Brett Rader Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Led podcast team to continuous growth in listens/streams for 5 consecutive years, delivering 40% growth in 2022 & 21% YoY improvement in 2023.- Transformed previously audio-first podcast team into a cross-functional video production unit, resulting in 3 years of consecutive video stream growth & over 175M yearly video streams each year.- Overhauled production workflow to deliver full-length audio & video podcasts simultaneously to audio endpoints, YouTube & social platforms, leading to an immediate 15% boost in podcast traffic.- Directs business & production operations of podcast team: directly managing 4 producer/editors, providing direction to add’l 10 video editors, conducting bi-annual performance reviews, budgeting, equipment management, tentpole planning & external partner management.- Proactively works with sales, writes proposals to secure A/V content sponsorships, inc. custom branded segments, sponsor integrations & host reads. Manages post-sale pipeline, tracking ad production, traffic & delivery with yearly revenue $1,000,000+.- Relaunched dormant NBA podcast feed into Ball Don’t Lie, a successful cross-platform basketball audio/video/social vertical, garnering 300%+ audio growth & 180% video growth in its first nine months.- Collaborates daily & advises with VP of Content, GM, editor-in-chief, copy editors, reporters, social leads, graphics, hosts, business ops leads to drive daily editorial strategy across multiple sports; ensuring content output is accurate, timely & in-line with the daily trends and news in the sports & social media landscapes.- Produces & directs studio and field video productions at major offsite tentpole events, inc. Super Bowls, NFL Draft, NBA Draft, College Football Playoff National Championships & more.

- Content development, research, recording, engineering, editing, mixing and mastering for Yahoo Sports’ Yahoo Fantasy Football Show & Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast.- Redeveloped audio production workflows and standards, repairing legacy podcast network SOPs that had experienced significant audio & quality declines.

- Clients included Earwolf, Vice, HowStuffWorks, Leaf Group, Charts & Leisure- Engineering, editing, mixing and mastering for podcasts, earnings calls, and other audio projects.- Comprehensive content editing for long interviews.- Creative notes, research and feedback for hosts, producers and guests.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Produced 6 weekly podcasts with 250,000+ cumulative weekly listens and $250,000+ yearly revenue.- Produced The Cracked Podcast, named Best of iTunes 2015.- Sold & produced co-branded podcasts with Hulu, Dollar Shave Club, TruTV & General Electric.