311CPA: 1st Job Description

Job title: Sound Designer

Clients: Audio post-production houses for TV, film and theatre

Purpose of job

To manage the entire sound post-production process and create the sound concept for productions such as film, TV, theatre and computer games. This will involve both creating the sound effects for major events such as a battle or a shipwreck, and producing the ambient sound that creates the atmosphere and feeling of a production. The Sound Designer is then responsible for creating these sound effects and making sure they are used effectively and correctly.

Duties and responsibilities

• To balance and mix speech, effects and background music
• To provide sound effects, dialog and ambiance sounds
• To design original material
• Edit speech to fit the action on screen
• Operate a DAW
• To meet deadlines

Experience and Qualifications

• Have good hearing levels
• High level of attention to detail
• A knowledge of electronics and sound technology
• Years of experience in recording and experimenting with sound
• Has gained experience by working as an assistant sound editor- sound editor- sound designer
• To a have a vast library of sound effects
• Have a high level of technical expertise
• Innovative and imaginative ideas
• Have a Post graduate level in sound post-production or equivalent
• Able to work with in a team
• Good communication skills

Conditions

• Able to work long hours (60 hours average)
• Confined within a recording studio
• Organize work load

Income

• Starting salaries can be around £18,000 to £25,000 a year for ongoing full-time work, then on to £40,000

All job description research was taken from UK Music Jobs, Film Sound and Direct Gov.

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