Manager, Sound Design and Audio Engineering

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Overview

Paramount is looking for a Manager, Sound Design and Audio Engineering to join the team in Los Angeles or New York. The manager leads all audio development across Paramount Creative and Strategy. This role centers on high level sound design, detailed mixing, and full technical ownership of the department’s audio pipeline. The manager is a hands-on creative who understands narrative rhythm, pacing, and sound as a storytelling tool. They collaborate across editorial, design, screens, brand, events, social content, and experiential work with consistency, taste, and technical accuracy. Composing ability is a valued preference and strengthens the role. Visual arts and AI capabilities such as editing, motion design literacy, Runway, Sora, and Eleven Labs are a bonus. This position reports to the Paramount, Creative & Strategy Executive Producer.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead all sound design and mixing across Paramount Creative and Strategy projects including editorial, motion graphics, screens, brand, social, presentation, experiential, and internal communications
• Build detailed soundscapes, custom sound effects, environmental textures, and audio treatments that elevate storytelling and design in both long form and short form content
• Deliver fast turnaround mixes and sound design for social media, short form campaigns, and rapid response creative
• Create dynamic and impactful audio for sizzles, sales tapes, recaps, and high energy internal or external business content
• Direct voice over sessions, interviews, talent records, and in room sessions
• Record clean production sound on set including interviews, dialogue, ambience, and effects
• Maintain and troubleshoot all audio hardware, software, plug ins, musical instruments, electronic instruments, and workstations
• Oversee audio workflows, deliverable standards, session organization, versioning, archiving, and technical consistency
• Collaborate closely with editors, motion designers, producers, screens teams, creative directors, and executive team
• Manage junior audio support, freelancers, and external vendors
• Deliver polished mixes for linear playback, looping environments, adaptive installations, large format displays, social platforms, and multi-platform outputs
• Maintain and grow organized sound effect libraries, sample libraries, instrument libraries, and audio databases
• Support innovation by incorporating modern workflows, new tools, and evolving AI assisted sound practices

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-7+ years professional experience in sound design, audio engineering, and mixing for visual media
• Expert proficiency in Pro Tools, Logic, and modern plug-in ecosystems

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of signal flow, microphones, recording techniques, audio repair tools, noise reduction, cleanup workflows, mixing, mastering, and gain staging
• Experience capturing production audio across a variety of environments including studios, offices, remote locations, and field settings
• Creative instincts for pacing, rhythm, short form punch, long form immersion, and sound driven storytelling
• Experience directing talent and managing organized voice over sessions
• Impressive communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• Highly organized with attention to detail and the ability to work accurately and professionally under deadlines
• Ability to compose original music in a variety of styles
• Experience adapting musical ideas to editorial, motion, and design driven content
• Working knowledge of musical instruments including keyboards, guitars, percussion, and other studio instruments
• Strong comfort with electronic instruments, drum machines, digital samplers, modular tools, and modern software based instruments
• Understanding of virtual instruments, sample libraries, synthesizers, sound creation, and composition workflows
• Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere or After Effects
• Ability to support simple animation, timing adjustments, transitional elements, or audio driven visual tasks
• Experience with modern creative tools such as Runway, Sora, or Eleven Labs
• Familiarity with integrating audio into design, editorial, motion, and screens pipelines
• Experience using 3D tools such as Blender or Cinema 4D
• Comfort working alongside AI assisted creative workflows and hybrid post production environments

Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, and Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hiring Salary Range: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00. 

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.  The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable,  as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible.  

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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