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City Cast DC, Editor Hybrid District of Columbia Full time Washington, District of Columbia, United States Job Description: City Cast DC is seeking an experienced, driven editor to edit and support a growing team of local reporters across multiple beats and platforms. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this editor will serve as a deputy, helping to manage day-to-day editing and coverage strategy. The ideal candidate is news-driven, passionate about driving distinct coverage, and adept at understanding how stories can be translated across articles, newsletters, podcasts and social. They are also a strong communicator and manager who believes in front-end editing, giving constructive feedback, and helping reporters grow their skills. The editor will be working closely with the entire team to expand City Cast DC’s newsroom, so an enthusiasm for building from the ground up is a must. Application Due: Friday May 29 What You’ll Do - Edit a team of reporters, providing clear guidance, feedback, and support on a daily basis - Review, refine, and approve story pitches, helping reporters sharpen angles, identify gaps, and prioritize coverage - Edit newsletters and other written reporting for clarity, structure, voice, and accuracy, ensuring work meets City Cast DC’s editorial standards. - Collaborate with the podcast and social teams to ensure reported stories translate cleanly across platforms - Use audience metrics and reader feedback to inform coverage decisions and sharpen our approach over time - Fact-check reporting and oversee accuracy and ensure fairness throughout the editing process. - Help manage editorial workflows, deadlines, and publishing schedules to keep the newsroom running smoothly. - Provide coaching and mentorship to help reporters grow as writers, reporters, and public-facing journalists. What You Bring - 2-3+ years editing and managing reporters in a local or regional news environment. - Strong editorial judgment and a deep understanding of how to shape and elevate reported stories. - A keen eye for detail and a commitment to accuracy, fairness, and clear fact-checking processes. - Experience working in fast-paced, deadline-driven newsrooms. - Excellent communication and people-management skills, with the ability to give constructive feedback and set clear expectations. - An understanding of cross-platform storytelling, including how written reporting translates to audio and social media. - Familiarity with audience metrics and how to apply them to editorial decision-making is a plus - A genuine interest in DC and its communities, along with an appreciation for the city’s complexity and nuance. Benefits The Editor will report to the Managing Editor of City Cast DC. This position is full-time, with excellent benefits. The annual salary range is $80,000-$125,000 depending on experience. You must be local, though work will be primarily remote. City Cast is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. Read about our mission and core values here. We encourage everyone to apply.

Role Description City Cast is hiring a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist to drive the next phase of City Cast DC’s member growth, engagement, and retention. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role for someone who wants to build a lifecycle program in a collaborative, fast-moving environment. - Own mid-funnel and bottom-funnel lifecycle strategy: trial-to-paid conversion, renewal, churn prevention, and win-back. - Build automated, behaviorally-driven lifecycle journeys and ad hoc campaigns across email, website, podcast, and social. - Identify opportunities for AI integration across lifecycle workflows. - Help shape the structure and packaging of City Cast DC's subscription tiers and value proposition. - Partner with editorial and audience teams to promote subscriber benefits like original paywalled content, member events, swag, etc. - Maintain clear project plans to translate to the larger team. - Identify key audience segments to track and target. - Own day-to-day CRM and ESP execution — segmentation, sends, automation builds, and list health. - Write or closely direct copy for all lifecycle touchpoints: emails, landing pages, in-podcast CTAs, and renewal reminders. - Track and report on core subscription metrics: conversion rate, churn rate, LTV, and net subscriber growth. - Translate data into clear recommendations and share findings with key stakeholders. Qualifications - 2–5 years in lifecycle marketing, CRM, retention, or growth — ideally at a media, subscription, or DTC company. - Hands-on experience building automated email journeys and lifecycle campaigns in an ESP (Sailthru, Beehiv or equivalent). - Familiarity with membership tools like SupportingCast, Memberful, Piano, or Monetization OS. - Solid grasp of subscription funnel economics — you know what moves conversion and retention rates and why. - A strong, clear writer who can match a brand voice and craft copy that converts. - Comfortable turning data into action. - A builder mentality. - Able to manage multiple projects in a fast-moving environment. - Genuine enthusiasm for local journalism and the communities it serves. - Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Bonus Points For - Experience in podcast, audio, or newsletter media. - Experience developing or packaging editorial products for paid audiences. - Experience using AI tools to speed up copy testing, segmentation, or personalization workflows. Benefits - This position is full-time and remote, with excellent benefits. - Salary range is $65,000-$80,000, depending on experience.

