Editor, Sound Design and Audio Engineering

Editor, Sound Design and Audio Engineering

44745

Creative

Full-Time

On-Site

#We Are Paramount  on a mission to unleash the power of content… you in? We’ve got the brands, we’ve got the stars, we’ve got the power to achieve our mission to entertain the planet – now all we’re missing is… YOU! Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness.

Together, we co-create moments that matter – both for our audiences and our employees – and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

Overview We are looking for a new Editor to join our Sound Design and Audio Engineering team in Los Angeles or New York. This role supports audio development across Paramount Creative and Strategy focusing on sound design, mixing, and maintaining the department's audio pipeline. The Editor is a hands-on creative who understands narrative rhythm, pacing, and sound as a storytelling tool.

They work alongside editorial, design, screens, brand, events, social content, and experiential teams with consistency, taste, and technical accuracy. This position reports to the Paramount Creative & Strategy Executive Producer.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Execute 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
• Support voice over sessions, interviews, talent records, and in room sessions
• Record clean production sound on set including interviews, dialogue, ambience, and practical effects
• Maintain and troubleshoot audio hardware, software, plug ins, musical instruments, electronic instruments, and workstations
• Support audio workflows, deliverable standards, session organization, versioning, archiving, and technical consistency
• Collaborate with editors, motion designers, producers, screens teams, creative directors, and senior management
• Coordinate with freelancers and external vendors as needed
• Deliver polished mixes for linear playback, looping environments, adaptive installations, large format displays, social platforms, and multi-platform outputs
• Maintain 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:

• 3+ years professional experience in sound design, audio engineering, and mixing for visual media

Additional Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Pro Tools, Logic, and modern plug in ecosystems
• 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 supporting voice over sessions
• Exemplary communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• Highly organized, attention to detail, and the ability to work with composure and accuracy 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, andother studio instruments
• 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 workflow

• Working knowledge…