Music Producer & Audio Post Specialist (AI Evaluation)

$70–120/hr

rate as listed

Workload: 40 hrs/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: US
Field: Creative

Evaluate AI-generated music and audio against the standards used for broadcast and digital advertising. The work combines scoring, mixing, dialogue cleanup, task design and written quality assessment.

The work

You would create and evaluate realistic commercial audio tasks, including scoring to picture, arranging multi-stem sessions, producing cutdowns, cleaning voice-over, designing sound and mixing short-form ads. Deliverables may include rights-cleared references, editable DAW sessions, stems, alt mixes, cue sheets and associated metadata.

What the screen covers

The platform is likely to verify shipped commercial credits, your precise contribution to portfolio pieces and your command of broadcast delivery standards. Expect follow-up on ATSC A/85, EBU R128, sync, dialogue intelligibility, loudness metering and the weaknesses of generated music, speech and sound effects. You should also be prepared to explain how you would turn expert judgment into repeatable rubrics and quality checks.

Logistics

This is a W-2 position with Cincinnatus LLC, with potential placement on an AI lab team. The commitment is 40 hours per week on weekdays. The listing does not specify whether the work is remote or how much of the schedule is asynchronous.

Pay band: $70–120/hr

What they look for

At least 5 years of shipped commercial music or audio post-production work
Scoring, multi-stem arrangement, alt mixes and cutdowns delivered to picture
Broadcast mixing and mastering to ATSC A/85 and EBU R128 specifications
Professional use of Pro Tools, Logic Pro or Reaper, plus iZotope RX and loudness metering
Voice-over cleanup, sound design, Foley and dialogue-focused ad mixing
Evaluation of generative music, speech and audio outputs

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This tests whether your claimed credits are verifiable and whether you can distinguish your own contribution from work performed by an agency, editor, engineer or other composer.
A strong answer: Choose a publicly viewable spot and name the client context, your role, the source assets, the delivery versions and the final technical outputs. Separate your work clearly from collaborators' contributions.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by discussing the creative concept at length while remaining vague about who wrote the cue, prepared stems, mixed the spot or approved the master.

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