Pitch and develop engaging content for podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Contribute on-mic with local expertise while managing production tasks and editing episodes to enhance the daily local media brand's narrative.

City Cast DC, Data Reporter Hybrid District of Columbia Full time Washington, District of Columbia, United States Description City Cast DC is hiring an ambitious, creative Data Reporter to uncover surprising truths about life in the nation’s capital. This role is the first of its kind at City Cast — our ideal candidate will help us shape this role and the future of data journalism at City Cast DC. In this role, you’ll dig into publicly available datasets across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia to surface hidden patterns, explain complicated systems, and create practical resources for our audience. You might analyze crime trends, housing data, 311 complaints, traffic patterns, restaurant inspections, budgets, property tax records, or election returns and turn them into clear reporting, interactive databases, searchable tools, or visual explainers. You will likely use AI-powered tools, including platforms like Claude Code, to sift through large data sources, identify insights, build workflows, and help prototype user-facing databases or interfaces. In addition to publishing data-driven stories and graphics in our newsletters, you’ll regularly discuss your findings on the City Cast DC podcast and create social content that translates charts, findings, and numbers in compelling, digestible ways. You’ll also partner with other beat reporters on any data-driven projects. You’ll have the autonomy to pursue meaningful work, backed by a staff that values usefulness, delight, and accountability. The ideal candidate is collaborative and intellectually curious — someone who sees spreadsheets as story prompts and believes great local journalism can be both rigorous and joyful. What You’ll Do - Identify and analyze publicly available data from DC and surrounding jurisdictions to uncover impactful stories and actionable insights. - Use AI tools and coding platforms (e.g., Claude Code or similar) to clean, analyze, and interrogate datasets, and to prototype user-facing interfaces. - Pitch, report, and write original data-driven stories that reflect what DC residents are talking about — and what they should be talking about next. - Build useful reader-facing tools — such as searchable databases, maps, explainers, or trackers — that make local systems more transparent and accessible. - Contribute regularly to the City Cast DC podcast, explaining findings in plain language while bringing personality and curiosity to the conversation. - Create visual and social assets that extend the reach of your reporting and make data engaging. - Help grow support for the City Cast DC Neighbors membership program, including pitching during campaigns. What You Bring - A deep curiosity about DC and an appreciation for the region’s complexity, politics, bureaucracy, and neighborhoods. - Experience working with data — including sourcing, cleaning, analyzing, and verifying datasets. Comfort using spreadsheets, basic coding tools, and AI-assisted data workflows. - Strong writing skills with a voice that is confident, human, and engaging and the ability to clearly explain dense or technical information. - Experience working in a deadline-driven editorial environment. - Enthusiasm for helping audiences understand systems that affect their daily lives — housing, schools, traffic, taxes, safety, and more. - A solutions-oriented mindset that sees journalism not just as storytelling, but as service. - Willingness to experiment as we build the future of City Cast DC Bonus but not required: - Experience building simple user interfaces or reader tools. - Familiarity with local government data and civic tech communities. - Comfort speaking on mic and contributing meaningfully to podcast conversations. Benefits The Data Reporter will report to the Managing Editor of City Cast DC. This position is full-time, with excellent benefits. The annual salary range is $80,000–$110,000 depending on experience. You must be local, though work will be primarily remote.

