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Taziki's Cafe

General Manager- Ivy Market

Roanoke, VA · On-site

$55K - $65K/yr

Mastering menu and product knowledge * Preparing catering orders with your team * Supporting or ... slicer, mixer and food processor. Your Physical Requirements: (with or without a reasonable ...

Taziki's Cafe

General Manager- Innsbrook

Glen Allen, VA · On-site

$55K - $65K/yr

Mastering menu and product knowledge * Preparing catering orders with your team * Supporting or ... slicer, mixer and food processor. Your Physical Requirements: (with or without a reasonable ...

Taziki's Cafe

General Manager- Stonehenge

Midlothian, VA · On-site

$55K - $65K/yr

Mastering menu and product knowledge * Preparing catering orders with your team * Supporting or ... slicer, mixer and food processor. Your Physical Requirements: (with or without a reasonable ...

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What are mixing and mastering in music production?

Mixing and mastering are two crucial steps in the music production process. Mixing involves adjusting and combining individual tracks (like vocals, drums, and instruments) to create a cohesive and balanced sound. Mastering comes after mixing and is the final step to polish the overall track, ensuring consistency, clarity, and optimal loudness across all playback systems. Both processes are essential for producing professional-sounding music that is ready for release.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a mixing and mastering engineer?

To thrive as a Mixing and Mastering Engineer, you need a deep understanding of audio engineering principles, critical listening skills, and often a degree or certification in audio production. Mastery of digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Pro Tools or Ableton Live, as well as familiarity with plugins and studio hardware, is crucial. Strong attention to detail, creativity, and good communication skills help engineers interpret artists’ visions and deliver high-quality sound. These skills ensure professional, polished audio productions that meet industry standards and satisfy client expectations.

What are some common challenges faced by mixing and mastering engineers, and how can they be addressed?

Mixing and mastering engineers often encounter challenges such as working with poorly recorded tracks, tight deadlines, and meeting diverse client expectations. Effective communication with artists and producers is essential to clarify the desired sound and make revisions efficiently. Additionally, managing ear fatigue by taking breaks and maintaining a well-calibrated listening environment helps ensure consistent, high-quality results. Staying updated with the latest audio technologies and plugin advancements also supports overcoming technical hurdles.

What is the difference between Mixing And Mastering vs Audio Engineer?

AspectMixing And MasteringAudio Engineer
Primary FocusBalancing and processing individual tracks and finalizing the overall soundRecording, editing, and capturing audio in various settings
Skills & CertificationsMusic production, audio editing, DAW proficiency, acoustic knowledgeSound recording, equipment operation, acoustics, sometimes certifications in audio technology
Work EnvironmentMusic studios, post-production facilities, home studiosRecording studios, live venues, broadcast stations
Industry UsageMusic production, post-production, mastering housesBroadcasting, live sound, recording studios

While Mixing And Mastering focus on shaping the final sound of recordings, Audio Engineers handle the recording process itself. Both roles require technical skills and often overlap, but they serve different stages of audio production.

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Senior Producer, Podcasts (Audio and Video)

Middle East Broadcasting Networks

Arlington, VA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 17 days ago

Job description

Job Announcement
Senior Producer, Podcasts (Audio and Video)
(US or MENA Region)
About MBN
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) is the premier Arabic-first media organization that connects the Middle East and the United States. The company is in the midst of an exciting digital transformation and looking for energetic and talented people who care about journalism and the Middle East to join us on this journey.
We provide original and indispensable reporting, perspectives and commentary on the Middle East and how America's engagement impacts the region. MBN delivers content in both Arabic and English across multiple platforms, in formats including written articles, short-form video, newsletters, podcasts, data trackers and social media.
Our target audience is decision-makers, influencers, and residents of key capitals across the Middle East, as well as the next generation of globally engaged, digitally connected youth.
About the Role
The Senior Producer Podcasts (Audio & Video) is responsible for the development, production and oversight of MBN's entire audio/video podcast portfolio. These podcasts require the same sourcing discipline, the same editorial care, and the same respect for the audience's intelligence as anything that is published on Alhurra.com.
The Senior Producer Podcasts is responsible for creating contet in two languages - Arabic and English - and must understand that Arabic audio storytelling has a different relationship to pace, to silence, to the weight of a phrase than English audio does.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The following tasks are considered essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions:
Show Development and Editorial Direction
  • Develops, launches, and editorially oversees MBN's podcast portfolio from concept through production through distribution
  • Shapes the editorial identity of each show including how it distinguishes itself from every other podcast in its category
  • Works in both Arabic and English - developing show concepts for each language independently,
  • Collaborates with colleagues on cross-platform extensions

Production and Audio Standards
  • Manages the end-to-end production workflow for all MBN podcasts: guest booking, pre-interviews, scripting, recording, editing, sound design, mixing, mastering, and distribution
  • Sets and enforces MBN's audio quality standard - the specific standard of a long-form podcast built for a politically engaged Arabic-speaking and English-speaking audience
  • Shapes narrative arcs and episode structure
  • Integrates AI-assisted audio tools such as noise reduction, stem separation, automated leveling, transcription, translation workflow - into the production pipeline

Host and Contributor Management
  • Manages MBN's podcast hosts and recurring contributors
  • Prepares hosts thoroughly before each episode
  • Conducts pre-interviews with guests to understand their actual position before the recorded conversation
  • Works directly with Arabic-language and English-language hosts to ensure that each speaks in the register their audience expects

Performance and Audience
  • Tracks listenership, completion rates, share behavior, and audience feedback across all platforms and brings specific editorial recommendations from that data
  • Works with the Platform & Distribution Editor to ensure that each episode is optimized for its distribution platform - title, description, clip selection, and timing

Other Duties:
Perform additional job-related duties and take on new responsibilities as needed based on organizational requirements and circumstances.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Candidates are required to have:
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Journalism, audio/video production, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
  • Full professional bilingual fluency in Arabic and English - editorial fluency and working fluency.
  • 5+ years of experience in podcast production or long-form journalistic audio storytelling at a news organization or public broadcaster.
  • Demonstrated experience building and producing shows for Arabic-language audiences.
  • Strong narrative and editorial instincts
  • Experience managing audio teams, hosts, and guests across multiple productions simultaneously
  • Fluency in AI-assisted audio production tools and an understanding of their specific limitations in Arabic-language contexts.
  • Experience with podcast distribution platforms - Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Deezer - and an understanding of the specific audience behavior on each in the MENA market

Preferred
  • Background in journalism or news production
  • Experience developing bilingual or multilingual audio products
  • Familiarity with MBN's coverage areas - U.S. foreign policy, the Gulf, Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, extremism and security

MBN is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.

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