PodSummit YYC 2024 Speaker Profile

Liz Hames

Director, Audience Growth, JAR Audio

Session Speaker, Panelist


ABOUT

Liz brings an audience-centered approach to podcast audience development, focusing on finding and growing the right audiences. 

As Director of Audience Growth at JAR, a branded podcast agency, Liz leads a team of specialists focused on growing audiences authentically for our clients’ shows. Her approach is deeply informed by her decade+ of experience in journalism and podcast production. While working as a radio producer at CBC, she created, wrote and hosted an award-winning investigative podcast called Slumtown. Recently, she worked as a podcast consultant on the award-winning podcast Freeway Exit, where she advised on both production and promotion. She joined Pacific Content in 2020 as a showrunner, and later joined the audience development team, working with clients such as Red Hat, Facebook, Morgan Stanley and Atlassian.


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Speaker Session

Title: Designing Podcasts For Growth - How to Build a Community of Loyal Listeners Around your Show

Presented by: JAR Audio

πŸ—“ Friday September 20th, 2024

πŸ• 11:30 am - 12:30 am

πŸ“ The Flanagan Theatre

Speaking at PodSummit YYC 2024

Panel

Title: Building a Career in the Podcasting Industry

πŸ—“ Saturday September 21st, 2024

πŸ• 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

πŸ“ The Studio