Production Assistant

Blaze Media is seeking a PA with experience in podcast, news, or film/TV production. The ideal candidate has a “no job too small” attitude in the present and aspires to become an excellent producer. As such,  the qualities we're seeking include: detail-oriented, team player, open to criticism & feedback, and applies criticism & feedback. The PA should be aligned with  Blaze Media's brand and be prepared to help bring content to life in the areas of politics, news, art & culture, and theology. 

Core Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily show operations & communications via email
• Generate daily show documents (ex. Scripts, show maps)
• Manage advertiser workflows & assets
• Request video & graphic assets for daily show
• QC Assets
• QC Episodes
• Cut clips
• Request Thumbnails
• Upload/Schedule/Title/Description/Tags for episodes & clips on all platforms
• Manage YouTube ad slots
• Guest booking admin
• Other show operations admin as necessary

Additional Responsibilities

• Pitch show segments
• Pitch social media content
• Writing/Producing mini-segments

Required Experience & Skills

• 1+ years of related production experience on a podcast or news show
• Proven track record of strong editorial judgement in current cultural, faith, political and news media landscapes
• Microsoft Outlook
• Google Docs & Drive
• Google Calendar
• Working knowledge of the post-production process, including editing, mixing, and color correction

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Working knowledge of cameras, lights, and audio recording
• Octopus or Equivalent TV Content Management Platform
• Basic editing skills in Adobe Premiere
• Opus AI
• Megaphone
• Wrike or other project management tools