Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Producer role sits at the intersection of business storytelling and a subscription media product, which is a close cousin to many SaaS models in how it relies on retention, audience trust, and consistent delivery. A daily narrative format also mirrors the cadence pressures seen in SaaS content and communications teams, where clarity and speed matter because the “release cycle” never really stops.
For SaaS-minded professionals, the career value is in building repeatable production systems: translating complex topics into accessible narratives, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and shipping on tight timelines without losing editorial rigor. The work strengthens skills that transfer well across SaaS environments, including structured interviewing, concise scripting, and data-aware judgment about what an audience needs next. Collaboration with a major newsroom adds exposure to high standards for accuracy and source management, which maps to SaaS expectations around credibility and domain expertise.
This role tends to fit producers who enjoy end-to-end ownership, from pitching through tape cutting and final assembly, and who are comfortable balancing parallel workstreams. It also suits someone motivated by business and money coverage, and by the craft of shaping narrative and interview-driven episodes under a daily publishing rhythm.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Journal is a daily narrative news podcast produced in partnership with the Wall Street Journal. Each day, we tell one important news story in 15-20 minutes. We focus on money and business — applying those lenses to general news or zooming in on business stories other outlets don't tell. We've published explosive investigations into stand-your-ground laws and the fertility industry, covered news on the fast-moving world of OpenAI and the race to control artificial intelligence, and everything from Elon Musk’s business empire to the viral rise of Labubus. We work alongside some of the best business journalists in the world, and our show is heard by millions of listeners.
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What You'll Do
- Pitch story ideas tied to the news cycle that can be executed on a tight timeline, as well as contribute to longer-term projects
- Book, prepare for, record, and produce interviews with sources inside and outside of the WSJ newsroom
- Write scripts and shape narratives for episodes, with attention to pacing, tone, and story arc
- Travel for and produce field reporting when stories require it
- Log, cut, and arrange tape, build assemblies, score moments, and handle everything else production requires
- Balance multiple episodes in production simultaneously
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with Wall Street Journal reporters, editors, and staff
Who You Are
- A minimum of 4 years producing audio in a fast-paced, high-volume newsroom or podcast operation
- Experience producing a daily podcast is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to produce both longform and shortform content across narrative and interview-driven formats
- Strong scriptwriting and story editing ability, with a feel for pacing and narrative structure
- Solid technical skills across editing software, including Adobe Creative Suite, Pro Tools, or similar programs
- Enthusiasm for a high-intensity daily production schedule
- A genuine passion for the Wall Street Journal's reporting and business news broadly
Where You'll Be
- This is a full-time role based anywhere in New York, NY or Washington, D.C., working East coast hours.
- This is a full-time role hybrid role, we ask that you come into the office 2–3 times per week.
- This is a position covered under the Writers Guild of America East Collective Bargaining Agreement. Our recruitment team can answer any questions you may have about this representation. The base salary for this role is $95,000 USD
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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
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