Sound Design graduate trained at the University of Edinburgh, with experience in post-production as a Sound Runner / Assistant. Highly motivated, enthusiastic and extremely creative with positive people skills, I live life sonically. I ultimately want to make use of my skillset to contribute towards the art of crafting acoustic experiences that are expressive and engaging.
Hi, I’m
Martina Mac Lachlan
London,
Summary
Overview
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Machine Sound
Sound Runner (Client Service Assistant)
05.2022 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Acted as a point of contact, welcomed and assisted clients, directors, producers, VO artists and actors throughout their time at the studios
- Responsible for the ordering and management of all stock and resources needed for the general areas of the company and studios
- Supported staff with a wide variety of running tasks including overseeing meals and refreshments for them and clients, administrative tasks, music library management and embedding metadata on soundtracks
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness in assisting the sound designers in the recording of some foley, live foley and SFX for the following clients - Lego, Toyota, Oreo, Oppo, Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn and a short film
- Assisted with setting up all studio equipment (7.1, 5.1 and stereo) independently before sessions, including troubleshooting or notifying colleagues when needed
- Responsible for covering the audio assistant or senior transfer engineer when necessary in the transfer bay with the following tasks: Audio QCing, QT Laybacks, sending deliverables, ingesting and exporting materials through Media Composer, prepping AAF tracks and picture in a Pro Tools session
- Responsible for creating all invoices, billing clients and recording expenses on Mediapulse and Pleo
Future Flavours of Sound
Co-Founder
01.2021 - 10.2021
Job overview
- Co-developed a digital sound design and music festival, The Future Flavours of Sound, with the aim of creating networking opportunities and bridging the gap between university students and industry professionals
- Successfully sourced funding and senior professionals from the fields of sound design for film and games, audio programming, and of music and performance. Onnalee Blank, Anne-Sophie Mongeau and Yann Seznec are some of the professionals that participated in the festival
- Researched, planned and organised all technical aspects of delivering an online multi-stream event between participants based across the globe
- Acted as a point of contact for participants and professionals attending
- Presented and hosted the event online as a live stream on Twitch and on our website
- The positive outcome of the event led to a second iteration that took place in Summer 2022
Education
The University of EdinburghEdinburgh
Master of Science from Sound Design
11.2021
University Overview
Academy of Music And Sound Edinburgh
NC Level 6 from Advanced Music And Sound Technology
05.2020
University Overview
Edinburgh CollegeEdinburgh
NC Level 6 from Contemporary Songwriting
12.2019
University Overview
Skills
- Fast Learner
- Team Player
- Creative Problem Solver
- Excellent Administration Skills
- Strong Communication Skills
- Client Services / Post Production Runner
- Sound Design & Music Production
- Foley and SFX Recording
- Audio Editing & Mixing
- DAWs - Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Reaper
- Software - Wwise, Unity, Media Composer, Max MSP
- Programming Languages - C# and C
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Sound Runner (Client Service Assistant)
Machine Sound
05.2022 - 04.2023
Co-Founder
Future Flavours of Sound
01.2021 - 10.2021
The University of Edinburgh
Master of Science from Sound Design
Academy of Music And Sound
NC Level 6 from Advanced Music And Sound Technology
Edinburgh College
NC Level 6 from Contemporary Songwriting
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