Sound Engineer - London

Forever Audio Limited; City of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audio services company based in Central London seeks an experienced Sound Engineer to join their team. You will be responsible for engineering a variety of audio sessions, running voiceover projects, and interacting with clients. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of audio engineering experience and a strong understanding of ProTools. They offer a competitive salary and several employee benefits, including medical care and generous leave options.

Benefits

25 days leave per annum

Subsidised Bupa medical care

Life Insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan scheme

Eye Care scheme with Specsavers

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of short form advertising audio engineering.
• At least 3 years experience of client-attended Audio Post sessions.
• Great communication skills, with good email and phone-manner are important.

Responsibilities

• Engineer a range of client attended and unattended audio sessions.
• Run voiceover recording sessions and sound design projects.
• Interact with clients and host attended sessions.
• Deliver files to the team and to clients.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Experience in audio engineering

Tools

ProTools

Izotope RX

Source Connect

Cleanfeed

Job description

Overview

The Company

We are an award-winning (Cinema Audio Society, Music & Sound, Promax UK, Vox) world class leader in audio services, providing clients with a full offering to deliver any requirement needed in audio advertising, content or production across the globe.

We’re based in the UK and USA and our 8 studios in Central London are a centre of excellence. We have creative, media, studios and digital under one roof and work on: ADR, music composition, audio branding, sound design and mixing for TV, advertising and film.

Our clients include Spotify(we are their creative partner in the UK & North America),Acast, Netflix, Amazon,Cartoon Network, Disney,Guinness, Paddy Power Betfair and Audible.

We’re a mix of arty, geeky, techy, sporty, creative types who deliver exceptional products for our clients every single day. Diversity and inclusion matter to us and we are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, physical ability, neurodiversity and experience. We welcome your uniqueness.

In the last few years we’ve also donated time and money to Macmillan Cancer Support, The Malaria Foundation and Crisis, and we intend to do a lot more. We are committed to developing the audio industry and its future talent and we’re an active supporter of initiatives to inspire, train and develop young talent and open our doors to bring a diverse group of people into our industry.

We’rebig on culture, teamwork and growth opportunities, andwe’ve got exciting plans for the future which we’d love you to be part of.

Our Values

1 - We’re on the same wavelength
We''re one team.
We support each other.
We work together to achieve collective success.

2 - We hear every pin drop
We care about the details.
We deliver on what we promise.
We take responsibility.

3 - We’re all ears
We care passionately about our clients.
We provide exceptional customer service.
We build long term partnerships.

Our Culture - Defined By Our Team

We\'re creative (standard). We\'re honest and open. A swear jar would bankrupt a lot of us. We\'re all equal and we laugh at ourselves… and each other.

We\'re unconventional, productive and we do whatever it takes to get the job done. We like burgers (meat, veggie and vegan).

We always make time for each other and our clients. We live and breathe audio. We\'re people pleasers. We\'re all very different and we love that about our team.

We praise each other and recognise achievements. We like going to the pub for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. We don\'t quit, we fix. We\'re kind and caring. We make a difference. We stick together and pick each other up when it\'s needed.

We like to dance. We say please and thank you. We\'re passionate and motivated. We always leave our clients feeling good.

Key Responsibilities

Day to day you will:

• Engineer a range of client attended and unattended audio sessions.
• Confidently run voiceover recording sessions, sound design projects, editing and mixing sound to picture and audio only projects.
• You must have a strong grounding in short form advertising audio engineering and preferably experience in one of the following areas: ADR recording, long-form audio engineering / Dolby Atmos mixing
• Interact with clients and host attended sessions.
• Use the Source Connect, Cleanfeed and similar systems to record voice overs and monitor remotely.
• Deliver files to the team and to clients.
• Help with technical maintenance where required.
• Share tips and tricks with other engineers - no matter how long we’ve been doing this, we’re always learning!
• We run an engineer mentorship programme in the business, so a willingness to support more junior members of the team will be important.
• Attend occasional out of hours meetings and events, including the monthly engineers meeting.
• At least 3 years experience of client-attended Audio Post sessions.
• An in-depth understanding of short form advertising audio engineering and preferably experience in one of the following areas: ADR Recording, long-form audio engineering / Dolby Atmos mixing.
• A good experience of engineering and directing voiceover sessions.
• An exceptional ear for detail and quality. You will always recognise when something sounds good and when it doesn\'t.
• An extensive, confident knowledge of ProTools.
• Good working knowledge of Izotope RX, Source Connect, Cleanfeed and other related audio software.
• A good understanding of working to video in ProTools, including video formats and creating WIP files for clients.
• Full confidence with voice over recording, including with multiple voices and ‘down the line’ recording, plus tracklaying, sound design, editing audio, internal bouncing and creating stem files (M&Es etc) as requested.
• Confident in loudness formats and other industry standard tech specs and deliverables.
• Good organisation and time management skills.

Qualifications and Experience

• A thorough knowledge of ProTools is a must – you will be tested on this as part of the latter interview stages – including knowledge of EQ, Compression, searching for sounds, and how to treat voice files.
• Familiarity with other software that has been mentioned throughout this Job spec - the list is not exhaustive.
• You could be someone who\'s worked as a freelancer or in house at another Post House, but you must have several years of client experience.
• A degree is not a prerequisite
• Attention to detail is key, being organised is paramount.
• Great communication skills, with good email and phone-manner are important.

Bonus Points

• Fluency in other languages
• The capability to work from home on occasional projects when required

Working Hours / Requirements

This is a full time role and would be based 5 days a week at our head office on Tottenham Court Road, London. Occasional working from home may be an option depending on your setup.

9-6pm with flexibility for early starts and evening work where required.

Salary And Benefits

• Competitive salary - based on experience
• 25 days leave per annum, with 3 to be taken between Christmas & New Year. This entitlement is in addition to the usual 8 UK bank and public holidays.
• Subsidised Bupa medical care.
• Life Insurance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan scheme.
• Eye Care scheme with Specsavers.
• Help@Hand from Unum (a health and wellbeing app).

The Hiring Process

It’s really important that we are a right fit for each other. Therefore we usually have three chats; phone, online and in person. This is so we can get to know each other properly which is really important for you and us, as we want you to be with us for a long time so you need to know it’s right for you too.

If there is another way you’d like to do this, that will really give you the chance to shine, please tell us if we get in touch to chat.

Apply

Please send your CV, portfolio, and a personally written cover letter (no AI, please - we’re keen to hear from you in your own words) to [e-mail].

Please tell us why you’d like to join us and how you’d add brilliance to our team. Please use the email subject header:“Sound Engineer - Oct 25”.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK. Previous applicants are welcome.

No agencies please, we already work with preferred partners.

We\'re creative (standard). We\'re honest and open. We\'re all equal and we laugh at ourselves… and each other

We\'re unconventional, productive and we do whatever it takes to get the job done. We like burgers (meat, veggie and vegan).

We always make time for each other and our clients. We live and breathe audio. We\'re people pleasers. We\'re all very different and we love that about our team. We praise each other and recognise achievements. We like going to the pub. We don\'t quit, we fix. We\'re kind and caring. We make a difference. We stick together and pick each other up when it\'s needed.

We like to dance. We say please and thank you. We\'re passionate and motivated. We always leave our clients feeling good.