Job description
PulseWave Studio is seeking a passionate Music Producer & Studio Engineer to join our creative team in Nashville. You will guide projects from concept to final mix, collaborating with artists, songwriters, and session players. Our state-of-the-art facility blends analog and digital gear to deliver commercially compelling records.
As part of our lineup, you’ll shape arrangements, select mics and plugins, approve vocal takes, and oversee the mixing and mastering process to ensure loudness, clarity, and musical impact across genres from indie to contemporary pop.
We offer a collaborative work environment, ongoing professional development, and the opportunity to contribute to a growing catalog of award-winning tracks. If you are driven by sound, storytelling, and the pursuit of sonic excellence, we want to hear from you.
Responsibility
- Lead the creative direction for recording sessions, translating artists' ideas into concrete tracks.
- Design and execute tracking plans, mic choices, and gear usage for drums, vocals, guitars, and keyboards.
- Collaborate with engineers, session musicians, and vocalists to optimize performances and capture the best takes.
- Oversee editing, comping, arrangement, and tuning to deliver radio-ready demos and finished masters.
- Manage project timelines, session scheduling, and delivery milestones with clients.
- Guide the mixing and mastering process, ensuring balance, loudness, and tonal integrity across genres.
- Mentor junior engineers and interns; contribute to studio operations, gear maintenance, and workflows.
Qualification
- 5+ years of hands-on production or engineering experience in a professional setting.
- Proficiency in DAWs (Pro Tools, Logic Pro) and high-end plugins (UAD, Waves, FabFilter, Soundtoys).
- Strong vocal/instrument recording and editing skills with exceptional mic technique.
- Proven ability to arrange, produce, mix, and master tracks across multiple genres; compelling portfolio required.
- Excellent communication, project management, and collaboration skills; ability to work with artists of varying experience.
- Experience with analog gear, outboard processing, and room acoustics; knowledge of room treatment recommended.
- Basic understanding of licensing, publishing, and distribution processes is a plus.