City Cast is seeking a post-production staffer to support our City Cast teams by taking care of the post-production work for daily podcasts, newsletters, and other bi-weekly newsletters. The role is remote and contract with the possibility of it becoming a salaried, full-time position. Work hours are from 9:30 -5:30 PST.  We are looking for a producer with extensive audio and video skills, who is detail-oriented, already experienced with or willing to learn newsletter building in a CMS, and an eager collaborator. The ideal candidate has a sharp ear and eye for quality and thrives in deadline-driven environments. Deadline to apply: Friday, April 24 Key Responsibilities - Complete daily post-production duties for two City Cast cities in two different time zones. - Edit podcast episodes for video and audio using Adobe Premiere and Autopod.  - Repair audio by running audio files through iZotope RX to address reverb, plosives, and background noise as needed. - Provide feedback and flag issues to city teams, such as overly choppy Descript edits or poor audio quality from remote recordings.  - Edit podcast ads for video and audio using Descript, Premiere, and Izotope, as needed. Potentially edit video ads for social media down the line.  - Prepare previously aired episodes to be re-run using Audition - Work within our CMS and ESP to build and schedule newsletters and articles, ensuring that the copy (written and edited by others) and photos are presented clearly for the reader. - Create episode thumbnails in Canva, including sourcing screenshots from Riverside, removing backgrounds, and building out the graphic - Schedule episodes to our hosting/distribution platform and video episodes to the city teams’ YouTube pages.

The Role City Cast is looking for a sharp, voicey writer to create a new weekly newsletter that complements our existing daily City Cast Twin Cities newsletter and podcast. While our daily products cover Twin Cities's news and happenings, this weekly newsletter will go deeper on a specific topic that Twin Citizens are passionate about. City Cast produces daily local news podcasts and newsletters in cities across the country. Our mission is to help people fall more in love with their cities through smart, engaging journalism that makes local news feel personal and accessible. Deadline to apply: April 17, 2026 What You'll Do - Write a weekly City Cast Twin Cities newsletter with a clear point of view and a strong, engaging voice. - Research and report on your beat, developing sources and staying ahead of trends. - Write thoughtful, upbeat copy featuring good news, local tips, or special recommendations that leave readers feeling informed and inspired. - Collaborate closely with the City Cast Twin Cities team and work with the Executive Producer through the editing process to sharpen structure, clarity, and impact. - Take photos and source photos to craft a more visually interesting newsletter. - Meet consistent deadlines and maintain high editorial standards. - Bonus: Discuss your reporting and recommendations on the City Cast Twin Cities podcast when appropriate.

City Cast is looking for a talented, detail-oriented producer to join the team behind Your City Could Be Better, our weekly podcast that brings together voices mostly from across the City Cast network to explore how our cities can work better for everyone. The ideal candidate is a skilled audio and video producer who is passionate about local news and civic life, has a sharp editorial eye, and knows how to keep a complex, multi-city production running smoothly. This is a role for someone who is as comfortable in the edit suite as they are coordinating schedules and building relationships with journalists and community members from coast to coast. Application Due: April 20,2026 Key Responsibilities Production & Coordination - Manage scheduling and communication with podcast hosts across the City Cast network about their appearances on the show - Communicate episode prep expectations with city teams across the City Cast network, ensuring every guest arrives ready - Coordinate the weekly pitch process: remind city teams of submission deadlines, send pitches to the show’s host for selection, and relay decisions back to the team - Review weekly interview prep and provide light editorial feedback - Occasionally vet pitches from listeners, including preinterviewing guests outside the City Cast network - Produce episode recordings in Riverside - Edit episodes in Descript for editorial clarity and narrative flow, flagging potential social clips and noting cuts that will carry through to the video version - Edit podcast video in Adobe Premiere using Autopod - Edit and mix audio in Adobe Creative Suite, applying Izotope effects for professional, polished sound - Write and finalize show notes and episode title options, adapting both for each of the 14 city feeds - Create episode thumbnails in Canva, including sourcing screenshots from Riverside, removing backgrounds, and building out the graphic - Upload and schedule each episode to the CityCastUSA YouTube channel, including thumbnail, title, show notes, and playlist management - Schedule each episode across 14 distinct Megaphone feeds weekly, customizing titles for each feed with careful attention to detail - Conduct a final QC listen-through of the audio version and a review of the YouTube upload before each episode goes live Social Media & Distribution - Create social clips from podcast episodes for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook - Write compelling captions and apply thoughtful tagging strategy tailored to each platform - Handle all video editing for social content, optimizing format and pacing for each channel Community & Audience Engagement - Serve as the primary point of contact for Your City Could Be Better listeners through our dedicated email account and social channels - Engage and activate our audience across platforms, fostering a community of people who care deeply about their cities

