Responsibilities
YES 933 is Singapore's number one Mandarin hit music station with the latest entertainment and trend-setting news for the young and vibrant. You will be responsible for working with the Morning Drive Time and Evening Drive Time team.
Scope of the role
Coordinate the content and programming line-up for our flagship radio show and will report to the Program Director. The producer acts as the critical link between guests, presenters, technical, editorial and programming support.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver excellent, original radio programming and daily rundown from Monday to Friday in close cooperation with Programming Director and MDT & EDT team, including talk-set time management, ability to know and lookout for pitfalls, tech difficulties or dangerous content, proof-reading all content, and maintaining and updating story arcs of MDT and EDT team
- Be completely familiar with show format/concept/ideology/humor
- Brainstorm with MDT and EDT team regarding topics/story ideas/guests, to generate content and ideas for benchmarks
- Manage a calendar, including topics where a follow up is required (e.g., Anniversaries, including forward thinking grid planning for topics and segments)
- Create, Collect and Contribute to and make use of an archive of audio resources which can be re-used, whether externally or from the team
- Collaborate with MDT and EDT team to create and produce daily, weekly and monthly rotated trailers for various benchmarks and dayparts
- Plan and book guests for live interview segment and work with the Social Media Community Manager to ensure all interviews are pushed out on social media platforms with immediacy, including creating a stable of experts for various genres
- Generate video / social media content for daily, weekly output for benchmarks and segments, including editing video content, across different platforms as well as supporting the station in managing its TikTok presence by planning programmes, brainstorming content ideas with jocks, and aligning on-air content with digital storytelling
- Support MDT team and Station with content creation for station-related promo campaigns, and brand-building outreach
- Have a complete and updated understanding of copyright and media law
- Ensure the growth of ratings for MDT n EDT
- Actively participate in station events planning and execution
- Involve in station programming planning for the year
- Provide mentorship to newbies
- Work closely, research and plan events with Music Label, Concert promoter, Movie distributors, Institute of Learning and other associations/partners.
Foundational competencies
- Production experience in the broadcast media (radio, video, social media) and an awareness of what makes good entertainment radio
- Keen ear and eye for local and international hot points, trending news and general knowledge, with an ability to get to groups with new subject matter quickly while staying relevant to the TA
- Strong interest in social media and digital trends
- A real interest in, and curiosity about, all sorts of people, and be able to make connections between different ideas and subjects
- Proficient in applications such as Pro-tools, as Pro-tools, basic knowledge of photo editing and image design apps such as Photoshop and Illustrator, any video editing software.
- An understanding how to do live streaming for Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
- Ability to work irregular hours occasionally, depending on shift patterns
Qualifications
- Possess at least Diploma in any discipline
- 1 year working experience preferred
- Good proficiency in Chinese language both spoken and written, in order to write scripts for the Chinese radio station
- Impeccable judgment and ability to work under stressful and fast-changing conditions, including working as a team and also independently
- Strong research, interviewing, creative, improvisational and production skills
- Creative, meticulous and organized with good forward-planning skills
- Be willing to embrace new technology and learn other technical skills
