Senior Producer

About The Dispatch

The Dispatch stands out as a platform for thoughtful coverage, respectful dialogue, and a wildly engaged community of paying members. We bring a perspective—we’re right-of-center—but we’re fiercely independent, standing apart from media outlets increasingly engaged in partisan boosterism. Started in 2019 by Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, The Dispatch has filled a valuable gap in the media ecosystem as covered in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and other publications.

The Role

The Dispatch is seeking a Senior Producer to support day-to-day execution across its podcast and multimedia portfolio. This person will work across the core podcast suite—including Advisory Opinions, The Dispatch Podcast, and The Remnant—as well as video-supported projects, live programming, field production, and new format development, with a focus on strengthening quality control, improving workflows, supporting producers, and ensuring every show publishes on time and at a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage episode approvals and maintain high production standards across the portfolio while respecting each show’s distinct voice and host-driven identity

• Review rough cuts and final episodes and provide constructive editorial and production feedback before publication

• Support day-to-day production across shows, including scheduling, booking logistics, recording coordination, post-production handoffs, and publication timelines

• Produce recordings, support tapings, edit episodes, or help prepare final deliverables

• Source, vet, book, and manage freelance editors, producers, engineers, shooters, and other production support; write clear assignment briefs

• Maintain a reliable roster of freelance and vendor support for overflow work, special projects, field shoots, and live events; track assignments to ensure work is delivered on time, within scope, and at the expected quality level

• Travel as needed for live events, field shoots, interviews, and special recordings; serve as on-site producer managing schedules, run-of-show details, venue communication, host and guest needs, and recording workflows

• Operate basic audio and video equipment including cameras, microphones, lights, and recording gear; capture footage, interview and b-roll, needed

• Create content and write and edit metadata that will perform well on social media

• Support development of new shows, special series, live events, and video-supported formats; translate creative direction into practical production plans, staffing needs, timelines, and budgets

• Help test and refine new formats, including pilots, reported segments, limited series, and video-supported projects, with downstream production needs in mind

Qualifications

• Strong experience producing podcasts, video, radio, digital journalism, or comparable editorial audio/video programming

• Excellent editorial judgment and a strong ear for structure, pacing, clarity, and audience experience

• Experience reviewing edits and giving constructive feedback to producers, editors, or hosts

• Highly experienced with audio and video production workflows, with competence in tools such as Riverside, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, and Descript

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple shows, deadlines, and stakeholders at once

• Experience coordinating freelancers, vendors, live recordings, field shoots, or special productions

• Ability to work diplomatically with hosts, editors, producers, freelancers, vendors, and senior leadership

• Comfort operating in a small, fast-moving team where senior staff are expected to be both strategic and hands-on

• Willingness to travel as needed for live events, field production, interviews, and special projects

To Apply, Please Submit:

• Resume

• Links to three projects showcasing your podcast and video work, describing what you did in each sample

• Brief cover letter explaining your interest in The Dispatch and this role

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