Mayor Rob Ford’s newest staffer is the man who produced his weekly radio show.

Dan Jacobs, a part-time Newstalk 1010 producer who handled weekend shows including Ford’s “The City,” was seen in the mayor’s office on Tuesday. Jacobs confirmed on Tuesday evening that he is leaving Newstalk to work for Ford.

He said he starts at city hall on Friday. He referred further questions to Ford’s acting press secretary, who did not respond to late requests for comment.

Ford has now added six staffers to replace the six who have resigned or been fired since he became embroiled three weeks ago in a scandal over a cellphone video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine. (He denies that such a video exists and that he uses crack.) The new staffers have significantly less political and professional experience than the old.

Jacobs, who is expected to serve in a junior role, has no known experience in politics. According to his LinkedIn page, he has owned a DJ company for 18 years, was a division manager at a manufacturer that makes ski and snowboard products between 2005 and 2010, and joined Newstalk in December 2010, the same month Ford took office.

In February, he said on Twitter that he was beginning “yet another new job,” this one as a researcher and fact-checker for a TV game show.

He worked for the city as a lifeguard and aquatics instructor between 1998 and 2002, according to the LinkedIn page. His education is listed as Earl Haig Secondary School. Mike Bendixen, Newstalk’s program director, said Jacobs began at the station as an intern.

Ford has not yet found permanent replacements for the two most senior aides he has lost: chief of staff Mark Towhey, whom he fired, and press secretary George Christopoulos, who resigned.