Intern - Audio Engineering

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

Return Records is looking to hire a talented audio engineering/music production intern and for the fall season to amplify our brand strategy and contribute unique content to our live productions by accelerating our production process.

Partnering with our homebase of New York City Studios in Midtown Manhattan, the role of our Audio Engineering Intern will be to set-up music equipment for recording sessions, manage the tracking of MIDI and Audio tracks within key digital audio workstations (e.g., Ableton, Logic Pro, FL Studio), and collaborate with singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and percussionists to produce new tracks that can be released via Return Records and Sony Music Group.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Set-up microphones, live instruments, and MIDI controllers to record demo tracks

Set-up the audio/visual backlines for live events and/or promotional activities

Arrange demo recordings in key Digital Audio Workstations (e.g., Ableton, Logic Pro, FL Studio)

Facilitate the end-to-end workflows of studio recording sessions with singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and producers

Contribute creative input to musicians and songwriters on studio recording sessions

Host trainings and/or workshops with label artists and songwriters for how to record, finalize, and release new music

Learn from studio engineers, instrumentalists, and producers to remain up-to-date on key software, instruments, recording devices, and audio/visual processes

Contribute to marketing and strategy discussions for artist development

Recruit new singers, songwriters, instrumentalists, and producers to record and release with the record label

Manager the intake process for label recording sessions with label collaborators

Update label marketing materials and/or business documentation as needed

Job Requirements:

Experience with operating analog and digital audio equipment, including mixers, microphones, interfaces, compressors, EQs, and effects processors

Familiarity with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Reaper, or similar

Familiarity with multitrack recording, editing, mixing, and mastering across a variety of music genres and formats

Familiarity with audio signal flow and the ability to troubleshoot signal chain issues quickly and efficiently

Familiarity with acoustics, room treatment principles, and frequency response analysis

Exposure to a studio, live sound, broadcast, or post-production environment (or a mix of the above)

Prior experience delivering high-quality audio in deadline-driven environments

Prior experience collaborating with musicians, producers, content creators, or technical teams on audio production projects

Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders

Comfort working in cross-functional teams and taking creative and technical feedback in stride.

Ability to adapt quickly to new tools, workflows, and technologies in a fast-evolving audio landscape

Attention to detail and a proactive mindset for improving quality and workflow efficiency

Understands music theory or compositional structure

Certification in Pro Tools (e.g., Logic Pro, Ableton, FL Studio) preferred, but not required