Internships And Careers

Internships and Careers

Different Professions Related To Audio

Discover life-long, secure and rewarding careers in the dynamic and constantly expanding creative music and audio industries.

With its vision and pioneering experience, Unica College offers programs that allow students to discover the different professions in the audio industry and to prepare themselves for a career in the field. Particularly, via multiple internship opportunities allowing to put into practice the different tools and techniques in real time.

Although the main concepts remain the same, each field has its own characteristics that can make the experience different from one profession to another.

the various jobs held by Unica College alumni in the audio industry

Music Production

Unica College alumni working in Music Production:

Carole Facal, Artist @Caracol
Arthur Gaumont, Artist @Robert Robert
Jonathan Doyon, Music Producer and Dj @EEKKOO
Martin Dee Granger, Singer-Songwriter @DEE
Antoine Sicotte, Artist @Sky
Jocelyn Bruno, Artist @Dramatik with a Cas / MuZion
Luc Lafontaine, Music Producer and music production Content Creator @Nu-Trix
Adrien Fertier and Philippe Génier, Music Producers @Saint-Denis
Guillaume LafondSinger-Songwriter
Mitch OliverMusic Producer and Dj

Some of the most creative and artistic occupations that involve creating music include music production related roles such as:

Musitechnic · Les qualités essentielles en postproduction audio: un entretien avec Nathalie Sidaros

Sound Design

Unica College Alumni working in Sound Design:

Nathalie Sidarossound designer and mixer @Salambo Productions (notable credits: “Têtes à claques”, “Les histoires bizarres du professeur Zarbi”)
France Lévesque, sound designer and sound editor @MELS
Henry Jr Godding, sound designer and re-recording mixer @VAT Group
Mike Correa, Sound Designer @Ubisoft Montréal
Filipe Da Costa, Sound Designer @Ubisoft Montréal
Félix Thivierge, Sound Designer @ Ubisoft Montréal
Emmanuel Racine, Audio Artist @Bioware
Rémy Sealey, Sound Designer @Audio Z
Sébastien Pelland-Sauvé, Technical Audio Designer on Gotham Knights @WB Games Montreal Inc.
Mélanie Frisoli, Artist and “Ableton Live certified trainer”
Benoît Dame, sound designer and president @ Exsono

Or via our Sound Design internships, particularly through our partnership with NEXTALE Field Recordinga sound bank founded by Samuel Monceau, a Musitechnic 2016 alumnus, allowing our students and alumni to contribute to the evolution of the sound bank.

Some of the most creative and artistic occupations that involve creating music include music production related roles such as:

Audio Recording

Unica College alumni working in Audio Recording:

Marc Girard, Producer, Mixer and Sound Recordist @Studio Fast Forward
Michael Néron, Recording in studio and on stage (notable credits: Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, “Les Francofolies de Montréal”, “Montréal en lumières”, CBC/Radio-Canada, Amérimage, Echo Media, SiriusXM and independent productions)
Nicolas Payer, recording sound overlays and foley @TVA Films
Axel Poulet, Sound Recording and Editing for Audio Books and Commercials @AudioZ
Rémy Sealey, Sound Recording and Editing for Audio Books and Commercials @AudioZ
Daniel Fontaine-Begin, Sound Recording for TV (notable credits: “Camera café”, Clash, “Bleu Morpho”, documentaries…)
Philippe Palanque, Live Sound Technician and Sound Recordist @ Cavalia
Christian St-Germain, Director, Sound Technician and Mixer (notable credits: Lara Fabian , Marie-Élaine Thibert, Marc Hervieux, Michel Sardou, Chimène Badi…)

As performance is not everything, let’s now move on to the lesser known professions of Sound Technicians. Starting with audio recording which can be done in multiple contexts.

Audio Recording Technician in Studio
Boom Operator
Sound Technician on Film Sets
Sound Technician for Sound Effects
Live Performance Recording
Additional Dialogue Recording (“ADR”)
Broadcast Sound Engineer

Audio Editing

Unica College alumni working in Audio Editing:

France Lévesque, Sound Recording and Editing @MELS
Nathalie SidarosSound Designer and Mixer @Salambo Productions (notable credits: "Têtes à claques", "Les histoires bizarres du professeur Zarbi")
Jean-Philippe St-Laurent, Sound Editor @MELS
Raynald Nadeau, Sound Editor @VAT Group
Dany Rodrigue, Sound Designer and Sound Editor @MELS
Axel Poulet, Sound Recording and Editing for Audio Books and Commercials @AudioZ
Rémy Sealey, Sound Recording and Editing for Audio Books and Commercials @AudioZ
Mathilde Langlois-Bettez, Audio Technician @Circonflex

Once the performance has been recorded, it must often be edited to optimize the signal according to several factors (industry standards, artistic direction, context…). The following roles can be found in this field:

Because of the co-dependency of the various operations and because editing often has a creative role, depending on the project, it is common to find roles that incorporate several specificities.
Thus, audio editing is often involved in Sound Design, Mixing, Post-production for Films or even Sound integration for video games and immersive experiences.

Audio Mixing (Music)

Unica College alumni working in Audio Mixing:

Once the different elements have been recorded and edited as needed, it’s time to combine them into a single audio file. This is the mixing stage.

Whether it’s for a piece of music or a movie, mixing is both an art and a complex science, which makes all the difference in the final rendering.

Audio mixing is also involved in Live Sound, Broadcasting as well as in Post-production for Films or Integration for video games and immersive experiences.

