Audio QC Engineer

This is a Full Time Job

Description

Job title: Audio QC Engineer

Responsible to: Senior Director, Artist Engagement and R&D - Advanced Audio Technologies

Department: Advanced Audio Technologies / Process Innovation

Location of work: Abbey Road Studios / 4PS / Remote

Music is Universal

It's the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world's leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [email protected]

The A Side: A Day in The Life

UMG is actively exploring innovations in how music content can be used in the Wellness and Mindfulness space. We seek an individual who brings expertise to meet technical and creative standards for our audio products.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be Technical
• Test music content against various technical specifications
• Ensure a high level of quality control around audio and metadata

Be Organised
• Support asset management activities including:
• timely delivery of assets against commercial deadlines
• storage & archiving processes

Be Creative
• Assemble /compile and master playlists
• Work creatively with assets in addition to standard mix engineering tasks (depending on experience)

Person Specification

Necessary
• Experience as an audio engineer or producer
• Experience working with artists, managers, producers and labels
• Needs to be extremely well organised
• Some experience in remixing / composition
• Good communication skills
• Professional / semi-professional experience in mastering processes and tools
• Proficient in DAWs Pro Tools and/or Logic or similar
• Thorough understanding around various mixing techniques, waveform theory and synthesis
• IT experience
• Attention to detail
• Exceptional customer service and collaboration skills
• Ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines

Desirable
• Experience in immersive audio
• Good knowledge across music genres and artists across time periods
• Has an interest in the wellness sector as it relates to music e.g. Sound healing, music for meditation etc
• A background in creating music and understanding of music theory is beneficial

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits
• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know...

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.