Jobs at WHYY

Manage a portfolio of ~150 donors to qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors ($5,000+). Create individualized engagement plans, maintain CRM records, develop donor proposals with colleagues, understand WHYY programs and giving vehicles, produce monthly reports, attend events and donor meetings (including occasional evenings/weekends), and support special projects.

Lead Billy Penn's editorial and community engagement, manage reporters and deputy editor, assign and edit stories across web, radio, social and newsletters, grow audience and revenue partnerships, oversee events and donor relations, and develop staff and digital strategy with strong SEO and multimedia skills.

Cover the business community across Greater Philadelphia, producing 2–3 multimedia stories weekly for web and radio. Research, report, write, edit audio, take photos/video, pitch features, cultivate diverse sources, and meet deadlines while collaborating with newsroom staff.

Lead creation and execution of a comprehensive advancement program for WPSU, including major and mid-level gifts, planned giving, grants, membership, and corporate sponsorship. Build and manage an advancement team, establish systems and fundraising strategies, cultivate donor and institutional relationships, develop proposals and stewardship, and collaborate with WHYY and internal teams to align fundraising goals with regional priorities.

Report on Pennsylvania education in Philadelphia and surrounding counties, producing 2–3 digital and audio stories weekly. Research, cultivate sources, pitch ideas, file breaking news and features, learn/produce audio, take photos/videos, and promote work on social media while meeting deadlines.

Lead engineering and technical operations across TV, radio, streaming and digital distribution. Ensure broadcast reliability, manage transmission facilities, master control and live production support. Direct engineering staff, staffing decisions, budgets, capital projects, vendor relationships, regulatory compliance (FCC/EAS), disaster recovery, and technology strategy emphasizing IP workflows, cloud, ATSC 3.0 and emerging media platforms.

Support newsroom staff by learning to assign, produce, write, and edit multimedia news stories for radio and digital platforms. Pitch ideas, report, collaborate with reporters and editors, acquire audio editing and potential voicing experience, and develop news judgment, writing, and technical media skills in a deadline-driven environment.

Assist Media Instructors to teach video production to middle and high school students: attend sessions, co-teach, guide student groups to complete video projects, track progress, participate in lesson planning and feedback meetings, and complete intern training.

Support the Fundraising Systems & Operations team with filing, SharePoint organization, supervised data entry, handling return mail and survey responses, data clean-up projects, and matching gift processing.