Assistant Producer, Times Radio (Weekends)

Times Radio is the fastest-growing quality speech station in the UK, setting new records in recent radio industry listening figures (Q4 2024) for amount of time listened. We are The Voice of The Times, and since our launch in June 2020 have built up a strong reputation for well-informed, thoughtful and intelligent live news and debate, covering the key stories of the day. We have combined the famous journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with the radio experience of News Broadcasting to create a station that has well over 600,000 weekly listeners.

Your role: As an Assistant Producer on Friday-Sunday Breakfast on Times Radio, you will work with the programme producer to generate story ideas and set up items and guests to create intelligent speech radio that is a compulsive and engaging listen.

Day to day you will:

Come up with news-based ideas for interviews and discussions
Research, book and write briefs for guests and stories
Edit audio
Brief presenters
Help turn around the best news lines for digital and external impact
Ensure we have guests in vision for our video and social media channels
Plan future shows
Work on special projects as needed
Occasionally act up as programme producer and output the show from the control room

What we’re looking for from you:

A journalist who loves the news and oozes ideas on a daily basis
A passion for radio production and an ear for great audio
You use initiative and have the ability to spot a story
A creative mind and the ability to think differently
Excellent knowledge of the current news environment and endless suggestions for suitable guests
You thrive in fast-paced environments and are able to work quickly in small teams
Used to working closely with presenters
A reliable understanding of relevant compliance and legal issues