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Accessibility Audio Producer (Onsite)

  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Digital Media
  • Video Production
  • Marketing
  • Marcom
  • Advertising
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Job Summary

The Marcom Post Production Department (PPD) is a full-service post production organization comprised of the following devisions: creative editorial, grading, audio, visual effects, encoding, and accessibility. The PPD teams have a sense of pride in the work being produced, a shared sense of purpose as a group, and is known for delivering the highest quality creative content. The ideal candidate is highly creative, strong technically, and has a proven track record of delivering on large-scale productions. 

The accessibility audio producer works within the post production team, leading the audio description efforts and leads a team of writers, directors, audio engineers, and voice talent to create descriptive audio mixes to accompany Apple's English-language marketing video content. This role works closely with other post production teams (especially Closed Captioning and Encoding), as well as video producers, video delivery managers, interactive, and accessibility stakeholders across the organization. A successful accessibility audio producer will have a deep grasp of both audio description/video accessibility standards as well as the video production pipeline, and will be able to confidently advise and respond to requests from a variety of sources.

The accessibility audio producer should expect to interact with a broad cross-section of video content. Primarily, the team makes customer-facing content for apple.com accessible; this includes short product videos, how-tos, shot-on-device demo content, and more. Long-form content such as product launches and other keynote addresses are a core responsibility of the audio description team. Additionally, the team supports select internal-facing content such as employee communications meetings and training videos.

Key Qualifications

  • Experience as an audio producer at an offline editorial house, in-house advertising agency, or production company
  • Deep understanding of audio description and video accessibility standards
  • Extensive experience with digital media production
  • Experience with post production workflows, including knowledge of common recording and playback formats and standards
  • Strong English language skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
  • Willingness to adapt to global delivery times and schedules
  • Proven track record of meeting production deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Familiarity with full range of Apple products and services
  • Proficiency in Pro Tools and applicable audio processing applications and plugins

Description

  • Coordinate with video producers and other video content creators at Apple to provide audio description and accessibility services
  • Manage end-to-end original audio description production.
  • Lead a team of audio engineers, writers, and voice talent to create descriptive audio tracks
  • Perform quality control reviews on all produced audio description mixes
  • Drive projects through to completion, managing workflow and overseeing process from start to finish
  • Act as subject matter expert and advocate for video accessibility at Apple
  • Assist with audio engineering as needed
  • Act as a champion of Apple brand standards in all aspects of creative work.

Education and Experience

  • 10+ years of video accessibility experience required
  • Bachelor's or equivalent degree preferred
QUALIFICATION/ LICENSURE :
  • Preferred years of experience : 10+ Years
  • Travel Required : No travel required
  • Business Day Timings: 9 AM to 5 PM
Assignment Location
Sunnyvale, California
Pay (Varies based on Experience and Location)
USD 76.47 - USD 99.18 Per Hour
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