Audience Development Manager Hybrid Las Vegas Full time Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Overview Description The Role City Cast is seeking a highly creative and capable marketing professional with a strong local network to help build the City Cast Las Vegas brand, grow its audience, and engage its fans. The Audience Development Manager will be responsible for developing and executing a local marketing strategy across partnerships, sponsorships, PR, social media, out-of-home, and beyond. Our ideal candidate loves getting out in the city, and has a keen sense of the local brands, events, and cultural moments that City Cast Las Vegas should tap into to expand and ignite its fan base. Application Due: April 13, 2026 Key Responsibilities Planning and Strategy - Collaborate with City Cast’s central marketing team to develop and execute a localized marketing plan and budget that includes partnerships, sponsorships, PR, social and other tactics that have proven successful in other markets - Conceive of creative out-of-the-box marketing ideas, test them and capture their impact - Helps ideate on swag or merch when needed for membership or marketing campaigns - Serve as the local keeper of the marketing calendar, ensuring the team is ready to execute across all platforms at key campaign moments - Work with Executive Producer to identify regular opportunities to weave members into content across platforms - Work with HQ membership team to develop special local member incentives such as locally designed artists prints - Develop creative ideas for attracting, engaging, and retaining members - Work with Executive Producer to develop the social media strategy and content plan across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit - Handle all marketing and engagement aspects of the local social media strategy Driving Growth and Engagement - Coordinate with the central marketing team to execute giveaways and influencer campaigns - Attend IRL events on City Cast’s behalf. When we're a host or sponsor, ensuring that our brand is visible and consistent with our style guide, and that our presence is highly engaging to potential audience - Work in collaboration with the local Sales Executive to identify potential partnerships that blend sales and trade for mutual benefit - Adapt national creative campaigns for local audiences across platforms - Collect and create local content for marketing team to use in digital ads promoting City Cast Las Vegas - Manage local PR outreach, building relationships with other local media outlets - Plan and execute at least four member events per year with support from HQ membership team - Manage local membership campaign execution, ensuring strong and compelling messaging across podcast, newsletter, and social - Serve as the primary point of contact with the City Cast Las Vegas membership base, engaging and activating members at member events and in a closed chat group. - Drive social community engagement daily across all platforms, including monitoring and responding to comments and DMs on IG, TT, Spotify, YouTube, Reddit and other key audience touchpoints - Monitor all local audience-facing platforms and touchpoints to ensure consistency with City Cast’s brand, voice, and overarching marketing strategy - Track, analyze, and share out social performance and growth metrics Requirements What We’re Looking For - 3+ years experience in marketing or audience engagement, ideally in a media or editorial environment - Deep familiarity with the leading social platforms, with experience creating successful content and audience strategies for them - Deep knowledge of Las Vegas local culture, institutions, events, who is influencing who, and online communities - Strong writing and voice skills — you know how to sound human, engaging, and on-brand - A high level of organization, planning, and project management skills - A natural brand evangelist and community builder who is energized by making connections and getting out in the city Benefits The Audience Development Manager will report to the Executive Producer of City Cast Las Vegas. This position is full-time, with excellent benefits. The annual salary range is $70,000 - $100,000 depending on experience. You must be local, though work will be primarily remote. City Cast is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. We encourage everyone to apply.

