Jobs at KQED

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.

Plan, pitch, and produce 20+ live events yearly from concept through execution. Manage speaker bookings, vendor contracts, production logistics, run-of-show, AV assets, on-site coordination, budgets, and promotions while collaborating with editorial, production, marketing, and front-of-house teams. Work evenings and weekends as needed to deliver inclusive, community-focused public media programming.

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.

Develop and manage a portfolio of up to 150 major donors ($10,000+), conduct 10–12 donor visits monthly, cultivate and solicit gifts (annual, endowment, and campaign), steward relationships, leverage board and volunteers, create business plans and forecasts, and support executive leadership in fundraising.

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.

Report daily arts and culture news and features across audio, text and social platforms. Develop beats and sources, file for radio newscasts, produce social video and podcasts, attend events, contribute to planning, and collaborate with editors under deadline pressure.

Run front-of-house and box office operations for KQED Live events, manage ticketing and cash handling, supervise volunteers, coordinate accessibility, and support event marketing by producing/editing short-form video, designing assets in Canva, and executing email and CRM communications.

Coordinate and edit statewide, multiplatform political coverage for California, assigning and editing audio and text reports, managing collaborations among 14 public radio stations and CalMatters, planning election coverage and a live statewide broadcast special, supervising newsroom contributors, and ensuring ethical, deadline-driven journalism across platforms.

Lead post production engineer and systems administrator for on-site TV workflows. Manage and support Avid/Adobe systems, Telestream Vantage/Diva, LTO archive, NRCS/MOS integrations, ingest/playout, and train editors/producers while contributing editorially as needed.

Manage day-to-day operations for Snap Judgment PLUS and Spooked PLUS, driving subscriber onboarding, benefits delivery, renewals, retention, and membership acquisition. Expand and publish audio storytelling on YouTube and emerging platforms, coordinate production and publishing workflows, run social, email, and web engagement strategies, track membership KPIs, and collaborate with editorial, production, and creative teams to integrate audience growth into content planning.

Lead and manage The Bay podcast team: set editorial agenda, assign and edit stories and episodes, oversee production and sound design, manage calendar and workflows, mentor staff, collaborate across departments, produce and host when needed, and ensure high journalistic and publishing standards across audio, web, mobile and social platforms.