Studio Assistant

Job Description

• Equipment Set-up - selecting musical tracks and preparing them for an artist to record over, laying cables, adjusting microphones, running kilns and performing sound checks.
• Equipment Maintenance - Checking recording equipment, tweaking settings to ensure the best possible sound. Update equipment log.
• Client Communication - manage the studio's calendar, educate first-time clients about studio policies and equipment use and greet clients when they first enter the studio.
• Clean-up and Post Recording Duties - take-down after a recording session, cleaning and disinfecting the equipment, moving it to a new location or taking down and storing large pieces of equipment. Make preliminary corrections to a recording, record samples of what a recording might sound like with a particular track added or consult with sound engineers to determine how to fix a singer's voice or an intrusive background noise.
• Office Support - calendar management, phones, mail sorting, supplies inventory, pick up food and supplies for sessions.