About Us

Bauer Media Audio Ireland is Ireland’s premier media company and the home of some of Europe’s leading commercial media brands. Bauer Media Audio Ireland owns and operates a portfolio of media channels with a strong focus on commercial radio and emerging digital media.

The company maintains some of the largest independent radio networks in Ireland and it continues to be one of the fastest-growing radio networks in the world.

Our brands include Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin, Spin South West, Off The Ball, along with Ireland’s largest digital audio platform, audioXi.

Newstalk is Ireland’s fastest growing independent talk radio station with a weekly reach of 804,000 across 26 counties. Newstalk continues to grow its audience each year and is known across the nation as the independent voice of Ireland, boasting a strong line-up of Ireland’s leading broadcasters.  

Newstalk is also one of the most respected media brands in the country, having a track record for premium and engaging content and campaigns that have helped to grow our reputation and our listenership.

Newstalk is looking to recruit a digital content creator - who is passionate about social media, current affairs, and audio - to join the Newstalk Digital team. 

This is an exciting, fast-paced role for someone who enjoys creating video content, graphics and other digital content for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, as well as Newstalk’s own website and app. 

We are looking for someone to join our team who has a great eye for a story and who will pitch, create, and publish engaging, quick-turnaround content daily. 

This role will include spotting and editing video opportunities from our studio footage and pitching and producing highly engaging original content ideas related to Newstalk’s top stories of the day, breaking news and other strategic content, with a view to increasing listenership, brand awareness and showcasing our presenters’ and brand’s personalities.
We are looking to grow our digital audience and this role’s input, as part of the digital team, will form a central part of this growth. 
 

What you’ll do:

• Reporting to the digital editor, you will pitch highly engaging ideas for YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and more, daily
• Creating content for all the above platforms, including video, graphics, live-streaming and photos using cameras and on mobile
• Post to social media and keep up to date with all social media and digital best practice, including algorithm changes, content optimisation and social media advertising
• Filming on-location, as well as assisting on shoots, as required
• Social media monitoring 
• Work as part of the Newstalk Digital team to meet digital KPIS
• You will work on both short and long-term projects, as well as station-wide content initiatives
• Attending digital editorials and working closely with show teams and journalists to produce content that is both editorially sound and representative of Newstalk’s wider editorial output
• Work with the Newstalk Commercial Programming team to produce content for clients
• Work with Newstalk’s Marketing team to ensure all content is representative of the Newstalk brand

If the following traits sound like you, you might be the right person for the job:

• You have a strong interest in news, current affairs and audio
• You are passionate about social media and the opportunities it presents
• You have a strong understanding of the algorithms associated with all social media and digital platforms 
• You have experience in video and social media content creation
• You are proficient in the Adobe Creative suite – including Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition
• You have a strong editorial eye and thrive working in a fast-paced environment, creating journalistically-sound content
• You have a thorough understanding of defamation and copyright law 
• You enjoy working with a team 
• You have excellent communication skills
• You enjoy learning and following digital trends
• You love radio, audio and digital listening!
   

Our Culture & Rewards

At Bauer Media Audio Ireland we strive to be the most innovative, dynamic and best in class media outlet in Ireland. We want more people to spend more time with us. We want to talk to every person in Ireland, every single week, through one of our channels. To make this happen, our team is made up of some of the most passionate and creative people you’ll find. Working here means no two days are the same. The work by its nature is fast paced, and it can be intense - we work really hard – but we are all here because we truly love what we do.

We are committed to promoting, developing and facilitating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace culture, and to encourage and support the creation and distribution of content that reflects the diverse audience in Ireland.

Our employees believe that the most important thing in creating a happy, respectful workplace culture is to simply act like the kind of person you would like to work with. Our employees believe in a guide to work by ‘Be Sound, Inspiring, Responsible, Collaborative, Authentic and Proud’. We live by these values every day.