Audio engineer

Location: New York City - Onsite position at One Manhattan West

Start date: November 3, 2025

Term: 3-6 months

Hours: 9 am-6 pm ET (flexible to start earlier or work late as required by business needs)

Compensation Range: $35-$40 per hour

We're seeking a talented and motivated creative Audio Engineer to manage and execute all high-quality audio production across our diverse media portfolio. Based primarily in our state-of-the-art New York City Hudson Yards studios, you will be the backbone of our sound. This pivotal role requires you to lead and coach voice talent both in-studio and virtually, ensuring every production—from on-location video shoots to our growing range of audio and video podcast series—achieves a polished, professional sound. We need your strong background in audio equipment setup, mixing, editing, and sound design. If you have the technical mastery to deliver pristine audio and the excellent communication skills to effectively direct talent and collaborate with creative teams, join us and play a key role in defining the auditory experience of our marketing and communications content.

Responsibilities:

• Expect to be responsible for setting up and running audio equipment for video recordings and live webcasts, accurately mixing a clean recording for interviews/leadership messages using multichannel audio board and recording video podcasts and remote-recording platforms.
• Direct voice talent to capture best audio takes and record and mix onsite voice-over sessions with voice talent in the audio studio's recording booth using multichannel audio board.
• Create audio intros and outros, sound design, music, stingers to polish final product and create final audio mix for edited videos.
• Edit multi-camera video podcasts and archive media files.
• Manage all phases of podcast production, record audio and video podcasts using cloud-based platforms (Open Reel, Social Live), clean audio to a fine degree of precision, generate and correct transcripts and encode mp3 for both streaming efficiency and quality.
• Identify, research and recommend new audio technologies, equipment needs, updates, enhancements and procedures through awareness of developing technology.
• Establish best practices on effective creative and technical audio-editing processes, methods, techniques, and audio/visual equipment and procedures

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Audio Engineering, Music Production, Film Production, Media Studies, Communications or equivalent training and work experience.
• Digital creative portfolio demonstrating audio in videos/podcasts and audio mixing, video-editing abilities, and conceptual thinking and sound design skills.
• 5 years of experience as an audio engineer supporting projects on-site and virtually in a media production environment.
• Audio and video podcast production and editing experience using multiple remote feeds along with sound design post work.
• Experience with audio mixing in-studio for live shows and on location for broadcast, agency or corporate.
• Expertise with mics, mixers, stand-alone recorders and CPU-based recording tools and ability to set up microphones for talent.
• Experience with signal flow in studio, types of cables, connections, and redundancies.
• Understanding audio features in video cameras, and how to interface from the board, ability to navigate issues with connections between different systems.
• Technical expertise in leading audio and video-editing tools, including Adobe Audition, Premiere, and After Effects, Sound Forge, Pro Tools (preferred) and Audacity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Teams, Outlook and Mac/ Windows platforms.
• Detail-oriented with a passion for delivering high-quality audio and video content.
• Excellent project management, client service, communication, interpersonal, coaching and teaming skills.
• Advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to think on your feet to resolve issues and work around problems that arise during live webcasts.
• Ability to flex schedule to meet the needs of the business - occasional travel may be required.

JOBID: JN -102025-112222

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Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [email protected].

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.