Sound Editor (Audio) London, England
Job description
At Penguin Random House Audio, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, we are dedicated to making the very best audiobooks. Working with exceptional acting talent, producers and studios, we publish award-winning and bestselling audiobooks such as Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series, Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other, Stephen Fry’s Troy and Dr Julie Smith’s Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
We have an exciting opportunity to join this fast-paced postproduction team as a Sound Editor, responsible for delivering edited audio projects on time and to the highest industry standards.
The Opportunity
Reporting into our Senior Sound Editor, you will play a lead role delivering high-quality and innovative audiobooks across Penguin Random House.
Day to day, you can expect to be:
Spending most of your time carefully and efficiently crafting our audio content to the highest standards
Taken dozens of audiobooks per year from raw audio to finished product – content will include anything from single voice crime thrillers to children’s picture book adaptations.
Cleaning and fine-tuning audio to create the perfect listening experience
Throughout the production process, participating in a culture of good communication with producers and proofers, as well as actively sharing feedback on recordings.
Providing editing support to other teams around the business, for instance editing and mixing marketing assets for broadcast or streaming.
What you’ll bring
We’d love to hear from you if you are skilled in audio production and have a keen interest in books and literature. We don’t need you to have worked for a publisher before or have even worked on audiobooks, but you will need to:
Have between 1-3 years’ experience in sound engineering whether that be for podcasts, radio or TV. You’ll need to be well versed in speech editing in particular.Have experience using audio editing software such as Pro Tools, Izotope RX or similar.
Have exceptional organizational skills, a strong ability to prioritise work, and a track record of turning around audio content to strict deadlines
Be able to communicate with stakeholders from around the business in a professional and clear way
Have high attention to detail and a meticulous approach to your work
Bring a positive attitude to work and be solutions focused, providing a calm and swift service for the business
If you’d like to help to shape the future of audiobooks, the fastest-growing area of publishing, please apply to us with a CV and cover letter by midnight on Sunday 5th February.
What you can expect from us:
Salary: Between £28,500 - £32,700 depending on how your skills and experience align with the role, plus bonus and benefits
While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person at our offices in Embassy Gardens. We are open to discussing the exact balance of office to remote working through the recruitment process.
Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:
- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the 'offer an interview' scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview. We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://[email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability
We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: http://booktradeentrysupport.org/
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee
Company: The Random House Group Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11
Job ID: 246045
