Part-Time Assistant Producer

  • Posted On October 13, 2025
  • Closing Date: December 12, 2025
Company/Station Name: WBBM News Radio
Job Location: Chicago, IL

Overview

WBBM Newsradio, Chicago’s number one news station, is looking for a talented part time Assistant Producer  with an enterprising attitude and impressive work ethic to join our team of award-winning journalists. This is an on-site position without opportunity for remote work. Shifts may also include early mornings, evenings, holidays and/or weekends. You will be expected to operate under tight deadlines, work collaboratively, and pitch story ideas. 

Pay Transparency: $15.71/Hr. – $15.71/Hr.

What You’ll Do:

  • Primary duties involve taking and editing audio from multiple sources including reporters, weather feeds, and network audio feeds.
  • AP’s will place phone calls to check on news stories, and use internet and other sources to follow up or gain insight for use in news stories.
  • Additionally, answer telephones in a polite and helpful fashion.
  • Recognize the urgency of telephone calls (immediate, routine, can wait)
  • Answer listener questions, which may rerquire determination and ingenuity
  • Screen calls from public relations firms, take messages for reporters
  • Refer complaints to management; take in detailed news tips and forward immediately to the desk
  • Call back people you have offered to help
  • Perform work on very short deadlies with attention to detail
  • Prioritize high volume of work, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Other duties as assigned by management

Required & Preferred:

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

  • A college degree, with a concentration in broadcast journalism is preferred.
  • Hands-on internships or experience at a college radio station is required.
  • Must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must follow news on a regular basis, have a working knowledge of the basic facts of topical news stories and demonstrate ‘news judgment’.
  • Assistant producers must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.
  • Must be familiar with basic technical standards including level noise and clarity of sound.
  • Must be able to write clearly and juggle multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:

  • Assistant producers take much of their direction from the editor on the desk, who helps determine priorities for audio to be used on the air.
  • Assistant producers work closely with editors, writers, reporters and anchors.
  • When answering the phone, assistant producers represent the radio station to listeners and callers, and a must project a professional and unhurried image to callers.
  • There is no remote option for this position.
  • A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.
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