Weekend Sound Designer, Podcasts (Level 1 Journalist - Temp)

Reuters is looking for a sound designer with exceptional audio editing skills, creative sound design instincts, and a strong grasp of news storytelling for a TEMPORARY role to assist with the weekend expansion of our flagship podcast. Please note this shift pattern for this role is specifically to cover weekends.

You will be working with one of the world’s largest and most trusted news organizations to help shape the sound of our flagship Reuters World News podcast. Your work will bring clarity, texture, and emotional depth to stories that matter, helping listeners connect with the news in a powerful way.

You should be passionate about audio storytelling and have a keen ear for how sound can elevate journalism.

About the Role

As a Sound Designer, you will:

• Design and mix audio for daily podcast episodes, ensuring clarity, consistency, and creativity, working under tight deadlines to deliver timely, polished episodes.
• Collaborate with producers and reporters to enhance storytelling through sound by sourcing, editing, and integrating music, archival audio, and sound effects.
• Must be confident in waveform & multitrack workflows, spectral editing, noise reduction, and text-to-audio editing in Descript.
• Maintain high technical standards for audio quality and delivery through interview mixing and voice post-production, ensure best practices in mixing and mastering fundamentals, utilize creative fades/automations/FX. 
• Help shape the sonic identity of the podcast
• Work a schedule from Saturday to Wednesday starting early mornings. 

About You

To be our Sound Designer, you will likely have:

• Experience designing sound for podcasts, radio, or other audio-first media
• Advanced proficiency with audio editing software (Adobe Audition & Descript preferred)
• A strong sense of pacing, tone, and narrative structure
• Familiarity with loudness standards and best practices for podcast audio.
• An Understands how to clean, EQ, compress, de-ess, gate, and level dialogue for interviews, podcasts, or docu-style audio.  
• Basic mastering chain knowledge (EQ > comp > limiter), LUFS awareness, and delivering broadcast-ready mixes.
• Understanding of how to make dynamic mixes with volume rides, crossfades, panning, and effects like reverb or filter sweeps.
• Remote recording tool familiarity, including experience with Riverside, SquadCast, and Descript Rooms, with an understanding of dual-end recording, syncing, and backup protocols.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to take creative direction
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy
• A passion for news and current affairs

***Please note the job application deadline is Sunday, August 3rd.

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

• Industry Competitive Benefits:  We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.

Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation hourly range for the role in any of those locations is $0 - $0/hr.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation hourly range for this role is $40 - $72/hr.



This job posting will close 08/11/2025.

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