FREELANCE AUDIOBOOK POST-PRODUCTION ENGINEER

DO YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR AUDIOBOOKS?

ARE YOU DRIVEN BY THE NEED TO GET THINGS DONE?

ARE YOU A CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER?

_DO YOU FIND SATISFACTION IN ORGANIZATION, PLANNING, AND COMPLETE MASTERY OF EVERY LAST TINY DETAIL? _

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, WE'VE GOT YOUR PERFECT JOB.

This role is for someone that is a kick-ass Audiobook Post-Production Engineer who also specializes in Quality Control. Your goal is to deliver a pristine-sounding audiobook that the author can be incredibly proud of. You're responsible for bringing the written story of world-renowned CEOs and thought-leaders, as well as a wide variety of athletes, entertainers, and all-around amazing humans to life in audio. 

As an Audiobook Post-Production Engineer, you're responsible for: 

• Performing a fine edit on raw recorded audiobook files
• Removing clicks and other extraneous noises that slipped into the recording
• Fixing errors in narration and mark pickups for things that can't be fixed
• Holding the narrator to script and pronunciation accuracy
• Making sure pacing is smooth and consistent
• Delivering edited files to Quality Control
• Preparing pickups for the narrator, cut in recorded pickups, and master the audio files to spec before delivering one more time to Quality Control for a spot check

As a Quality Control Engineer, you're responsible for: 

• Creating notes for distracting noises, mispronunciations, and discrepancies between narration and the text
• Being dialed in to the performance so you immediately catch when a character's voice changes
• It's second nature to you to recognize if editing was done to spec
• During spot checks, you'll make sure all fixes and pickups sound professional and that no audio was cut or duplicated, you'll check chapter heads and tales and make sure peak and RMS values are within spec
• Delivering a finalized audiobook

You'll work with the Audiobook Department at Scribe Media to ensure audiobooks are produced professionally and on schedule. Pro Tools proficiency is a must along with prior audiobook production experience! 

If you can nail the above, you're probably pretty awesome—which brings us to an important question:

WHO ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE DO?

We're SCRIBE MEDIA, and our mission is to help everyone on earth write, publish and market their book.

The problem is that writing and publishing books are, for most people, a painful and difficult process, loaded with uncertainty and aggravation. Our goal is to make it as simple as possible, so that as many people as possible can do it. 

We have multiple ways we help people do this. We can edit and publish an already written manuscript (Scribe Publishing), or we can help people write their book using a structured process with our guidance (Scribe Guided Author), or we can do a structured interview process that gets the book out of them in their words and their voice (Scribe Professional). 

And if you can't afford our services, that's fine. We give away all of our information for free. Seriously, it's called Scribe Book School, and it's better than any paid course on the internet. 

You can see some press about us here. 

And you can see some of the books we've already published here.

WHY OUR WORK MATTERS

Our company was started because a frustrated entrepreneur wanted to put all of her incredible knowledge and ideas into a book, but didn't have the time to write it or the patience to deal with the frustrating publishing process. So we solved her problem. The origin story is here.

Her book became an amazing success, and we realized the world was full of these people--_SMART PEOPLE WHO SHOULD WRITE A BOOK, BUT DON'T, BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS SO PAINFUL. _

These people want to write books, but don't have the time or desire to do it the old way, and that's why Scribe exists: WE HELP PEOPLE TURN THEIR IDEAS INTO BOOKS THAT BOTH CEMENT THEIR LEGACY AND IMPACT THE WORLD.

Our process has worked for over 1500 authors in six years, and we're growing fast. Our ultimate goal is to _HELP EVERYONE ON EARTH WRITE AND PUBLISH A BOOK. _

If we do that, we'll help create many thousands of books that would never have otherwise existed, changing the lives of millions of people. That's really exciting to us. 

To see what we mean, here are some author success stories and videos of authors talking about what their books mean to them, and to their readers.

But if you really want to see why we do this...just watch this video of an author we worked with, Philip McKernan.

WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING WITH SCRIBE?

We're not going to try to pitch you a load of corporate doublespeak bullshit about how great we are. Instead, we'll just show you proof. 

