Job Description
This job post is for the role of an audio/podcast editor for the third season of ?At the Back of Your Mind? ? a mental health podcast produced by the KCL-based digital magazine Inspire the Mind.
The editor will provide administrative and creative support to the ITM team in the editing and publication of Season 3 of At the Back of Your Mind. The editor is expected to ensure the high-quality audio for all episodes.
This is a remote role; the editor must have their own suitable computer and software.
This season is comprised of 6 episodes, for which editing notes have been written. The editing will require the following tasks:
- Thorough review of the raw audio recordings (each episode roughly 1 hour long, 4 speakers).
- Editing down the recordings to around 30 minutes per episode, based on the editing notes provided.
- Cleaning the background noise of each speaker/track.
- Removing any other noise and any unnecessary comments (i.e., planning between hosts, comments made ?to the editor?, or any other comments not related to the conversation).
- Quality and volume matching of all tracks.
- Smooth transitioning between speakers and segments (i.e., from intro to jingle to speakers to mid-episode break to speakers to outro jingle to credits).
Additional tasks involved:
- Regular communication with the Producer Professor Carmine Pariante to discuss progress, concerns, and questions.
- Incorporate feedback from the Producer and podcast team as needed.
- Maintain editing notes/log for each episode.
- Note down and produce highlight clips for social media team.
About Inspire the Mind
Inspire the Mind (ITM) is an inclusive digital magazine that focuses on the intersection between mental health, science, and society. ITM brings a different perspective from other mental health magazines, and we do this with the help of our diverse group of writers with lived experience and academics who have dedicated their lives to research. We want to complement people?s accounts by discussing the scientific evidence underpinning these personal experiences, while also sharing with our readers ongoing research and clinical work, discussion pieces, and the various links between culture and mental health. Ultimately, we want to impact mental health literacy and reduce the stigma around mental health.
In addition to our editorial work on the digital magazine, the ITM team has produced the successful ?At the Back of Your Mind? Podcast.
QualificationsThis post is open to all students regardless of qualification.
SkillsExperience with audio editing/mixing is required for this role. Where available, please provide links to examples of previous work with a description of specific involvement in the productions.This role requires a highly organised individual who is able to manage and speed up the editorial process and produce publication-ready episodes in a timely manner.
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