Jobs at American Public Media Group

Produces and executes social-first content for financial literacy and economic journalism programs across major platforms. Responsibilities include identifying stories, creating short-form videos and graphics, writing social copy and scripts, scheduling and publishing content, analyzing performance, maintaining brand voice, collaborating with editorial teams, and developing social strategy. The role requires strong video editing, graphic design, fact-checking, journalism, audience analytics, and social media trend expertise.

Generates philanthropic revenue by managing foundation, corporate, and government funder portfolios; researching prospects; developing grant proposals and reports; overseeing grant budgets, compliance, and closeout; and cultivating long-term institutional relationships. Collaborates with Finance, Content, leadership, and development teams to align funding opportunities with organizational priorities, track performance, and deliver accurate impact reporting and stewardship.

Leads afternoon MPR News coverage, directing producers and live broadcasts while maintaining journalistic standards. Oversees story development, interviews, editing, digital and social distribution, special programs, and archives. Supervises staff through coaching, feedback, professional development, and performance management. Collaborates with hosts, reporters, editors, membership teams, and newsroom colleagues to elevate local voices, improve audience engagement, and advance equitable journalism across broadcast and digital platforms.

Leads MPR’s membership program and strategy to grow membership from 170,000 to 300,000. Oversees a nine-person team, develops revenue-generating initiatives, expands digital conversion and membership channels, builds organizational and external partnerships, and collaborates with executive leadership and trustees. The role requires entrepreneurial growth leadership, public-media alignment, relationship development, and occasional work outside standard hours, with monthly travel throughout Minnesota.

Reports and produces daily business and financial news stories, features, and digital content for audio and video platforms. Responsibilities include pitching ideas, conducting interviews, gathering information and media, writing concise copy, hosting occasionally, meeting tight deadlines, maintaining sources, and collaborating with reporters, producers, and editors. The role requires strong journalism, storytelling, production, organizational, and subject-matter skills, including national-level reporting experience.

Lead a watchdog journalism team covering government, law enforcement, workplace safety, housing, homelessness, and transportation. Oversee investigations and enterprise reporting, assign and edit stories across radio and digital platforms, guide reporters, uphold accuracy and fairness, develop audience-focused coverage strategies, and collaborate with engagement teams and community stakeholders. The role also requires newsroom training, staff development, cross-platform storytelling, and data-informed editorial decision-making.

Leads the Audience Analytics team, develops staff, prioritizes analytics resources, and delivers insights supporting audience growth, fundraising, retention, engagement, revenue planning, and organizational decisions. Oversees data integration, analysis, dashboards, forecasting, governance, and reporting. Partners with cross-functional leaders to define measurement strategies, translate complex findings into recommendations, improve analytics infrastructure, and manage external vendors. Requires strong SQL, business intelligence, stakeholder communication, people leadership, and analytical quality assurance skills.

Manages a portfolio of 600 Leadership Circle donors giving $1,200–$9,999 annually. Develops donor communication, stewardship, renewal, and engagement strategies; cultivates relationships through calls, email, mail, and events; responds to inquiries; coordinates with fundraising, membership, and content teams; and supports revenue growth and donor advancement. The role requires CRM proficiency, relationship-building, fundraising experience, cross-functional collaboration, and occasional work outside standard office hours.

Produces and edits news content for radio newscasts and public affairs programming. Responsibilities include pitching stories, researching and booking guests, writing scripts and copy, editing audio, line producing live shows, responding to breaking news, repackaging content for digital and social platforms, mentoring interns, and coordinating special projects and live events.