Covering the new frontiers of the energy transition

Producer

We are seeking a dynamic Producer to join the Latitude Media team.

About Latitude Media

Latitude Media is a growing digital media company covering the new frontiers of the energy transition. We operate a leading daily news site and newsletters for clean energy professionals, produce industry-leading podcasts, host year-round conferences, develop proprietary market research products, and run a creative studio offering custom content and marketing for clients. Our business model combines advertising, sponsored content, event ticket sales and sponsorships, research subscriptions, and client services revenue.

Prelude Ventures is a lead investor in Latitude Media.

About the role

Latitude Media is seeking an experienced producer to join our full-time, in-house podcast team. This role supports the production of our growing slate of audio and video podcasts and custom multimedia productions. We are looking for deep experience telling stories in written, audio, and/or video formats about clean energy, the power sector, and climate technologies

You will help guide editorial decisions and guest selection, manage interviews and tracking sessions, write scripts, edit audio/video content, and draft episode show notes and titles.

The team works on two types of podcasts: original, in-house shows under the Latitude Media brand, and client-sponsored co-productions through Latitude Studios. This role is intended to work across both project types, depending on business needs.

Examples of Latitude podcast productions:

  • Catalyst with Shayle Kann: A weekly deep-dive interview show on money and tech trends driving climate solutions (editorial, ad-supported)
  • Open Circuit: A weekly roundtable co-hosted by Stephen Lacey, Jigar Shah, and Caroline Golin about the forces shaping the next era of the energy transition  (editorial, ad-supported)
  • Critical Capital: A biweekly show exploring the intersection of policy, finance, and technology on the clean infrastructure buildout (Crux and Latitude Studios co-production)
  • Where the Internet Lives: A show about the unseen world of data centers and the technologies they enable, now entering its sixth season (Google and Latitude Studios co-production)

Responsibilities:

  • Generating notes and action items from production meetings
  • Generating guest and topic ideas for episodes
  • Leading guest research, outreach, and booking
  • Conducting pre-interviews and tech checks with guests
  • Writing conversation guides with interview questions for hosts
  • Recording interviews with hosts, providing real-time feedback, editorial direction, and tech troubleshooting
  • Writing scripts
  • Overseeing tracking sessions with hosts
  • Assembling episodes for the technical director
  • Drafting episode show notes, titles, and subtitles for YouTube and podcast platforms

About you

Required qualifications:

  • 3+ years of professional experience with published work in podcast or video production
  • Experience managing end-to-end podcast production 
  • Proven ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously
  • Excellent project management and collaboration instincts, with demonstrated comfort working cross-functionally in a nimble organization
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • Detail-oriented, with the ability to maintain high standards for production and accuracy in a fast-paced work environment
  • Firm grasp of the prevailing market trends, policies, and technologies in the clean energy industry 
  • Technical skills: audio and/or video editing in Descript or an equivalent software

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience producing corporate or sponsored podcasts
  • Experience with client management and/or freelance work
  • Experience with video production, animation, and/or data visualization
  • Published writing clips (blogs, journalism, or research articles)
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in media production, communications, journalism, energy studies, or related field

What the Latitude team offers

  • The opportunity to shape the public conversation on the clean energy transition for a highly engaged and influential industry audience
  • Significant autonomy and ownership over multimedia production work and editorial decision making
  • Ample opportunity to pitch creative ideas for new multimedia storytelling platforms, formats, and styles
  • Opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading clients across climate tech, energy, utilities, and tech companies
  • Formal credit in all episodes and show notes of Latitude podcasts that you produce
  • A small, collaborative team where your impact is immediate and visible
  • A clear growth path within the production team and across the company

Practical details

Location:

Remote. The Latitude Media team is fully remote, with team members across the U.S. and opportunities for co-working in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle offices.

Compensation + benefits:

This position will pay between $85,000 and $100,000 base salary depending on experience, qualifications, and location. This role is eligible for equity in Latitude Media.

In addition to compensation, we offer:

  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Robust PPO and POS health insurance options
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Tele-mental health services through Talkspace
  • OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
  • Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
  • Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family forming benefits through Kindbody
  • Eleven observed national holidays
  • Two-week winter holiday break
  • Unlimited time away from work for vacation, personal reasons, and illness, with company approval
  • Parental and bereavement leave options
  • Annual team retreat

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unfortunately unable to sponsor or take over new work visa sponsorships at this time.

To apply

Please email careers@latitudemedia.com, with the subject line “PRODUCER: Your Name.” The application should include the following:

  • Your resume
  • A cover letter that outlines why you would be a good fit

Equal opportunity employer statement:

Latitude Media is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Latitude Media makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.