Spike Ballantine

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I am a technical creative; a media industry professional, with close on 3 decades' experience encompassing audio production for both radio and television, audio and video for podcast, as well copywriting and content…

About

I am a technical creative; a media industry professional, with close on 3 decades’ experience encompassing audio production for both radio and television, audio and video for podcast, as well copywriting and content ideation. In 2016, I launched the podcast company dbo Media; since its inception, dbo has built a reputation as trusted consultants and creators of high quality branded podcasts, with a particular focus on creative originality and world class production. dbo Media has provided services to South Africa’s overseen the creation of podcast series for BMW South Africa, Investec, WITS, Deloitte and Qantas, amongst others.

  • Joined February 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment

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Projects · 4

An original concept for a travel podcast called How Far Will You Travel was produced in partnership with Qantas. The first series focuses on Australia, where dbo Media co-ordinated the recording of original sound and content, which was then layered with engaging storytelling in a sound-design rich production. dbo Media also created a microsite to support the podcast.

  • Audio Engineer
  • Audio Mixer
  • Content Producer
  • +1

Keep It or Change Cars is the eponymous podcast of one of South Africa’s premiere automotive retail portals. The weekly episodes featured industry guests who covered motoring trends and offered advice for audience-sourced questions. I was editor and audio post production producer for the first 26 episodes.

  • Audio Mixer
  • Video Editor

Wine in Focus is the companion podcast to the Wine Trophy Show, sponsored by Investec. Filmed at Grand Roche Hotel, each episode focused on the business of wine - from trends in wine farming, to investment and insurance.

  • Audio Mixer
  • Content Creator
  • Creative Director

To highlight Deloitte's involvement with the annual Mining Indaba Conference, we created an episode on the ground during one of the days at the international event. Recording interviews on the fly, then stitching the episode together in post, we chose to create an immersive episode, rather than a sterile in-studio discussion with the team.

  • Audio Engineer
  • Copywriter
  • Podcast Producer

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