Freelance Sound Engineer 

The Company 
We are an award-winning (Cinema Audio Society, Music & Sound, Campaign Audio Advertising Agency of the Year 2024) 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’re big on culture, teamwork and growth opportunities, and we’ve got exciting plans for the future which we’d love you to be part of. 

Our Values
We know it’s all about getting the mix just right…

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

• Work in Pro Tools to create audio advertising content.
• Engineer a range of remote client dial-in audio sessions.
• Confidently run remote voiceover recording sessions over Cleanfeed, Source Nexus, Zoom and similar.
• Creative sound design and mixing of audio adverts.
• You must have a strong grounding in short form digital advertising audio and radio.
• Interact with clients and communicate clearly within sessions.
• Deliver files to the team and to clients.

Essential Requirements

• The capability to work from home, with an existing Pro Tools setup.
• At least 3 years experience of client-attended Audio Post sessions.
• An in-depth understanding of engineering short-form audio advertising projects.
• 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 Pro Tools.
• Good working knowledge of Izotope RX, Source Nexus, Cleanfeed and other related audio software.
• 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.
• A positive, can-do attitude!
• Good organisation and time management skills.

Qualifications and experience

• A thorough knowledge of Pro Tools 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 process 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. 
• 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

Working Hours / Requirements
This is a freelance role

Working hours subject to requirements.

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 careers@foreveraudio.com.

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: “Freelance Sound Engineer US - May 26”.

Candidates must be registered as freelance and eligible to work in the US.

No agencies please, we already work with preferred partners. 

Thank you.