Audio Mastering

Unica College alumni working in Mastering:

Audio mastering is the last step of an audio project before its release.

The purpose of mastering is to ensure that the mix will be optimized for the various media, as well as to control the project’s quality before it is released.

This is the stage where we may subtly adjust the audio content for optimal balance, add a little more colour if necessary, and optimize the delivery to all the systems and media formats involved.

Audio Post-Production For Videos

Unica College alumni working in Audio Post-production for Videos:

Henry Jr Godding, sound designer and re-recording mixer @VAT Group
Stéphane Labeaume, Post-Production Mixer @Radio Canada
Nathalie SidarosSound Designer and Mixer @Salambo Productions (notable credits: “Têtes à claques”, “Les histoires bizarres du professeur Zarbi”)
Guillaume Boursier, sound services production supervisor @MELS
Hans Laitres, Re-recording Mixer @MELS
Dany Rodrigue, Sound Designer and Sound Editor @MELS
Janik Larose, Post-production Coordinator @Koze
Matthieu Serannes, Head Audio Technician @RodeoFX
Cédrick Boilard, Audio Technician @BLVD
Augustin Prado Ravillet, Sound Mixer @OCTAVE Studios
Bastien Lamour, Sound Mixer @Syllabes
Charles St-Laurent Carrier, Sound Mixer @Le Confessional

The right sound combined with optimal audio quality promotes immersion and supports the storytelling in a very important way.

In order to achieve an ideal end result, it is necessary to ensure the best possible quality at all stages, whether it is: synchronization of sound to image, editing or mixing of sounds.

Sound Integration For Video Games And Immersive Experiences

Unica College alumni working in Audio for Video Games and Immersive Experiences:

Alice Bernier, Audio Lead @Warner Bros. Games Montreal (notable credit: Batman Arkham Origin)
Frédéric Arnaud, Technical Director @Eidos Montréal
Mathieu Jenson, Audio Director @Ubisoft Montréal
René Hidalgo, Lead Voice Designer @Cloud Chamber (formerly at Ubisoft Montréal and Electronic Arts)
Yves Breton, Lead Sound Designer @ Eidos (2005 – 2012) and @ Ubisoft (notable credits: FarCry 3, Assassin's Creed Revelation, Shaun White Skateboarding, For Honor)
Francis Brus, Audio Director @Red Barrels (formerly at Ubisoft Montréal and Eidos Montréal)
Geoff Buchanan, Sound Designer @Reflector Entertainment
Gabriel Duboc, Sound Designer @Insomniac Games

Integrating sound into video games and interactive immersive experiences is fundamentally different from traditional film synchronization. Specific software such as Audiokinetic’s Wwise is required to meet the different needs of the production.

Live Sound

Unica College alumni working in Live Sound:

Philippe Palanque, Sound Technician @Cavalia
Pascal Lachapelle, accounts director @Encore Canada
Charles Guillaume, Events Technical Supervisor @Encore
Morgane Gransard, Sound Technician @Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles
Simon Riverin, Sound Technician @Quartier des Spectacles

Internships with our numerous partners such as Pouzza Fest, Santa Teresa…

When it comes to live performance, it is essential to ensure the proper configuration and operation of technical installations, allowing for the amplification and diffusion of sound, not only in a qualitative manner, but especially in order to enhance the performance and the emotions that flow from it (while preserving the hearing of the artists as well as the audience!). It is a rather rhythmic field.

Broadcasting

Unica College alumni working in Broadcasting:

Internships with our many partners such as CIBL.

The field of broadcasting is quite dynamic and has its own specificities for live broadcasting, especially in radio, television and streaming.

Acoustics

Unica College alumni working in Acoustics:

Julia Bores, Technical Support Coordinator and Monitoring @Soft dB
Myriam McSween, Acoustics and Environment Technician @Soft dB
Jim Garcia, Acoustics Consultation Technician @Soft dB
William Bouchard, Acoustics Technician @Soft dB
Pierre-Olivier Bonneterre, Acoustics Technician @Soft dB
Felix Trahan, Acoustics Technician @Soft dB
Pierre Blanchet, Noise Control Technician @Ville de Montréal

Acoustics is omnipresent in our lives, involving many professions in this vast field. Whether it is to reduce sound nuisance (echoes of conversations in a restaurant, sound insulation of a car while maintaining the best possible sound for music) or to improve the quality of sound transmission in different rooms and contexts (Theaters, Cinemas, Clubs, Studios…), these branches give rise to exciting projects mixing science, physics and mathematics with architecture, aesthetics and sensibility.

Related Careers

Unica College alumni working in the Audio Industry:

Louis Armand Bombardier, President and Founder @L-A be
Mariana Gianelli, Project Manager @Disques Indica
Alexandre Garceau, Artist Management and Promotion @Golden path music
Simon Pelletier, Artist Management and Promotion @Golden path music
Antoine Rotondo, Associate Product Manager @LANDR Audio inc.
Samuel Nadai, Product Manager @LANDR Audio inc.
Alexandre Arsenault, Software Engineer @LANDR Audio inc.
Charles Rainville, Sample Ingestion Operation @LANDR Audio inc.
Charles Rainville, also Founder, Director of Operations, Creative Content and Technologies @SHIFT RADIO
Jean-Philippe Denis, Quality Assurance Specialist @LANDR Audio
Dimitry Alary, Associate Product Manager @Ludia

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