A freelance audio producer, editor, sound designer, executive producer and lecturer; making national radio since 1999, podcasts plus many other digital audio assets since 2008 and teaching since 2014. I’m hugely proud to have created a lot of quality content for four UK national radio networks - BBC Radio 4, BBC 5 Live, TalkSPORT and Absolute Radio as well as hundreds of podcasts and other digital media for numerous production companies including Goalhanger, Crowd Network and Fresh Air as well as brands including the Premier League, Bloomberg, Tate, Visa and Auto Trader. I’m trustworthy, creative, vastly experienced and technically more than competent. My speciality is making your great idea better, or turning its nucleus into a substantial programme, series or project. I’ve bags of skills honed for many years at the BBC, in the commercial and private sectors as well as in academia; I’m also an experienced Audio Journalism Lecturer having taught and led modules at three universities. I currently teach BTEC radio and podcasting at an adult learning college in London and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE).

Phillip Brown

A freelance audio producer, editor, sound designer, executive producer and lecturer; making national radio since 1999, podcasts plus many other digital audio assets since 2008 and teaching since 2014. I’m hugely proud to have created a lot of quality content for four UK national radio networks - BBC Radio 4, BBC 5 Live, TalkSPORT and Absolute Radio as well as hundreds of podcasts and other digital media for numerous production companies including Goalhanger, Crowd Network and Fresh Air as well as brands including the Premier League, Bloomberg, Tate, Visa and Auto Trader. I’m trustworthy, creative, vastly experienced and technically more than competent. My speciality is making your great idea better, or turning its nucleus into a substantial programme, series or project. I’ve bags of skills honed for many years at the BBC, in the commercial and private sectors as well as in academia; I’m also an experienced Audio Journalism Lecturer having taught and led modules at three universities. I currently teach BTEC radio and podcasting at an adult learning college in London and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE).

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A freelance audio producer, editor, sound designer, executive producer and lecturer; making national radio since 1999, podcasts plus many other digital audio assets since 2008 and teaching since 2014.

I’m hugely proud to have created a lot of quality content for four UK national radio networks - BBC Radio 4, BBC 5 Live, TalkSPORT and Absolute Radio as well as hundreds of podcasts and other digital media for numerous production companies including Goalhanger, Crowd Network and Fresh Air as well as brands including the Premier League, Bloomberg, Tate, Visa and Auto Trader.

I’m trustworthy, creative, vastly experienced and technically more than competent. My speciality is making your great idea better, or turning its nucleus into a substantial programme, series or project. I’ve bags of skills honed for many years at the BBC, in the commercial and private sectors as well as in academia; I’m also an experienced Audio Journalism Lecturer having taught and led modules at three universities. I currently teach BTEC radio and podcasting at an adult learning college in London and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE).

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Executive Producer and Sound Designer at Crowd Network
May 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Executive Producer and Sound Designer for Sports Strangest Crimes: Hansie Cronje - Fall from Grace (BBC Sounds client).
Planning Producer and Sound Designer at Fresh Air Production
April 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Planning Producer and Sound Designer of Series 2 of Abu Dhabi Unwrapped: A Sonic Travel Guide (BBC StoryWorks for DCT Abu Dhabi).
Producer and Editor at Fresh Air Production
May 1, 2022 - November 1, 2024
Producer and Editor of Show on The Road for AutoTrader.
Editor (and de-facto co-producer) at Goalhanger Podcasts
August 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024
Editor (and de-facto co-producer) of Legacy, for Wondery, How To Win a World Cup, Audible Ninety Four (January to April 2024).
Co-Producer and Editor at TBI Media / Future Hope
August 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
Co-Producer and Editor of Hope Within The Mango Trees documentary series, for the charity Future Hope; for TBI Media. August 2023 - January 2024.
Studio Editor at Auddy (5 Live)
October 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023
Studio Editor for 5 Live’s Sunday late morning show on Auddy.
Script and Planning Producer at BTC Crowd Network
July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2023
Script and Planning Producer for True Crime Stories by BTC Crowd Network.
Producer and Editor at Southbank Centre
August 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020
Producer and Editor of The Art of Comedy, commissioned by Tate as part of The Art of... series.
Sound Engineer at Ferne Cotton's Happy Place App
May 1, 2022 - Present
Sound Engineer for Ferne Cotton's Happy Place app (client: NBCUniversal)
Editor and Sound Engineer at Amazing Starts Here
August 1, 2022 - November 1, 2024
Editor and Sound Engineer for Amazing Starts Here
Editor and Co-Producer at Legacy
August 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Editor (and de-facto co-producer) of Legacy, for Wondery Editor of How To Win a World Cup, for Audible Ninety Four
Co-Curator and Tutor at Southbank Centre
August 1, 2019 - March 1, 2020
Co-curator and tutor of the centre’s monthly podcast making course
Script and Planning Producer at BBC Crowd Network
July 1, 2020 - December 1, 2023
Script and Planning Producer for True Cybercrime Stories
Co-Producer and Editor at NinetyFour19
January 1, 2024 - April 30, 2024
Hope Within The Mango Trees documentary series, for the charity Future Hope
Studio Editor at TBI Media
August 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024
5 Live’s Sunday late morning show
Script and Planning Producer at Auddy
October 1, 2023 - Present
True Cybercrime Stories by BTCrowd Network
Producer and Editor at Stance Media & Entertainment
November 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
The Art of Comedy, commissioned by Tate as part of The Art of… series

