Also called: Audiobook Director
Casts narrators and directs audiobook recordings for publishers and audio studios, listening for errors and overseeing the final edit.
An audiobook producer directs a narrator in the booth, listens for mistakes, and edits the final files. A long novel can take a narrator several days in the booth.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Audio or theater background.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Theater, Audio Production.
Growing about average. Audiobooks growing; AI narration competing.
High risk for 10 years. AI narration and editing now produce many audiobooks automatically, cutting producer roles.
Classes: Audio or music technology, English literature, Theater, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.
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