Position Overview
The Audio Engineer is responsible for the full audio pipeline across all FASTer Way productions. This includes planning, recording, editing, mixing, mastering, music selection, and sound design. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver who can deliver polished, consistent audio in a fast-paced production environment. This role is on-site in Clearwater, Florida, with occasional travel for live shoots and flexibility during peak production cycles.
Key Responsibilities
- Pre-Production and Recording: Collaborate with producers, videographers, and trainers to define audio needs. Select, prepare, and set up microphones, mixers, interfaces, wireless systems, and recording rigs. Manage routing, gain staging, and signal flow. Record clear, high-quality audio for workouts, trainings, internal videos, promotional content, podcasts, and webinars.
- Post-Production and Editing: Edit and mix multi-track audio using professional DAWs such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or Adobe Audition. Remove breaths, mouth noises, background noise, and artifacts. Apply EQ, compression, gating, and mastering to deliver broadcast-quality dialogue and music.
- Music and Sound Design: Select or arrange high-energy music for workouts, intros, and promotions. Create stingers, transitions, and sound effects to enhance storytelling and maintain brand consistency.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure final audio meets loudness standards and plays consistently across devices and platforms. Test audio in multiple listening environments.
- Equipment Management: Inspect, maintain, and troubleshoot audio equipment. Stay current on industry best practices and technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Three or more years of professional audio engineering experience for video, broadcast, or digital media
- Strong proficiency operating and maintaining mixers, microphones, wireless systems, and recording interfaces
- Advanced editing and mixing skills, including dialogue cleanup and balancing audio with music
- Proficiency with major DAWs such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Adobe Audition, or Ableton Live
- Experience with music selection, sound design, and licensing
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Bachelor’s degree or certificate in Audio Engineering, Sound Design, or related field preferred, or equivalent experience