny).
* Experience: Proven track record in high-volume podcast production, editorial writing, and talent management.
* Attributes: Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines for multiple shows while maintaining host and stakeholder relationships.
News Benefits
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
* Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
* Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
* Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
* Helping you grow - Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion - focused education series) and recognition
* Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money
* Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
* Giving back - Make a difference to our communities.
* Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
Who are we?
We are proud to be Australia's leading media company. For over a century, News Corp Australia has been an integral part of Australian life, delivering the news and information Australians rely on daily. Telling the stories that matter drives every piece of journalism, campaign, project, and innovation.
With over 150 brands spanning news, sport, and lifestyle, we connect with 18 million Australians monthly - a testament to the trust we've built over generations. From text-based content to dynamic video, personalised apps, fantasy games, podcasts, and events, we continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of our audiences.
Our purpose inspires us, and our five values guide how we achieve it:
MAKE A DIFFERENCE - We are driven to create a positive, measurable impact.
BE PRINCIPLED - We uphold integrity, acting with honesty and purpose.
GET IT DONE - We are accountable for delivering high-quality outcomes.
PUSH BOUNDARIES - We are courageous, bold, and forward-thinking.
WORK AS A TEAM - We are one team, with many voices and diverse strengths. We are committed to telling the stories that matter, delivering value across every medium, moment, and minute Australians choose to spend with us.
What’s next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the DEI section.
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