About the Role City Cast is seeking a strategic marketing leader to guide our national network of locally-focused daily podcasts, newsletters, and social channels through a pivotal growth phase. As Director of Marketing + Audience Development, you'll set the strategy and plan for full funnel marketing across our network of 13 cities, while deftly advising and guiding each city’s Audience Development Manager on how to achieve impact locally. Our ideal candidate has experience across a broad range of marketing tactics, from paid digital and influencer marketing to partnerships and community engagement and is a superb communicator and eager collaborator able to work with stakeholders across a range of expertise. The Director of Marketing will lead and oversee a high functioning team whose work spans both national and local marketing tactics. Deadline to apply: March 23, 2026 What You'll Do Local Marketing Strategy  - Design and implement an onboarding program and ongoing coaching cadence for city-level Audience Development Managers that sets them up for success  - Create a library of actionable tools, templates, and training materials supporting core tactics such as localized PR, partnerships, sponsorships, event activations, local advertising, grassroots marketing, etc - Own the national marketing strategy across the network and translate it into frameworks cities can apply locally to create effective local marketing plans, goals, and budgets - Serve as strategic advisor and trusted coach to city teams, helping them navigate challenges and maximize opportunities - Foster a culture of experimentation, shared learning, and continuous improvement across the network, while creating mechanisms for cross-pollination of ideas—identifying what's working, making it replicable, and spreading it across markets Brand Development  - Own national marketing programs, identifying key network-wide campaign moments and developing beneficial partnerships that could expand our reach and add value to our brand - Work in partnership with Chief Creative Officer on strategic planning, creative initiatives, brand development and aligning marketing results to overall network goals - Develop strategic and innovative brand initiatives to grow and retain members, alongside our membership team Planning and Execution - Build out a thoughtful annual marketing plan that leverages what we’ve learned to date, building out key “tentpole” moments across the year and driving local and national efforts around them - Oversee paid digital marketing efforts determining the right combination of full-time and outside resources needed to effectively reach our goals - Oversee annual marketing budget, tracking spend and reallocating funds strategically as needed  - Establish a system for reporting on marketing performance and surfacing insights to city teams and leadership Team Leadership  - Lead a small marketing team with vision, ensuring each team member is focused effectively and developing professionally  - Clarify roles and goals of HQ team and localized marketing contributors to ensure operational efficiency and brand cohesion - Deepen the entire organization’s understanding and integration of marketing across all teams, in order to tap into the bubbling creativity of the full staff - Keep up with trends in podcast and newsletter marketing, surfacing and integrating new ideas, industry best practices, and technological disruptions on a regular basis  - Maintain a culture of collaboration, direct communication, and honest feedback, in line with City Cast’s values

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description City Cast is looking for a creative, editorially minded Creative Producer to join City Cast Denver. In this role, you’ll help shape the daily local conversation on the podcast, newsletter, and social. Our ideal candidate is passionate and informed about Denver, comfortable on mic, and capable of producing smart and compelling editorial content for our podcast, newsletter, and social media accounts. This is a key role that touches every part of our daily local media brand—from editorial development to production, writing, and on-mic contributions. Application Due: March 30, 2026 Qualifications - Deep passion and curiosity for Denver - Good humor, teamwork, and eagerness to learn - 3+ years of experience creating and/or editing editorial content - Experience working in a deadline-driven editorial environment - Excellent writing skills with a clear, engaging voice - Experience with Descript or the willingness to learn - Confident on-mic presence with the ability to prep and contribute meaningfully to podcast conversations - Highly organized, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment - Experience making and editing video for social is a plus Requirements - Pitch compelling, relevant, and timely ideas for the daily podcast, social and newsletter content - Write the daily newsletter on assigned days with voice, humor, clarity, and relevance - Prep for conversations you’re contributing to or producing with the host and Executive Producer - Edit episodes using Descript (or similar tools) - Develop 2–3 beats or areas of expertise to regularly cover - Occasionally go “into the field” to capture moments for social and beyond - Contribute regularly on-mic, bringing your personality, local passion, and expertise to the show - Work with the Host and Audience Development Manager to create daily social media content - Produce ads to be included in podcast episodes Benefits - This position is full-time, with excellent benefits. - The annual salary range is $70,000 - $95,000 depending on experience. - You must be local, though work will be primarily remote. Company Description City Cast is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity, which involves attracting talented people from diverse backgrounds and traditions. We encourage everyone to apply.