Jobs Maldives

Sound Designer (Intern/Trainee)

Job Title	Sound Designer (Intern/Trainee)
Employer	Ginkgo Bioworks
Adress: Country	Maldives
Address: City	Dhidhdhoo
Work type	Remote
Expected Salary	17313 MVR
Posting Date	Tue Jun 10 2025
End Date	Mon Jun 30 2025

Description:

We’re hiring a Musician / Composer Trainee to help us create original soundtracks, jingles, and background scores — no experience needed, just musical passion and a good ear. You’ll help brainstorm and build original tracks for podcasts, indie games, video content, and more. We’ll help you understand the basics of musical structure, mood building, and thematic development. We’ll show you how to break down a creative brief, find the right tempo, and match music to emotion and pacing. You’ll work on adapting musical cues to support tension, joy, surprise, or reflection — all without using words. You’ll get to play with a variety of sounds — from orchestral to lo-fi beats — depending on the project’s needs. We’ll guide you in writing musical themes, experimenting with harmonies, and balancing instrumentation. You’ll assist in organizing sessions, tracking versions, and exporting clean audio for different platforms. You’ll learn how to compose music that communicates without words — just rhythm, texture, and tone.

Basic Qualifications:

• Record high-quality audio using DAWs and equipment suited to the genre and setting.
• Maintain an organized library of samples, drafts, and project files for future use.
• Provide multiple versions or stems of tracks to give editors flexibility.
• Experiment with styles, genres, and tools to keep your sound evolving and fresh.
• Contribute to brainstorming sessions with other creatives to elevate storytelling.

Preferred:

• Can adapt music to different platforms — social media reels, trailers, podcasts, mobile games, or corporate branding.
• Familiar with copyright, licensing, and royalty processes for original compositions.
• Able to layer sounds, design textures, or experiment with unconventional instruments or samples.
• Open to working across genres — from classical and ambient to pop, hip-hop, or electronic.
• Wants to grow into roles like Lead Composer, Music Director, or Audio Producer.

Benefits:

• Regular creative check-ins, inspiration shares, and playlists with your tracks.
• Remote-friendly workflow — compose from your studio, kitchen, or cabin in the woods.
• You’ll never be “just background sound” here — your music is the main character.
• We cover licenses for plug-ins, DAWs, libraries — Spitfire, Kontakt, Logic, Ableton, you name it.
• Feedback from pros, not “can it be more epic?” — we speak your language.

You’ll explore styles like ambient, electronic, cinematic, acoustic, and more to widen your range. From ambient backgrounds to punchy intros, you’ll try your hand at different formats and creative challenges. We’ll help you understand feedback, revise with intention, and sharpen your sense of what “works” musically. You’ll gain hands-on experience in DAWs and build confidence in your technical and creative decisions. You’ll walk away with a diverse portfolio of real-world compositions used in live projects. By the end of your time with us, you’ll have several completed works, plus the experience of scoring for real-world scenarios. We’ll support your development with resources, mentorship, and plenty of creative freedom. If you’ve got passion, an open mind, and the drive to grow — we’ve got the tools to help you make music that matters.