Zac Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

I help creative teams by building technology solutions that fit their specific needs. From system design to integration and training, I work collaboratively with production, post-production and tech teams with a focus on interconnectivity and quality.

I also work as a freelance audio engineer, focused on Sound design, Dialogue Editing, Mixing and Location Audio Recording and for clients in video, podcasting, advertising, and broadcast.

Mixing episodes of The Bright Side podcast, and acted as a technical consultant during the show's launch.

I worked with the staff producers and editors at The Athletic to define production best practices, from setting up cameras and microphones for recording, to audio processing and mixing in Adobe Premiere and Audition (pictured below). We set up a collaborative production process for the launch of a new NBA Daily show, and on-boarded teams onto Riverside and.

I had the pleasure of working with the ZSP Media team, mixing episodes for the Official Jinx Podcast which takes listeners behind the scenes of the HBO documentary series directed by Andrew Jarecki that became a real-life murder investigation.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Designed new networked audio systems focusing on limitless interconnectivity utilizing Q-Sys, Dante AoIP, AES67, Pro Tools, RedNet, Avid, Sonnet and Comrex solutionsImplemented and managed studio video, lighting and ingest systems including technology from Ross Ultrix, Black Magic, Softron, ChamSys, Elgato and SkaarhojOversaw vendor relationships, budgets.

Brooklyn, NY

Managed a team of twelve highly creative Audio Engineers, Composers, Music Supervisors and Technicians, with a focus on collaboration, knowledge sharing and equitable career developmentRecruited, hired, and trained a diverse team of staff and freelance audio engineers and composersCollaborated closely with editorial and business leadership on staffing and.

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn, NY

Created sonic identities of ad campaigns and branded series for Nike, Chanel, Lyft and othersDeveloped staffing plans and schedules across all advertising and branded productionsTrained producers, reporters and engineers on recording technology and techniquesOwned troubleshooting for company wide user-reported issues related to production software

Brooklyn, NY

Mixed and scored branded podcasts for Gatorade, Reebok, Squarespace and othersWorked with composers and musicians to develop original music for podcastsCreated a scalable advertising post production process, with an output of 50+ ads per week

Greater Chicago Area

Recorded, mixed and sound designed for audiobooks, and national radio and TV ad campaignsBuilt and maintained MacOS and Pro Tools HD systems for post production and music studiosManaged a networked Backup Server, Music Library and SoundMiner SFX Library serversOwned troubleshooting for remote recording systems including Source Connect, VOIP and ISDN

Greater Chicago Area

Cincinnati, OH

Chicago

Hired and trained salaried and commissioned staff on sales best practices, customer service and pro audio equipment features

Cincinnati, Ohio Area