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We're a small business so every hire is key when building our team. We look for people who are smart, resourceful, adaptable and up for any challenge thrown at them.
Almost no one who works at Podmasters previously had a background in podcasting so if you see a job that might be right for you but you don't have the experience for, tell us why.​​
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See below for our current opportunities.
Podcast Producer
(Client Projects) – FTC
Location: Islington, London (On-site)
Salary: £40,000 pro rata (6 month FTC, with potential to extend)
Closing Date: 1 April 2026
The role
We’re looking for a sharp, unflappable and editorially-minded producer to work across our high-profile client slate. Supporting our head of clients, you’ll be the linchpin between our studio and our impressive (and eclectic) range of clients. This is initially on a six-month contract, with a view to extend dependent on client wins and contract extensions.
Due to this we need someone with the experience and attitude to hit the ground running.
Our current portfolio includes Saga, The University of Leeds, The Institute for Government and The Managers – with new clients coming in constantly.
This isn't just a technical role, it’s a hybrid of editorial and project management. You’ll need the range to pivot from shows for over-50s, football fans and politics nerds, and sometimes a mix of everything in between.
What you’ll be doing
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Client liaison: You’ll manage stakeholder expectations, lead briefing calls, and ensure our clients feel in safe hands.
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Logistics: You’ll own the production schedule. From booking studios to syncing calendars, you ensure every deadline is hit and every asset is delivered.
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Scripting and storytelling: Working from the research stage through to "must-listen" scripts. You’ll write with wit, clarity, and pace.
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Directing talent: Briefing high-profile guests and coaching hosts, often senior leaders or experts, to ensure they deliver a polished, high-energy performance.
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Booking: Seeking out engaging hosts and guests for a range of shows.
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Packaging: Writing sharp headlines and show notes. You’ll make sure the final product looks as good as it sounds.
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Quality Control: We don’t micromanage, so your eye for detail must be faultless. No typos, no factual slips, no missed cues.
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Production coordination: You’ll work with our in-house editors to ensure episodes are produced in a timely fashion, and to the best possible standard.
Who we’re looking for
We mainly hire for personality and aptitude. This role is for someone who likes working at pace and finds managing what could be a chaotic production schedule satisfying. It requires rigour, tact and confidence.
The essentials:
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Experience: You’ll have 3+ years of experience in a multimedia role, ideally dealing with client-led content and external stakeholders.
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Organisation: You live for a tight spreadsheet. You can juggle multiple series and projects at once without dropping the ball.
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Client whispering: You’re professional, persuasive, and patient. You know how to guide a client through the creative process while keeping the project on track.
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Intellectual range: You’re interested in everything. You know what makes a story work for a specific audience.
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Concise writing skills: You can explain a complex crisis or a university breakthrough in punchy sentences.
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Self-starter: We move fast. You’ll need to pick up our tone, workflow, and client nuances at speed.
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Confidence across platforms: Our shows have to work in audio and video formats, and in long and short formats – plus, they need both long and short text sells to go alongside them.
Nice to have:
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Familiarity with Riverside, Adobe, or Reaper.
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Basic editing skills/knowledge
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Experience prepping non-broadcast professionals for media appearances.
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Basic design skills (Canva is always handy!)
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Social media experience – we need people to interact with our shows as much as possible.
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A good sense of humour and taste in music – we like to have a laugh and the office playlist is even more political than our podcasts, no pressure…
What we offer:
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£40k salary (Pro Rata).
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25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas closure.
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The vibe: An open and friendly team, in a relaxed office environment, with a very complex but good coffee machine and an array of snacks.
Apply
Email admin@podmasters.co.uk (address to our managing editor, Jacob Jarvis) with your CV and the following:
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One branded or client-led podcast you love, and one you don’t (and why).
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One guest and theme for Saga’s Experience is Everything.
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Tell us about a time you handled a logistical nightmare or a tricky client request. How did you nail it?
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
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Scripting and storytelling: Writing punchy, concise, and irreverent scripts. You need to turn complex policy into must-listen audio.
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Guest booking: You’ll need the tenacity to chase high-profile targets and unmissable experts.
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Narrative building: Mapping out the arc for episodes.
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Guest and host direction: Keeping our hosts sharp, our panels balanced, and our recordings high-energy.
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Pitching: Bringing fresh angles and ideas to every editorial meeting.
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Packaging shows: Writing headlines, producing show notes and making sure our episodes are sold in the best way possible.
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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:
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Political knowledge: You live in the news cycle. You understand and have a keen interest in Westminster, Washington, and global affairs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Eagerness to learn: We move fast, and we need you to pick up our tone, style and our workflow quickly.
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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:
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Journalism experience (Print or Broadcast).
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Technical basics (Riverside, Adobe, Reaper).
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Design basics (Canva is enough, don’t worry).
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A good taste in music (the office playlist is more political than Westminster).
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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
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£30k–£40k salary (DOE).
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25 days holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas closure.
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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:
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Your favourite podcast and one you don’t like (and why).
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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.