Freelance Sound Designer for Trailers (Project-Based)

Freelance Sound Designer for Trailers (Project-Based)

About us
Hair Mastery is a Swiss education platform for high-end hair tutorials. We produce short, cinematic trailers. Reference vibe: modern, punchy, detail-rich sound design (e.g., link provided).

Role (per project / per trailer)
You handle end-to-end sound design & mix for 30–60s trailers: voice clean-up, SFX, sweetening, music edit, and final web masters.

What you’ll do
• Clean up and enhance VO/dialogue (denoise, de-ess, EQ, compression).
• Design and layer tasteful SFX (whooshes, hits, risers, transitions, subtle foley).
• Balance music/VO/SFX; create ---------- ntum and emotional lift.
• Loudness-conform web masters (48k/24-bit, ?16 LUFS int., max ?1 dBTP).
• Deliver stems (VO / Music / SFX) + optional M&E, plus final Premiere-compatible audio deliverables.

Skills
• Strong taste for cinematic trailer sound, tight sync, and micro-transitions.
• Organized session management; licensed libraries only.

Nice to have
• Foley recording, subtle spatial FX, music editing/licensing familiarity.

Deliverables per trailer
• 1× Stereo WAV master 48k/24-bit (?16 LUFS, ?1 dBTP).
• 1× MP3 preview.
• Stems: VO, Music, SFX (+ M&E optional).
• Session/project (well-labeled) or bounced regions for easy relink.

Workflow & timeline
• On receiving footage/brief, confirm ETA within 24h.
• Typical turnaround: 2–3 days for 30–60s trailer.
• 2 revision rounds included.
• Communicate via Mail; 2–3h CET overlap preferred.

Compensation
• Project-based. Please send your per-trailer rate for a 30–60s trailer (incl. 2 revisions).
• Payment via Wise (we cover all transfer/FX fees).

How to apply (please follow exactly)

Email/DM subject: SOUND DESIGN – [Your Name] – [$Rate per trailer] – [DAW]
Include:
1. Reel/portfolio (best 2–3 trailer pieces).
2. Before/after VO clean-up sample (short).
3. Timezone & availability, typical turnaround.
4. Confirmation that all sounds/music are properly licensed.
5. 1–2 short client references (optional).

Legal
Work-for-hire; IP transfers to Hair Mastery upon payment. NDA may be required.