The Company

Gimlet media tells stories through audio. Our roster of podcasts includes newly-launched, critically-acclaimed shows like Homecoming, Heavyweight, and Science Vs. We’re also home to perennial favorites Reply All and StartUp. We are looking for ambitious, curious, talented, and kind people to join our team.

We come from diverse backgrounds, brought together by the desire to make amazing things, and a shared belief in working hard, embracing creativity, and supporting one another. At Gimlet, good ideas matter more than titles. People who tackle problems with creative solutions, and who love the energy of a collaborative, team-oriented creative process thrive here.

The Internship

The engineering team at Gimlet is made up of five staff members and a host of freelancers. We are responsible for lots of things: the care and safety of the company’s audio assets; organizational systems that encourage creative collaboration’ recording studio upkeep; and training new staff members in Pro Tools best practices. Above all, our job is to provide a unique and unparalleled experience for our listeners.

Our team is passionate about what we do, and we’re looking for an intern who is eager to learn, and help implement the systems we’ve developed. This is an opportunity to be part of a collaborative production process during which you’ll have daily responsibilities. Our intern will be an integral part of the team, and will be challenged technically and creatively.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain Recording Studios
• Ensure that the studios are clean and organized with all systems working at the start of each day
• Pro Tools Session Cleanup
• Organize files, clean edits and fades, name and color code tracks, import session data, and set up mix templates
• Pre-Mixing
• Study mixing practices in completed episodes, and apply base eq, compression, and aesthetic processing to new episodes in progress
• Archive Projects and Audio Files
• Save final archive of completed episodes to ensure safety and posterity of all necessary assets

What You Have:

• Curiosity and eagerness to learn
• A self-motivated approach to your work
• Exceptional and proven attention to detail
• Fluency in basic Pro Tools operation
• Working knowledge of popular recording equipment, consoles and interfaces, and general studio signal flow
• Music & composition background a plus

This is a 3-month, paid internship, based in our Brooklyn, NY offices. To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter.