Hybrid Music Journalist – Culture

at Saarländischer Rundfunk

• Job title: Music Journalist – Culture
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Saarbrucken, Germany

About the role

• Music journalist creating articles and media for SaarLorLux cultural programs. Collaborating with the editorial team while focusing on various music genres.

Responsibilities

• You will produce your own contributions as an author for the cross-media cultural programming department, with a focus on the music scene in the SaarLorLux region.
• This includes, among other things, reportages, conversations with colleagues, interviews for radio and television, texts, graphics and reels for online and social media.
• You will work as part of the editorial team and plan SR kultur's daily radio schedule.
• You will populate SR kultur's repertoire and use MusicMaster to schedule the daily program and special broadcasts.
• The list is illustrative; our tasks are diverse.
• We are in a constant process of change, which may also affect the future scope of responsibilities.
• We also work on weekends, public holidays and at early mornings and late evenings.

Requirements

• Completed traineeship (Volontariat), a comparable journalistic training programme, or equivalent practical qualification
• A completed university degree or several years of relevant professional experience
• Confident handling of current distribution channels (radio, television, online and social media) and their respective formats
• Good knowledge of the music scene in the SaarLorLux region, or willingness to undertake intensive familiarisation and active local networking
• Good knowledge of the genres dominant on SR kultur (non-mainstream pop, jazz, chanson, classical music and film music)
• Experience with system-supported music scheduling (MusicMaster) or willingness to learn
• Structured way of working, team spirit and the motivation to contribute your own topics and ideas
• Ideally, moderation/presentation experience on-air and off-air

Benefits

• A positive working atmosphere and motivated colleagues in the team
• The status of an employee-like engagement for approx. 4 weeks per month (according to § 12a of the Collective Agreement Act) with full social insurance coverage (health, pension, unemployment insurance) and numerous collective-bargaining benefits (e.g. holiday pay, continued fee payment in case of illness)
• As part of ARD, we offer diverse opportunities for individual development and the chance to work at a high professional level
• Measures to reconcile work and private life, such as the option to work remotely (up to 50%)
• Option to take out occupational disability insurance
• Company health management
• Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket