Freelance Audio Engineer

Freelance Audio Engineer

Santa Monica
Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Freelance Audio Engineer to support AAA video game and linear content production on an as-needed basis. This is an in-person production role embedded within our Santa Monica facility.
The engineer will record, edit, mix, and deliver high-quality audio across multiple active projects, including AAA video games, animated series, advertising campaigns, and marketing content. This role requires technical excellence, calm professionalism with talent and clients in the room, and the ability to manage large volumes of assets across concurrent productions.
This position operates within a fast-paced, high-expectation creative environment where precision, organization, and delivery discipline are critical.
Key Responsibilities

Dialogue Recording & Editorial
Record voice talent to broadcast and AAA game standards
Engineer client-attended sessions with producers, directors, and executives present
Perform detailed dialogue editing, cleanup, conforming, and file prep to technical specifications
Ensure tonal consistency across large narrative projects
Mixing & Finishing
Mix linear television, advertising, and marketing content
Prepare stems and final deliverables to spec for broadcast, streaming, and digital distribution
Maintain technical QC standards and meet technical delivery standards
Game Production Support
Edit and prepare dialogue assets for interactive implementation
Manage large asset counts with strict naming conventions and version control
Collaborate with sound design, implementation, and production teams
Deliver clean, organized, implementation-ready files
Motion Capture/Sound Stage Recording
Record dialogue and production audio on motion capture stages
Manage multi-channel wireless microphone workflows
Manage RF signal chains in challenging environments
Manage gain stages to the highest standards
Provide live mixes to relevant stakeholders as needed
Coordinate with stage technicians, capture supervisors, and production teams
Ensure sync integrity at all times
Operational Discipline
Manage multiple projects simultaneously with shifting priorities
Maintain impeccable session organization and documentation
Hit delivery deadlines without compromising technical quality
Troubleshoot technical issues independently and efficiently
Required Experience & Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of professional experience as an audio engineer
Extensive experience recording with clients and talent in the room
Proven expertise editing dialogue at a high narrative and technical level
Strong mixing experience for linear television and advertising
Deep familiarity with broadcast and streaming delivery specifications
Experience recording on motion capture stages
Proficiency with industry-standard wireless microphone systems
Advanced Pro Tools proficiency and session management discipline
Demonstrated ability to manage large asset libraries and complex session workflows
Strong communication skills and calm, client-facing professionalism
Technical Competencies

Dialogue cleanup, restoration, and precision editing
Loudness standards compliance (broadcast and streaming)
Stem printing and versioning workflows
Multi-mic wireless coordination and RF management
Sync workflows for performance capture environments
Asset naming, metadata tagging, and delivery packaging
Personal Attributes

Meticulous and detail-oriented
Composed under pressure
Efficient without sacrificing craft
Organized across multiple concurrent productions
Collaborative and production-minded
Work Environment

On-site only in Santa Monica, CA
Embedded within a AAA production pipeline
Client-attended sessions are frequent
High confidentiality environment