Julia M. Smith
Senior Producer of Kids Content @ Hatch | Executive Producer, Audio Development and Production
- Role
- Senior Producer, Kids Content at Hatch
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Julia M. Smith
I\'m an audio showrunner and producer based in the LA area. Currently, as Senior Producer at Hatch, I create science-backed sleep content for adults and families. Over 16+ years, I\'ve developed and produced award-winning audio content across talk, interview, storytelling, scripted fiction, and narrative documentary formats for NPR, Stitcher, Spotify, Wondery, Team Coco, iHeart, QCODE, Earwolf, and Maximum Fun. I co-created and produced Sound Detectives, the debut kids and family podcast from Stitcher and LeVar Burton Entertainment, featuring LeVar Burton.
Experience
Senior Producer, Kids Content
Jan 2025 — Present
Lead production on flagship audio franchises for children (0-6) and adults, including the Signal- and Ambie-award nominated LULU\'S LATE NIGHT; STORIES & SONGS WITH STARLIGHT; MOON STORIES; and HATCH CLASSICSDevelop character-driven content that integrates sleep science and CBT techniques to support healthy sleep habits and reduce bedtime resistance for familiesManage cross-functional partnerships with product, design, marketing, and engineering teams to align content strategy with business objectives including subscription retention and hardware integrationBuild and maintain freelance talent network including writers, voice actors, composers, and sound designers to scale quality content productionCreate production documentation and systematic processes to enable external partnerships and ensure brand consistency across all content
Education
University of San Francisco
B.A., English, Gender and Sexualities Studies
2003 — 2007
American University
USF in DC, Journalism
2005 — 2005
Skills
- Copy Editing
- Marketing
- Social Networking
- Storytelling
- Television
- Interviews
- Social Media
- Editorial
- Media Relations
- Podcast
- Podcasting
- Radio Producing
- Copywriting
- New Media
- Radio Production
- Journalism
- Writing
- Editing
- Books
- Blogging
- Research
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