Job Description

Audible (www.audible.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, is leading provider of spoken digital audio programming – including books of any genre, magazines, radio shows, daily newspapers and more.

The Sr. Manager, Editorial & Publisher Relations will be a key player in Audible’s major expansion of audio rights acquisition and audiobook production and publishing. The Senior Manager will be a lead editorial voice, both outward-facing (publishers, agents, authors) and inward-facing (Marketing and Merchandising), and will also act as liaison with the Content Creation and Metadata Teams. The Senior Manager will be the primary point of contact for multiple content partners.

Responsibilities include:

• Audio Rights Licensing
  • In partnership with Deal Team, act as lead editorial voice in pitching and signing large publishing (“D2D”) deals with agents/authors and publishers
  • Publisher Relations
    • Respond to and trouble-shoot inquiries from D2D and existing content partners
    • Review quarterly royalty statements for accuracy
    • Production & Promotion
      • Manage and prioritize D2D titles from publishing partners, including hand-off to Metadata and Content Creation teams for audio production
      • Work with Merchandising and Marketing Teams to identify and promote high-potential D2D titles

Basic Qualifications

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum 5 years in publishing-related field
Basic computer literacy, including Excel, Word + other standard applications
Good written and oral communications skills
Good organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to work as a member of a team and take direction

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The position of audio editor for the Content Creation department requires one to have a good solid understanding of the technical aspects of manipulating digital audio as well as a complete understanding of hard disk recording and non linear editing. These skills are a requisite to learning the various intricacies of long form digital spoken word editing.

It is also imperative that the editor has a command of the English language and its grammatical construct beyond that of common usage. This combination of skills is most often found in those who have had experience in a communications or theatrical environment and a long standing involvement in the digital media world. The Audio Editor/Production Assistant will report to the Executive Producer in charge of post production.

Key Accountabilities:

·         Working closely with all Original Content Team members to fulfill production editing needs and goals;

·         Quality control of edited material;

·         Processing audio (EQ, noise reduction, etc.);

·         Assorted clerical/filing and organizational duties

·         Maintenance of production spreadsheets;

·         Assisting in the studio recording process;

Skills/Experience Requirements:

·         A minimum of two years in audio , television or radio production

·         Meticulous attention to detail, as well as strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects with competing deadlines

·         Knowledge of audio editing and hard-disk recording software, including ProTools & SoundForge and knowledge of the audio recording process

·         A solid background in fine editing of spoken word and dramatic programming

·         An  understanding of the audio drama culture and its requirements (sense of pacing, storytelling, rhythm)

·         Creative team player who understands the audio editing culture

·         Strong communication and interpersonal skills

·         A self-motivated performer

·         Excited to work in a very fast-paced creative environment  

Audible is an Equal Opportunity Employer. When contacting recruiter@audible.com, please include a cover letter with your resume.

If you are a sharp, experienced software engineer with a creative edge, strong problem-solving skills, a solid software development foundation and the desire to be an individual contributor to Audible’s next generation technology, we want to talk with you.  Joining our team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to write software that benefits many customers around the world.

This is an extremely challenging role that demands strong technical leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Working with business representatives to define requirements and developing technical specifications
• Architecting software solutions, determine current limitations and compatibilities between subsystems, selection of new concepts and methodology, development of major routines and utilities
• Communicating effectively to ensure that all business requirements are being assessed and addressed to ensure development projects meet or exceed performance targets
• Participating in all activities accordingly to ensure on time deliverables are met including day-to-day planning and coordination with testers, developers, project managers and business representatives
• Driving full life cycle product development
• Collaborating with business owners to solidify requirements
• Instilling best practices for software development and documentation and assuring designs meet requirements, deliver high quality work on tight schedules

Qualifications:

• 3+ years Safari and Web development experience with a demonstrable online website / application portfolio
• Additional skills include iPhone, J2ME, RIM, WinCE, Symbian, and Android development experience
• Mac/Cocoa, Core Java, C/C++ and audio and video development experience a plus
• BS or MS preferred in Computer Science plus  5+ years industry experience
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals
• Deftness at object-oriented design and systems architecture for mobile devices and wireless systems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code-reviews, and a preference for agile methods
• Robust project planning/execution skills including; estimating, scheduling and executing on committed schedules
• Excellent judgment, organizational and problem solving skills; technical, project and personnel
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills; verbal, written, listening, including customer relationships
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Passion for building new mobile products in a fast paced, team-oriented environment