These are all real tribe members, speaking openly and honestly about all aspects of what it's like to be part of this tribe: 

The 5 Things Applicants Need to Know

Who Should Not Work At Scribe? 

What's It Like To Work At Scribe?

You can also watch The Power of Vulnerability at Work, for an excellent glimpse into how much we care about each other as people, and how we approach our relationships.

You can see a bunch more videos here, on our YouTube Channel.

This is the operating system for our tribe: The Scribe Culture Bible.

We are consistently ranked the #1 Best Place To Work in Austin.

Also, Entrepreneur Magazine said we have the #1 company culture in America.

YOU IN? AWESOME, HERE'S THE DETAILS:

LOCATION

• Remote

TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT

• Freelance

NECESSARY SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Here is the list of skills we believe are necessary for this job: 

• YOU MUST BE PROFICIENT WITH PRO TOOLS: You've successfully produced at least a handful of pristine audiobooks and have prior experience performing Post-Production and Quality Control.
• YOU ARE SELF-MOTIVATED AND VERY GOOD AT GETTING THINGS DONE: This is an absolute must. You must be the definition of a doer and very self-motivated. You thrive when you can manage yourself and your workload without someone looking over your shoulder. 
• YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH ORGANIZATION AND HAVE IMPECCABLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL: You must be the type of person who can't stand for things to be out of order. We're a fast moving young company (7 years old) and a big part of your role is to bring order to the chaos, at least in terms of Audiobooks. If you geek out over books and value the impact audiobooks have, that's a great sign. Impeccable attention to detail is so critical to this role, on the application when it asks “what is your favorite animal” we want you to write “attention to detail is my middle name”. 
• OPTIMISTIC & POSITIVE: We believe that optimism and positivity are super powers. If you have a great attitude and your default state is in a good mood, that is a skill.
• STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING: Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, embrace the unknown, and adapt to a quickly changing environment without losing the thread on project goals. You know how to create pristine sounding and flawless audiobooks! You set clear expectations for yourself and plan work in accordance with deadlines.
• YOU LIKE BOOKS AND READING: If you don't like books, reading, and bringing books to an audio format, this is probably a bad job for you.

SALARY & BENEFITS

• COMPETITIVE PAY: To be determined between the Freelancer and Scribe prior to engaging together.
• BE PART OF A TRIBE: This role is intended to begin as freelance, but there is real potential to move to full time, given you want this and you do a great job. We see ourselves as a tribe of people who are working hard together to accomplish a specific mission (help everyone on earth write, publish and market their book), in service of a larger purpose (help people share their story and leave a legacy of impact on others). We also have a pretty cool set of principles that we live by as a tribe, you should check it out,because this is the operating system for our tribe.
• FREEDOM: You can work from anywhere—we don't care. We only care that you have reliable phone and internet connections and that you do your job well.
• FUN & FAST-PACED WORK: We don't have boring days. Some are hectic, some are hard, some are incredibly rewarding...but they are never boring and never exactly the same. That's what happens when you're solving real problems for people.
• WORK WITH INTERESTING PEOPLE: Past authors include major company CEOs, famous entrepreneurs, professional athletes, and people with amazing personal stories.

EEO STATEMENT

At Scribe, we don't just accept differences — we support them, celebrate them, and as a company, we thrive on them. Scribe is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we actively look for and hire people who bring new perspectives and experiences to our tribe. Everyone has a story to share. Our CEO, JeVon “JT McCormick”, is just one Tribe Member example.  

READY TO APPLY?

Complete the application by clicking on the "Apply To Position" button. Applications will remain open until we find the perfect person for this role.

You can expect to hear back from us either way within 15 business days. BE SURE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR SPAM AND PROMOTIONS BOXES IN CASE OUR EMAILS END UP THERE! To make sure we're able to give your application the careful attention and time it deserves, please do not follow up with us unless you don't hear back from us by then. 

Please, no phone calls. Due to the number of applicants we typically receive for our career openings, we are not able to do phone interviews until later stages of the hiring process. All applicants must submit an application through our portal. 

Note: If you're on an external job site, we encourage you to apply directly from our career portal at https://scribe.breezy.hr/

We're only considering candidates located in the United States, and that are authorized to work in the United States. We will not sponsor applicants for work visas.