Podcast Producer (Politics) – 12 month FTC
Location: Islington, London (On-site)
Salary: £30,000–£40,000 (DOE)
Closing Date: April 1, 2026
The Role
We’re looking for a sharp, driven and journalistically‑minded producer to work across our flagship slate of politics shows including Oh God, What Now?, The Bunker, American Friction and This Is Not A Drill. This will be on an initial 12‑month fixed‑term contract, with the prospect of extending.
This isn't a technical role, it’s closer to an editorial one. You need to be news‑obsessed and happy to switch from a fast‑paced political panel to a geopolitics‑themed documentary without missing a beat.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Scripting and storytelling: Writing punchy, concise, and irreverent scripts. You need to turn complex policy into must‑listen audio.
* Guest booking: You’ll need the tenacity to chase high‑profile targets and unmissable experts.
* Narrative building: Mapping out the arc for episodes.
* Guest and host direction: Keeping our hosts sharp, our panels balanced, and our recordings high‑energy.
* Pitching: Bringing fresh angles and ideas to every editorial meeting.
* Packaging shows: Writing headlines, producing show notes and making sure our episodes are sold in the best way possible.
* Tracking success: This isn’t a numbers job, but you’ll need to pay attention to how your episodes are doing and be conscious of making sure shows retain and grow their audiences.
Who We’re Looking For
We hire for personality, aptitude, and a journalistic brain over a long list of previous job titles. Most of our team didn't start in podcasting and you don’t have to have either.
We are perfectly happy to take a bet on someone with less experience if they have the right attitude and a skillset that can translate to what we do – but you must be a self‑starter and you’ll need to learn the ropes quickly. We don’t micromanage, but that means we don’t handhold either.
You need:
* Political knowledge: You live in the news cycle. You understand and have a keen interest in Westminster, Washington, and global affairs.
* Wide interests: You will have a wider understanding of what's happening in the real world outside the political microverse. You’ll be able to determine what really matters from inside baseball – our listeners like the geeky stuff but they’re busy, we need to tell them something new, important and interesting in every episode.
* Writing skills: Can you explain a complex crisis in three sentences? Can you change the way you write for different audiences? We need someone who can command language and make sure we get our message across in every format.
* Top‑tier people skills: Guest booking requires a certain level of charm and managing guests and hosts requires patience too, you’ll need to be able to be friendly and firm too as required.
* Attention to detail: We don’t want typos in the show notes or factual errors in the scripts. Our hosts rely on the information you give them, and we don’t want to be embarrassed by what we publish or real time by guests thinking we don’t know what we’re on about. We don't micromanage, so we need to trust your work.
* Eagerness to learn: We move fast, and we need you to pick up our tone, style and our workflow quickly.
* An open mind: We work across the political spectrum and need to be able to support hosts and commentators with a range of views without other stepping.
Nice to Have
* Journalism experience (Print or Broadcast).
* Technical basics (Riverside, Adobe, Reaper).
* Design basics (Canva is enough, don’t worry).
* A good taste in music (the office playlist is more political than Westminster).
* A sense of humour (politics can be relentless, we need to find some laughs – we take our work seriously, but we try not to take ourselves so seriously)
What We Offer
* £30k–£40k salary (DOE).
* 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas closure.
* A fully stocked kitchen and a front‑row seat to the UK’s best political commentary.
Apply
Email admin@podmasters.co.uk (Attn: Jacob Jarvis) with your CV and the following:
* Your favourite podcast and one you don’t like (and why).
* Pitches: One guest and idea for The Bunker, a guest suggestion for Oh God, What Now? and one story‑led subject for This Is Not A Drill.
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