Podcast Showrunner / Producer (Audio + Video) — National Sporting Clays Association
Freelance | Remote
Compensation: $35,000–$40,000 for the full 2027 season — 26 episodes, biweekly, audio and video, all production inclusive
Type: Freelance, 1099 independent contractor. Remote, U.S.-based. Your hours, your tools, your methods.
Reports to: NSCA Marketing Committee. Editorial sign-off by the Executive Director.
A show that works, a champion at the mic, and a producer’s chair that’s never been filled.
The National Sporting Clays Association is the national governing body for sporting clays in the United States — 750+ affiliated clubs, members in all 50 states. The Sporting Clays Nation Podcast has shipped every two weeks for a year, built by a volunteer host with almost no budget who never missed a drop. The audience is real: Episodes pull into the thousands of views, which for a niche governing body puts us in the top tier of association shows.
For 2027, we’re funding it properly, and the show is getting a new host: a world-champion sporting clays competitor — a genuine draw in this sport, media-trained, excellent in public, and new to podcasting.
That combination is the whole opportunity. Real talent, real access, a proven audience, and nobody has ever produced this show.
This is a build, not a rescue. The format is sound and the cadence is proven. What it’s never had is craft.
What “next level” means here — be clear-eyed.
Our guests call in from their phones. Sometimes from a truck at a shoot. This is a sport, not a broadcast network, and that texture is part of the show’s charm. We are not chasing slick.
What we want is the difference a real producer makes in the small things. Getting a guest to shoot landscape so they’re actually in frame. Consistent levels. Clean cuts. A thumbnail that earns a click. Clips that travel.
Good, consistent, professional. Not cinematic. If you know the difference, you’ll do well here.
What you deliver
- 26 episodes, biweekly, audio and video, published on an agreed calendar. The show has never missed. Keeping that streak is the job.
- Host development. Our host is a world-class competitor and a first-time podcaster. Coaching her into a great interviewer — prep, follow-ups, pacing, structure — is a core deliverable of this contract, not a favor. If developing on-air talent is something you enjoy, this role is unusually rewarding.
- Scheduling that survives three calendars. You, the host, and the guest find the time together. You will not have unilateral control of the record date, and our host has a competition schedule that takes her out of pocket for stretches of the year. We expect you to solve this with batch recording and a standing episode buffer, not by chasing people two days before a drop. Tell us your system.
- Video. Capture standard, guest technical briefs, edit, framing, captions, thumbnails, chapters. Cut it yourself or subcontract it from your budget; we care about the output.
- Clips — vertical and square, per episode. Full episodes serve our members; clips are how we reach people who’ve never heard of the sport. That’s a strategic priority for us.
- Audio post — edit, leveling, show notes, transcripts
- Distribution to Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, with metadata and search optimization
- Analytics — downloads, retention, traffic source. You build the dashboard, report to the Marketing Committee quarterly.
- Show identity: format, segment structure, artwork, music licensing
- Compliance — platform policy on firearm-adjacent content, music licensing, guest release forms
- A maintained guest database and operating documentation, delivered to NSCA
What NSCA owns
The feed, hosting account, publishing credentials, guest database, artwork, and all finished audio and video are NSCA property, assigned in the contract. You administer them; we hold them. We’re building this show to outlast any one person in it, including us.
What you don’t own
You’re not the voice of the show. The host is. You’re the producer. If what you want is the microphone, this is the wrong listing.
Who we’re looking for
- You’ve run at least two shows end to end, on feeds you personally administered, for 12+ months.
- You’ve developed a host before — taken someone from good-in-a-room to good-on-mic. This is the differentiator for us.
- You produce video, or you direct people who do, and you can show it.
- You can bring real download and retention data — not screenshots, not claims.
- You’ve held a cadence around a talent’s schedule you didn’t control, and can say exactly how.
- You know how to make imperfect source material look and sound intentional.
- You’re systematic. Documentation and clean handoffs are part of the deliverable.
Nice to have
- Shooting sports, hunting, or outdoor media experience
- Association or membership-organization media background
- Existing guest relationships in the clay target world
Why this is a good gig
- True freelance. 1099, remote, your own hours and methods. We care about episodes, not your calendar.
- The hard part is done. Format proven, cadence proven, audience proven, budget approved.
- A world champion at the mic, in a sport where that access opens every door.
- Real creative latitude. Nobody is going to tell you how to cut a video.
- A national governing body behind you — magazine, email to 22,000+ members, event access, and a dedicated promotion budget pushing the show.
- Roughly 26 recording days a year, batched. Predictable, plannable, sits alongside your other clients.
- A one-year term, an honest scope, and a number we’ve actually done the math on.
Process
1. Apply.
2. Shortlisted candidates are paid for a test episode produced to our brief — audio and video.
3. Contract award. 2027 slate planned in Q4 2026.
To apply, send:
- Two to three shows you ran end to end, with your role stated plainly, including at least one with video
- Platform analytics for at least one — downloads and retention
- One reference from a client whose feed you owned for 12+ months
- Two short answers. First: watch an episode and tell us the first three things you’d do to make it better — practical, specific, cheap. Second: how would you get 26 episodes out of a host who is a full-time competing athlete and doesn’t control her own calendar? This second answer is the one we’ll read hardest.
- Confirmation that $35,000–$40,000 for 26 episodes, all production inclusive, works for you
Applications without analytics, a reference, and both answers won’t be reviewed.
Apply and send info here: marketing@nssa-nsca.com