Education

Upper Second Class Degree with honours in Communication Processes at University of Lincolnshire & Humber
September 1, 1994 - June 1, 1997
BTEC National Diploma (14 Distinctions and 12 Merits) in Media Studies at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire
September 1, 1992 - July 1, 1994
GCSEs (6 subjects, including English, Grade C) at Ashmole School, Southgate, London
September 1, 1987 - July 1, 1992
GCSE Maths (Grade C) at London Open Centre
October 1, 1992 - October 1, 1992
Upper Second Class Degree with honours in Communications Processes at University of Lincolnshire & Humber
September 1, 1994 - June 1, 1997
BTEC National Diploma (14 Distinctions and 12 Merits) in Media Studies at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire
September 1, 1992 - July 1, 1994
GCSEs (Grade C, incl. English) at Ashmole School, Southgate, London
September 1, 1987 - July 1, 1992
GCSE Maths (Grade C) at London Open Centre
October 1, 1992 - October 1, 1992
Upper Second Class Degree with honours in Communication Processes at University of Lincoln (University of Lincolnshire & Humberside)
September 1, 1994 - June 1, 1997
B-TEC National Diploma in Media Studies (with 14 Distinctions and 12 Merits) at Oaklands College, Hertfordshire
September 1, 1992 - July 1, 1994
GCSEs (6 GCSEs, including English) at Ashmole School, Southgate, London
September 1, 1987 - July 1, 1992
GCSE Maths at London Open Centre
October 1, 1992 - October 1, 1992

Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
BA (Hons) in Communication Processes
September 1, 1994 - June 1, 1997
BTEC National Diploma in Media Studies
September 1, 1992 - July 1, 1994
GCSEs (6 subjects, including English)
September 1, 1987 - July 1, 1992
GCSE Maths (Grade C)
October 1, 1992 - October 1, 1992
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026
FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy)
January 11, 2030 - January 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
    paper Hope Within The Mango Trees

    A podcast series with a difference; an 8 part documentary series charting the work of a school in Kolkata helping street children create a prosperous life for themselves.

    This is an immersive sound experience with most of the material recorded on location. I co-produced, edited and mixed series 1; responsibilities included creating the narrative arcs of each episode and the series, proof-reading scripts and audio, as well as editing and sound designing every episode.

    You can listen here: https://www.twine.net/signin

    paper Show on The Road - a tri-media podcast for Auto Trader

    Show on The Road is a tri-media podcast, interviewing celebrities and influencers in moving vehicles to discover the places that shaped them and the actual, real roads to their success. Available on all major podcast platforms, youtube and social media, this was a high budget collaborative project between the media team Auto Trader and Fresh Air Production. I was the lead producer, editor and sound designer, responsible for the story arcs of each episode, the briefing calls with each interviewee, conjuring the routes and directing our presenter during the recordings from a lead vehicle. Post production I was responsible for co-ordinating the audio and video content.

    Show on The Road’s video version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@ShowontheRoadAutoTrader
    The audio version can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/show-on-the-road/id1690606706

    paper BBC Sounds's Sports Strangest Crimes: Hansie Cronje - Fall from Grace

    A six - part audio documentary (plus publicity assets) on the rise, fall and death of South Africa’s most famous cricketer.

    Responsibilities included proof-reading and fact checking scripts and show notes, conferring on the series and episode story-arcs and titles, overseeing copyright clearances for 3rd party material, advising the video editor on the content for social media clips and sound designing all episodes and trails.

    Available here: https://www.twine.net/signin