Audio Production Specialist

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview:

The contractor shall support the OLPA by writing treatments and scripts, including performing the requisite research and interviews to accomplish these tasks. While an on-site contractor may serve as the lead writer on a given project, they will most often coordinate with other OLPA and NSF staff, university researchers and public information officers, etc. Scripts will call for clearly communicating science news, concepts, NSF programs and initiatives, and more, through video in a compelling, creative, easy-to-understand manner, including to various age groups and audiences (potentially including children) and in various styles (potentially including humor). In most cases, scripts will be less than four minutes in length, often significantly less.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide scripting support to the OLPA, including writing treatments and full scripts.
• Conduct required background research and interviews to inform script development.
• Serve as lead writer on select projects while coordinating closely with OLPA and NSF staff.
• Collaborate with university researchers, public information officers, and other stakeholders as needed.
• Develop scripts that clearly and accurately communicate science news, concepts, NSF programs, and initiatives.
• Translate complex scientific information into compelling, creative, and easy-to-understand video content.
• Adapt scripts for diverse audiences, including various age groups and potentially children.
• Employ a range of storytelling styles, including informative, narrative, and humor-based approaches, as appropriate.
• Produce concise scripts, typically under four minutes in length and often significantly shorter.
• For content development, the contractor shall:
  • Conceive, produce, write and create audio content, including (but not limited to) research topics.
  • Coordinate, record and conduct interviews
  • Write, report, narrate and host segments/podcasts
  • Edit audio content (spoken word, natural sound, music and sound effects) into audio packages, segments and podcasts
  • Seek appropriate distribution and distribute content
  • Notify media and distribution platforms of the content's availability.
  • Several of the above tasks may be accomplished in concert with various members of OLPA teams. The contractor shall respond to queries from the public, media, and research community regarding content produced.
• Produce "NSF's Discovery Files Podcast," a weekly video and audio podcast.
• Identify, research, and submit potential topics and guests for approval through the NSF multimedia team leader.
• Interview, record, and edit two versions: video and audio-only.
• Produce "NSF's Discovery Files" podcast promo/radio feature that two versions: 15-seconds and 90-seconds.
• Write, voice, and edit.
• Add music.
• Handle review and clearance through the PIs and directorates, distribution to stations and to identified stakeholders within NSF. Currently the feature is carried by scores of commercial radio stations across the country.
• Help maintain liaison with stations.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as an audio producer.
• Contractor must have the following experience:
  • Conceiving, developing, and creating audio segments, programs and series on a variety of scales.
  • Scriptwriting in a variety of styles for audio projects.
  • Translating complex topics into compelling audio for a variety of audiences.
  • Narrating audio and video productions in a variety of styles.
  • On-air experience.
• It is preferred that the contractor has this experience:
  • On camera.
  • Conducting and editing interviews.
  • Creative problem-solving.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Security Clearance:

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to be able to occasionally stand; walk; sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

General office environment.

Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. As an Alaska Native corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.