Sound Designer

*Please Note: This is a rolling application and we are not necessarily actively hiring for a Sound Designer at this time.*

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Bring some of the internet’s best B2B podcasts to life!

Work on amazing and varied shows, with a kind and supportive global team.

Lower Street is a podcasting company that works with agencies, consultants, and enterprise companies to make truly excellent shows. Shows that matter, that make an impact.

We're focused on 2 things:

• Making the best podcasts we possibly can, and
• Continually learning and improving on what we do - both individually and as a team.
• From concept to distribution, we help clients to develop their ideas into fully fledged podcasts. And it's really fun.

What’s the gig?

• We’re looking for a sound designer to join our production team, and work closely with folks like Alex (Head of Post Production), and our amazing team of producers.
• In this role you’ll be taking rough cuts from producers, and turning them into highly polished, ready to publish, episodes.
• This means finessing edits, cleaning up dialogue, working on pacing, sourcing and integrating music, creating soundscapes, as well as mixing and mastering the finished product.
• To be clear, your role will not just be that of an ‘um’ and ‘ah’ remover. It will be to elevate already great content into something truly special.
• And you wont be doing this alone - we have a collaborative and supportive team of sound designers, who work alongside a team of excellent producers, and we all share one goal: To make the best possible podcasts.

Things you’ll do

• Edit a range of interview, narrative, solo, and fictional podcasts - working from a rough cut and/or brief.
• Take rough cuts from Descript, and turn them into polished episodes in Pro Tools.
• Mixing, Mastering, sourcing and placing and editing library music, making music, and anything else required to bring the best version of the content to life.
• Coordinate and take ownership of audio, session, and any other files needed to get the episode done.
• Make great use of Pro Tools, iZotope RX, Ableton, and other programs.
• Who exactly are we looking for?

In short, does this sound like you? Someone that is:

• Creative. You are able to foster and maintain the creative vision of the podcasts at Lower Street, and create work that exceeds client expectations.
• Detail-oriented. You care about the little things, and love to talk about your process with your peers.
• Proactive. You are able to take ownership of tasks, deadlines, briefs, and work efficiently with the team to get things done to deadline, every time.
• Communicative. You have excellent written and verbal communication and excel in collaboration with teammates and our hosts.
• Adaptable. You thrive when you need to find solutions, make adjustments, and receive feedback.

Why you

For this role, you ideally have:

• Extensive experience editing podcasts.
• A great ear, with the ability to mix and master your own work.
• A desire to grow and learn from other sound designers, and work with highly skilled producers.
• The ability to work to deadlines so that shows never miss schedule.
• A critical eye and a close attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.

Why us

• Work from anywhere. Your house in the country, a home studio, a yurt in the forest -- we don’t mind. As long as you have a good listening environment, and strong enough wifi.
• Truly great work culture. We’re a young and small, but established company -- you can make a real impact, but we’re not in the business of micromanagement.
• Flexible Hours. Outside of ideally having some working overlap with UK working hours, we have a globally distributed, asynchronous team.
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and public holiday policy. Just throw us some notice and share where you go on holiday!
• Equipment Budget. Headphones, audio gear, software, staplers, fax machine (probably not that last one) -- whatever you need to be set up for success.
• Professional Development Allowance. Courses, conference tickets, books -- we’re invested in you.
• Planned team retreats in really fun spots. At least once per year, we get together in cool places to collaborate and celebrate in person.
• Learn more about us here.

How to apply

• If you’re thinking: “This is totally me!” then be sure to apply here. Even if you’re thinking: “This definitely could be me!” apply anyways — we love diverse and non-traditional backgrounds.
• Please sneak the word ‘Orange’ somewhere into your application to show us you read the whole job description.
• We can’t wait to meet you!
• PS, We do receive all applications, please do not apply through the Contact Us form on the website, thank you!
• *Please note, this is a rolling application and we are not necessarily actively hiring for an Audio Engineer at this time*