Jobs at KQED

Lead QA efforts by designing and maintaining Playwright end-to-end tests, developing test plans, integrating automation into CI/CD, tracking defects, reporting quality metrics, and improving QA processes. Collaborate with engineering and product teams, mentor QA colleagues, balance manual and automated testing, and manage hardware testing across Android, Apple, tablet, and CarPlay devices.

Reports and produces daily outdoors news, features, guides, alerts, and explanatory stories across radio, podcasts, web, mobile, social, audio, and video platforms. Uses web analytics, SEO, social listening, and audience insights to guide coverage. Conducts research and interviews, verifies facts, contributes to newsroom planning, collaborates across departments, produces field and newsroom content, and meets deadlines under pressure.

The Director of Brand will own KQED’s brand strategy, lead a major brand renewal and multi-year integrated campaign, oversee brand architecture and sub-brands, and manage internal creative teams and external agencies. The role partners across marketing, media, research, product, editorial, and membership to build alignment, conduct audience and brand-lift research, ensure consistent brand execution, and strengthen engagement with new and younger audiences.

Supports digital video production from development and field production through editing, post-production, delivery, and archiving. Duties include research, interview preparation, production logistics, camera, lighting and audio assistance, media management, Adobe Premiere Pro editing, social video creation, platform-specific deliverables, rights tracking, and production documentation. Collaborates with producers, editors, directors, photographers, reporters, and audience teams across YouTube, social, web, and other digital platforms.

Reports, writes, edits, and produces explanatory and breaking-news stories for radio, podcasts, broadcast, web, mobile, social, video, and newsletters. Develops coverage strategies, edits newsroom guides, consults on editorial standards, mentors colleagues and interns, and works under deadline pressure across departments and platforms.

Own technical product prioritization and roadmaps for KQED’s digital platforms, balancing feature development, infrastructure upgrades, and technical debt. Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to assess system constraints, review APIs, define requirements, manage backlogs, and support Agile sprint planning. Establish product metrics, evaluate system performance, and guide technical trade-offs across web, mobile, content, and personalization systems.

Lead KQED's marketing team to scale brand and performance media across digital and traditional channels. Own strategy, budgeting, measurement, agency relationships, campaign creative direction, and cross-functional collaboration to drive reach, acquisition, engagement, and retention. Build marketing systems, reporting frameworks, and audience journeys while partnering with Product and Audience Intelligence.

Lead strategy, planning, and execution of audio-driven fundraising and third-party programs. Plan and produce radio pledge drives, develop year-round membership promotion calendar for radio and TV, coordinate cross-channel campaigns, manage vendors and staff scheduling, and analyze campaign performance to optimize donor acquisition and revenue. Partner with Programming, Development, Product, and Analytics to align messaging and donor journeys.

Manage planning and execution of on-air fundraising drives and year-round campaigns. Coordinate timelines, vendors, and deliverables; maintain documentation; monitor live drives. Partner with Data & Analytics to run dashboards and post-campaign analysis, translate insights into recommendations, and help shape fundraising strategy.