I am a podcast producer with great audio editing experience and I also compose music for different media. With those skills combined, I often do sound designs for shows. I have been working with story editing a lot, which is helpful when you're also editing the session. Spotting places where the story can be tightened up, how to make it more engaging, and where to signpost, are all skills I get to practice with my work and are things I look forward to doing.
I have directed and edited a 5-part series on Rio's militia (Pistoleieros, Globoplay 2021), directed a fictional comedy podcast (Esse Mundo Tá Perdido, Amazon Music 2021), composed original music for my favorite show (Reply All, Gimlet 2019-2022), done sound design and story editing for a show about the mysterious beings of the forest (Pavulagem, 2022), reported on Nara Baré, a fantastic indigenous leadership (Seedcast, Nia Tero 2022), sound designed and edited a show about Brazil's most iconic residential building (Copan, 2021), among many other amazing projects.
If you are looking for somebody with good taste, an eye for detail and who has an eye for the big picture, look no further. No matter the size of my participation, I'd be honored to do my very best.
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