Sound Designer

Stage App; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

STAGE Technologies Private Limited is seeking a Sound Designer — Audio Lead & Creator Mentor to mentor creators in delivering high‑quality sound and to personally handle hands‑on mix, restoration, and design on flagship titles, including AI‑native audio for Stage Studio.

The role covers building an audio standard, certification path, and hands‑on work across mobile, TV, and online delivery, with a focus on regional language content and strong quality control under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in post‑production sound for film/series/OTT with shipped credits.
• Proven mentoring track record with former mentees now working independently.
• Strong command of loudness standards and delivery specs (LUFS, true peak, LRA).
• Showreel demonstrating dialogue‑forward mixing, not only sound design.
• Experience with mobile‑first mixing or related constraints.
• Fluency in Hindi; regional language dialogue judging is a plus.
• Ability to maintain quality under deadline pressure and teach others.
• Willingness to train and delegate tasks to others.

Responsibilities

• Build and run a structured audio curriculum and certification program for creators.
• Hold final audio sign-off and quality gate across all titles and promos.
• Define and maintain the house audio standard across all delivery platforms.
• Deliver hands‑on dialogue editing, ADR/dubbing supervision, Foley, ambience, and final mixes.
• Manage AI‑generated/voice‑cloned dialogue issues and continuity concerns.
• Supervise dub mixes and keep clean M&E stems for easy redubs.
• Mentor in‑house sound resources, freelancers, and vendor studios.

Skills

Post-production sound

Mentoring

Loudness standards

Dialogue editing

ADR/dubbing supervision

Foley design

AI audio tools

Python scripting

Tools

Pro Tools

iZotope RX

LUFS meter

FabFilter/Waves

Job description

STAGE Technologies Private Limited | Full time

Started in 2019, STAGE is an entertainment platform for regional cultures known for producing premium quality content in Indian languagesto reinforce, protect and validate people’s sense of identity for their culture and heritage.

We currently focus on Haryanvi, Rajasthani and Bhojpuri languages. Our mobile apps have 15 Mn+ downloads and 4 Mn+ paying customers globally. That makes STAGE the biggest media platform in these regions.

In 2023, STAGE was also featured on Shark Tank India S2. Watch our story here .

Job Description

Sound Designer — Audio Lead & Creator Mentor STAGE

About the Role

Every title STAGE releases is watched on a phone speaker, ₹500 earbuds, or a smart TV in a noisy room — and sound is where most of that experience is won or lost. We're looking for a Sound Designer who can do two things at once: mentor our creators to design and deliver great sound themselves, and personally handle the specialist work and final quality bar that every release needs.

This isn't a mixing-desk-only role. You'll build the audio standard, curriculum, and certification path for an entire creator base, while also owning hands‑on mix, restoration, and design work on our flagship titles — including AI-native audio for Stage Studio.

What You'll Do

• Build and run a structured audio curriculum and certification program that takes creators from basic mix problems to independent, on-spec delivery
  
• Hold final audio sign-off and quality gate across every title, promo, trailer, and short-form asset
  
• Define and maintain the house audio standard — loudness targets, file specs, QC checklist — across all delivery platforms (mobile, CTV, YouTube, short-form, broadcast)
  
• Deliver hands‑on dialogue editing, cleanup, ADR/dubbing supervision, Foley, ambience design, and final mixes on flagship titles
  
• Clean up and design space for AI‑generated/voice‑cloned dialogue — solving continuity, room tone, and artifact issues unique to synthetic audio
  
• Supervise dub mixes and maintain clean M&E stems so any title can be redubbed into another regional language without a remix
  
• Mentor in‑house sound resources, freelancers, and vendor studios, and help shape the hiring bar for future audio roles
  

What We're Looking For

• 6-10 years in post‑production sound for film, series, or OTT, with shipped credits
  
• A genuine track record of mentoring — people you trained who now work independently
  
• Strong command of loudness standards and delivery specs (LUFS, true peak, LRA) and the ability to explain them clearly to non‑technical creators
  
• A showreel demonstrating dialogue‑forward mixing, not just sound design highlights
  
• Experience with or clear understanding of mobile‑first mixing
  
• Fluency in Hindi; ability to judge dialogue/dialect quality in a regional language is a strong plus
  
• Comfort holding a quality bar under deadline pressure
  
• Genuine willingness to teach and delegate rather than do it all yourself
  

Good to Have

• Dubbing supervision across regional Indian languages
  
• Experience building a QC process or standard from scratch
  
• Experience writing documentation or running training/workshops
  
• 5.1 or immersive mixing credits
  
• Scripting ability (Python, batch processing, loudness automation)
  

Tools: Pro Tools (or Nuendo/Reaper), iZotope RX, a BS.1770-compliant loudness meter, FabFilter/Waves/Soothe, and working familiarity with AI audio tools (TTS, voice cloning, source separation).