Job Opportunities at Illinois Public Media

Illinois Public Media at the University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to building a community of excellence, equity and diversity.

Licensed to the University of Illinois, WILL/Illinois Public Media follows the guidelines, policies and procedures of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Access at the University, for hiring, recruiting, and maintaining a nondiscriminatory work environment. In accordance with the FCC's EEO regulations, any organization that distributes information about employment opportunities to job seekers, or refers job seekers to employers, may request that it be provided notice of job vacancies at WILL-AM580, WILL-FM90.9 and WILL-TV when they occur.

If your organization would like to receive notification of job vacancies at our stations, please write to:

Job Opportunities
Illinois Public Media
300 North Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL  61801
(217) 333-7300
IPM-jobs@illinois.edu

Requests should include name of organization, mailing address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address and name of contact person.

April 12, 2019 - WILL Jobs

Executive Editor – Illinois Public Media

Illinois Newsroom, a collaboration of public media stations in Illinois, is looking for an experienced editor to lead our journalism collaboration, funded by the partner stations and grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and McCormick Foundation. The partner stations are building a model for regional collaboration and dedicated a team of reporters to provide in-depth coverage of three key beat topics in Illinois. The topics include education, health and environment, and state politics and policy.


March 21, 2019 - WILL Jobs

Business and Finance Coordinator, Illinois Public Media

Illinois Public Media seeks a Business and Finance Coordinator to oversee the day-to-day management of the business and budget operations. Illinois Public Media has a current Operating Budget of over $10M. This budget is comprised of several types of funds (Federal, State, University, Sponsored Projects, Self-Supporting, and Gifts). Many of these activities are unique to public broadcasting.


March 20, 2019 - WILL Jobs

Dave Benton Internship at Illinois Public Media – Summer 2019

Illinois Public Media is looking for an intern who's passionate about news for our summer digital producer internship at WILL, the NPR News and PBS station in Champaign-Urbana. Interns work alongside veteran journalists while producing programs on issues relevant to a statewide audience, producing online stories and multimedia packages, scheduling and conducting interviews, writing copy and reporting through social media. The Intern will work 20 hours each week for 15 weeks and be paid $10/hour.


August 15, 2018 - WILL Jobs

Broadcasting Engineer

Illinois Public Media seeks a Broadcasting Engineer to join the WILL radio and television team. The Broadcasting Engineer performs the installation, removal, operation, and maintenance of radio and television equipment essential to the operation and broadcast of the WILL stations.


May 10, 2018 - WILL Jobs

Part-Time TV Production Openings

Part time (15 hours/week or fewer), hourly TV Studio Production Crew are needed to fill a variety of roles creating broadcast television productions.