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Company Description Zippy is an AI-powered content platform and smart, screen-free audio player designed for kids ages 3–8. It combines iconic audio stories with immersive graphic books, radio shows, and sleep stations tailored for children. Zippy's personalized family stories through AI make every interaction special. Role Description Hey sound sorcerer! At Zippy, we’re bringing back screen-free joy for kids through the power of storytelling. Our device plays magical audio stories through physical cards — no screens, just imagination. Now we’re looking for YOU — a Sound Engineer who can also create AI Voiceovers — to bring these stories to life. You’ll generate AI voices, clean them up, add emotion, music, and magic — and help us build the most lovable storytelling soundscape in India. ⸻ 🎯 Your Role in One Line You’ll generate AI voiceovers + process and polish both AI & manual VOs into final, Zippy-ready audio stories that kids love. ⸻ 🔧 What You’ll Be Doing ✅ AI Voiceover Creation • Use tools like ElevenLabs, Murf.ai, Descript, or Play.ht (we will train you in that) • Select best voice styles, tweak tone/emotion, manage pacing • Ensure smooth pronunciation of Indian names/words (phonetically if needed) • Export clean base audio in WAV/MP3 formats ✅ Manual VO Handling (if provided) • Edit human-recorded voiceovers — cut, trim, clean, sync • Apply effects and processing for clarity and warmth ✅ Audio Editing & Cleanup • Remove clicks, breaths, background noise • Trim silence and sync dialogues to match story flow ✅ Vocal Processing • Use EQ, Compression, De-essing, Reverb to enhance voices • Match loudness across characters and story segments ✅ Story Arrangement • Arrange multiple voice parts in a single timeline • Insert music, SFX, pauses, ambient elements ✅ Mixing & Mastering • Final output ready for Zippy’s mono speaker • Optimize for clear, expressive audio with child-safe levels ⸻ 🧰 Tools You Should Know (or Learn Fast!) AI VO Creation Tools: • ElevenLabs (mandatory – we use it a lot) • Murf.ai, Descript, Play.ht, Speechify (bonus) DAWs & Audio Editing: • Adobe Audition, Reaper, Audacity, Logic Pro X, GarageBand Plugins & FX: • iZotope RX (cleanup), Waves plugins (CLA Vocals, RComp, etc.), FabFilter, Krisp.ai, Cleanvoice.ai Others: • Audio normalizers, batch processors, loudness meters • Knowledge of Indian language pronunciations in English VO is a big bonus ⸻ 🌟 This Role is Perfect for You if… • You have 2+ years working in audio (studio, freelance, podcast, etc.) • You’ve created AI voiceovers and know how to tweak tone, pauses, and pronunciation • You’re obsessed with clean sound and emotion • You think like a kid, but edit like a wizard • You want to be part of something new, screen-free, and Indian! ⸻ 🎁 Bonus Points If You… • Know how to write or edit story scripts • Can suggest background music or design quirky SFX • Know Hindi or regional languages to help with phonetic inputs ✨ Come shape how children experience audio, joy, and storytelling. Let your sound make India’s childhood magical. Show more Show less
