Associate Producer/Editor, Podcasts

Job Description

About The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast delivers smart, fearless journalism to millions of readers and listeners each month. We are seeking a creative, highly skilled Associate Producer/Editor to support two of our flagship news podcasts: Inside Trump’s Head and The Daily Beast Podcast.

About the Role

This Associate Producer/Editor will play a central role in the ongoing production, editing, and execution of our news podcasts. The ideal candidate brings strong editorial judgment, proven audio and video editing skills, and experience working in fast-paced news environments. You’ll report to a Senior Producer and work closely with talent and editorial leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce, edit, and deliver polished podcast episodes—both audio and video.
• Shape episode angles, structures, and rundowns grounded in breaking news, politics, and investigative reporting.
• Book and prepare guests, including reporters, experts, lawmakers, and newsmakers, and conduct pre-interviews.
• Edit long-form video for YouTube and create short-form promotional clips for social platforms.
• Build notes, scripts, and interview prep for hosts.
• Manage production timelines, drafts, edits, and final delivery workflows.
• Support on-air talent and ensure strong editorial framing for each episode.
• Track the political and news landscape to help guide topic selection and editorial priorities.
• Publish and optimize assets across required platforms (RSS, YouTube, social).
• Collaborate with the Senior Producer and Executive Editor on editorial consistency, pacing, and presentation.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of podcast, video, or newsroom production experience—in news or politics.
• Strong news instincts and the ability to identify compelling angles quickly.
• Proven ability to edit both audio and video with a sharp editorial eye.
• Expertise with Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, Photoshop, Media Encoder, and tools such as Riverside, Opus, Autopod, CapCut, and Monday.com (or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to manage full production cycles independently.
• Comfortable working directly with hosts, reporters, and newsroom leaders.
• Experience optimizing video podcasts for YouTube is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• Work on two of The Daily Beast’s core political news podcasts.
• Be part of a collaborative, high-energy newsroom environment.
• Opportunities for growth as we continue investing in audio and video journalism.

Compensation

The pay range for this full-time position is $70,000- $80,000 which represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary. This is an in-office position based in our New York headquarters.

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single qualification? We encourage you to apply—you may be the right fit for this or other roles. Learn more about our commitment to diversity at https://www.thedailybeast.com/company/diversity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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