YouTube Podcast Producer (Contract)

NerdWallet

7d • Remote

About The Position

NerdWallet is seeking an experienced podcast and YouTube producer to ensure the flawless weekly delivery of our award-winning shows. The Content Marketing Team aims to build trust and affinity with our audience by providing valuable content through preferred channels and formats. In this role, you will be responsible for the per-episode execution and longform YouTube packaging of our podcast portfolio, including the Smart Money and Smart Travel podcasts. Your duties will include writing show notes and YouTube descriptions, creating thumbnail briefs, reporting on platform performance, and ensuring all episodes are shipped on time, fully packaged, and optimized for discoverability. You will report to the Content Marketing Manager, Podcasts, who oversees channel strategy and final packaging. You will collaborate with a team of podcast hosts, producers, strategists, a thumbnail designer, and marketing managers. This position is characterized by ownership and operational excellence, requiring the application of packaging and SEO frameworks with speed, consistency, and strong editorial judgment. Your reporting and recommendations will directly influence how we package and grow our shows.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on podcast and/or YouTube production experience, including writing show notes, episode descriptions, and platform metadata.
• Hands-on experience producing and packaging podcast content for YouTube channels that have grown, with an understanding of what makes titles, thumbnails, and descriptions perform.
• Experience with podcast hosting and analytics platforms (Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, Spotify for Creators, Veritonic) and YouTube Studio.
• Experience using SEO and keyword tools for podcasts and YouTube (Ausha, vidIQ) or comparable platforms to grow organic discovery.
• Experience managing recurring publishing schedules and coordinating deliverables across editors, designers, and stakeholders in a deadline-driven environment.
• A self-directed operator who works autonomously and can manage a multi-show schedule without daily direction.
• A strong, fast writer capable of matching an established brand voice and producing clean, accurate copy on deadline.
• Deadline-driven and detail-oriented, ensuring episodes ship on time with all components included.
• A clear, proactive communicator who keeps stakeholders informed of deadlines and potential risks.
• Analytical and insights-driven, comfortable pulling performance data from multiple platforms and summarizing it concisely.
• AI-fluent, actively using AI tools like Claude for drafting, research, and analysis, while applying editorial judgment and adhering to disclosure requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with personal finance content or in other regulated, compliance-reviewed editorial environments.

Responsibilities

• Write show notes for both podcast and YouTube versions of Smart Money and Smart Travel, and route them for copy editing on a consistent Monday-Thursday publish schedule.
• Create detailed YouTube thumbnail briefs, applying title and packaging frameworks, and coordinate with the thumbnail designer for on-time delivery of each episode.
• Pull and maintain weekly performance data from Megaphone, YouTube Studio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Veritonic, update reporting spreadsheets, and deliver concise executive summaries highlighting performance insights.
• Review episode scripts against a priority link list to ensure inclusion of relevant calls-to-action for NerdWallet resources.
• Manage keyword tracking in Ausha and validate YouTube titles, descriptions, and tags with vidIQ to enhance podcast SEO and organic discovery.
• Support the launch and ongoing packaging (descriptions, thumbnails, metadata) of a new Smart Travel YouTube channel.
• Potentially expand scope and hours as NerdWallet considers growing its podcast portfolio.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed