How to conduct audio job searches in a wacky market

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Date
08/12/2023
Time
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Where
Online Workshop
Cost
$100.00
Registration Closed

In only about one year the entire audio industry has changed. That means what used to be a ‘sellers’ market that favored job seekers: audio production and creation talent, has now flipped: employers are much more in charge.

What’s changed? The podcast business is both consolidating and becoming more risk averse. Second, the almost-end to COVID means that hybrid work is not always possible.

The good news is if you are serious about making a career in audio, or want to build on what you have done – there is time to get your story together so you are ready for what emerges.

In this short class we’ll go over:

  • What employers are looking for
  • Uncovering YOUR career story and telling it well
  • Sharpening up your LinkedIn and resume
  • Preparing for an interview
  • Where to look as podcasting gets a bit strange
  • Skills to develop this Fall

 

 

Who's this class for?

* Long term seekers -- thinking of a job change in the next 12 months
* The suddenly unemployed in podcasting
* The suddenly unemployed or 'get me outta here' folks in public radio

About Your Instructor

John Barth

John Barth, runs Creative Media LLC, a consultancy that advises media companies, audio shows, and public radio stations on talent recruitment, strategy, and content development.

Among his varied clients have been American Public Television, both WGBH and WBUR in Boston, The Boston Globe, WUNC-Chapel Hill, The Global Center on Trauma Journalism, Inside Climate News, and The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.

John has a long history as a journalist and media executive. He was the Chief Content Officer of PRX until 2021, overseeing a respected national program portfolio. And, he was instrumental in creating The Moth Radio Hour, a Peabody-winner and the duPont Award-winning investigative program Reveal. In that role, he also created, developed, and managed many podcasts.

John was the founding producer of Marketplace, ran AOL's News, Politics and Weather channels, where he worked closely with The New York Times, the AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, and ABC News.

John was the first Director of Original Content for Audible, developing on-demand audio programs.

He’s been a reporter and news director at public radio stations in Missouri, Minnesota, and Philadelphia, and he regularly contributed to NPR. John has an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri and advises the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. He lives in St. Louis.

Notes on this Class

Classes are not recorded and are non-refundable. We are not able to issue a refund if you cancel or do not attend a class. If you are unable to make a class, you are welcome to sell or give away your ticket and email the name of the new attendee to info@radiobootcamp.org. You will receive a Zoom link for the workshop the day before it begins.
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