About Us
Bauer Media Audio Ireland is Ireland’s premier media company and the home of some of Europe’s leading commercial media brands. Bauer Media Audio Ireland owns and operates a portfolio of media channels with a strong focus on commercial radio and emerging digital media.
The company maintains some of the largest independent radio networks in Ireland and it continues to be one of the fastest growing radio networks in the world.
Our brands include Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin, Spin South West, Off The Ball, along with Ireland’s largest digital audio platform, audioXi.
Newstalk is Ireland’s fastest growing independent talk radio station in Ireland, with a weekly reach of 786,000 people across 26 counties. Newstalk continues to grow its audience each year and is known across the nation as the independent voice of Ireland, boasting a strong line-up of Ireland’s leading broadcasters.
Newstalk is also one of the most respected media brands in the country, having a track record for engaging content and campaigns that have helped to grow our reputation and our listenership.
About the Role
Newstalk is recruiting for a producer to join one of our flagship news and current affairs programmes, The Pat Kenny Show. We're looking for an experienced, creative and ambitious person to be part of a leadership team for a programme that sets the agenda while helping to grow the audience.
In this exciting and fast-paced role, you will:
- Produce live in the studio on a regular basis and develop a good working relationship with the presenter
- Generate and develop creative, original and new ideas for the programme
- Create original radio that gets the audience talking and won’t be heard anywhere else
- Edit and create imaginative audio pieces for the programme
- Break news stories and develop new angles and contributors on existing stories
- Secure on-air exclusives for the programme
- Direct researchers and reporters working with the programme, nurture and develop their talent
- Book guests and collate briefing material for presenters
- Contribute and help lead the editorial vision for the programme and forward plan accordingly
- Identify and deliver digital content opportunities
- Other duties as required
If the following traits sound like you, you might be the right person for the job:
- You have a minimum of two years experience producing a live radio programme
- You can spot and develop stories that get people talking
- You have a good knowledge of defamation law and CnaM Codes of Conduct
- You have a broad range of interests and follow news, politics, sport, business, celebrity news, social issues and everything in between
- You’re a self-starter who can identify, pitch and develop items for broadcast
- You are proficient in recording and editing and the workings of digital and social media
- You are driven by ambition to succeed
- Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure and to deadlines
- You are a team player as well as having an ability to lead
Before applying, make sure you tick the following boxes:
- The ideal candidate will have at least one year experience in a similar role.
- Qualification in journalism or a related discipline
The closing date for applications is Monday 22nd May 2023.
Additional Information
Our Culture & Rewards
At Bauer Media Audio Ireland we strive to be the most innovative, dynamic and best in class media outlet in Ireland. We want more people to spend more time with us. We want to talk to every person in Ireland, every single week, through one of our channels. To make this happen, our team is made up of some of the most passionate and creative people you’ll find. Working here means no two days are the same. The work by its nature is fast paced, and it can be intense - we work really hard – but we are all here because we truly love what we do.
We are committed to promoting, developing and facilitating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace culture, and to encourage and support the creation and distribution of content that reflects the diverse audience in Ireland.
Bauer Media Audio Ireland employees believe that the most important thing in creating a happy, respectful workplace culture is to simply act like the kind of person you would like to work with. Our employees believe in a guide to work by ‘Be Sound, Be Fearless, Be United and Be Accountable’. We live by these values every day.
