Cinematic Documentary Audio Mixing Engineer - Immediate StartUrgent

I’m launching a documentary-style YouTube series following my journey climbing the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Everest, Makalu and Lhotse.

The first episode (~11 minutes) is a prologue and nearly finished. I’m looking for an experienced audio post-production/mixing engineer who can jump in and significantly elevate the existing soundtrack.

The VO, dialogue, music, ambience and SFX are already in place. However, the overall audio quality, clarity, leveling, dynamics and integration of these elements aren’t where they need to be. I want everything to feel cohesive, immersive and genuinely cinematic, rather than like separate audio layers.

I’m primarily looking for someone to make what’s already there sound exceptional, not rebuild the soundtrack from scratch.

Ideally, someone with proven experience mixing cinematic documentaries, films or high-production-value YouTube videos.

Potential for ongoing collaboration across many upcoming episodes

For context:

My Instagram: https://instagram.com/vyktorem

An earlier cut of the prologue:

I’d really appreciate someone who can take a look, identify what’s holding the audio back, and help bring it to a professional cinematic standard.

Please share relevant work samples, availability, estimated turnaround and pricing.

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About the client
I’m a former Google product and engineering leader who build AI products used by billions. I’ve also grown up all over and traveled to 100+ countries, and have gone through many challenges and rebuilding throughout life. One of the things I’m currently pursuing is the 14 highest mountains in the world. A few years ago, I’d never climbed. But the mountains have pulled me in, and I’ve climbed many since then, including Everest and several other 8,000ers in the past year. I’m launching a cinematic YouTube documentary series about these experiences, with multiple episodes already in production. I’m looking to build relationships with talented creative professionals who can help bring the series to a high production standard. Instagram: https://instagram.com/vyktorem