Senior Producer, Originals

Wave Sports & Entertainment•Los Angeles, CA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wave is seeking a Senior Producer to join the content team to lead a Celebrity, Lifestyle, and Pop Culture focused Wave Original. Overseeing the weekly development, pre-production, production execution, on-set management of talent and crew, post-production, and delivery of full episodes, shorts, and custom branded content for Wave Originals. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Requirements

Deep knowledge and passion in Celebrity, Lifestyle, and Pop Culture verticals
Minimum 5 years experience producing weekly podcasts or talk shows for notable network
Experience producing and managing high-profile entertainment talent
Detailed understanding of YouTube and audio podcast platforms best practices
A highly creative storyteller. Able to write, produce, manage and execute projects from start to finish in a fast-paced and flexible environment.
Proactive, with the ability to anticipate obstacles and problem solve under pressure.
Strong experience organizing production workflows, assets and talent schedules.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong understanding of digital media trends and how audiences consume content across platforms with a focus on YouTube and social first content.
Strong experience working cross functionally with external teams and stakeholders to communicate and negotiate project needs and move initiatives forward.
Experienced in executing content for sales initiatives, custom branded content, on location shoots, and event activations.
Highly skilled in managing multiple projects and priorities.

Nice To Haves

Strong physical production knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

Brainstorming, ideating, pitching, and developing concepts, talent opportunities, and show beats on a weekly basis for the show.
Communicating, collaborating, and ensuring approvals on concepts and show rundowns with all stakeholders prior to greenlighting and shooting.
Collaborating with the sales team to manage, track, and produce ad reads, drafting editorial and promotional copy for each show to ensure seamless integration within episodes.
Creation of the show rundown week over week.
Creating and managing the production schedule.
Supporting the booking, rescheduling, and coordination of talent and guests for weekly shows.
Supporting and leading pre-production planning meetings with talent, crew, and stakeholders as needed.
Managing in-studio production, the set, crew, and vendors on shoot days.
Executing creative while ensuring quality and consistency in tone, branding, messaging, and content goals for each episode and throughout the season.
Virtually managing production on shoot days via Riverside when the shoot is fully remote.
Manage recording logistics, including supporting the setup and technical settings of recording software.
Directing and managing on-screen talent.
Producing show extensions, including but not limited to episodes filmed on location for events, additional content, and branded content, with travel as needed.
Ensuring all files are uploaded after each episode's taping.
Leading post-taping production, social, and post-production debrief meetings.
Providing story and edit notes on up to three rounds of cuts before locking the final episode.
Ideating and selecting images and assets for cutdowns of supplemental content derived from hero episodes.
Ensuring that show assets are sourced and procured, including submitting tickets for graphics and thumbnails.
Overseeing the programming and publishing of cutdowns and full episodes for YouTube and podcast channels daily.
Creating compelling HED/DEK titles for YouTube and audio platforms, and drafting timecodes for YouTube Shorts.
Weekly meetings will focus on forward planning and post-mortem discussions of the previous week.
Additional responsibilities will be updated as they pertain to this role, as determined by the EP.