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Chris Maclean

Audio Design Expert

Chris Maclean

Award-winning audio designer for BBDO, Apple & BBC.

Chris Maclean has decades of experience providing audio design, mixing and editing for brands, agencies, cinema, and exhibitions. As a studio manager at BBC, he worked on music for Radio 1 and 2, live and pre-recorded outside broadcasts, the famous "Peel Sessions" as well as documentaries and studio shows. He has edited, mixed, and created radio adverts, TV and film commercials, and TV programs, including "The Thick of It" and "Terry Pratchet’s Hogfather." Chris has won several awards such as Cannes Silver Lion Best Use of Audio for Doritos Mariachi "Stay Another Day" and also nominated for Best Sound Design for a TV program for the sound on "Inside No 9: La Couchette."

Audio Post Production
Audio Design
Audio Mixing
Audio Editing
Audio Postediting
Sound Editing
Sound Design
Avid Pro Tools
Music Production
Media Production
Video Post-Production
Documentary Film
Adobe Audition
Final Cut Pro
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Chris Maclean

Chris Maclean

Award-winning audio designer for BBDO, Apple & BBC.

Audio Design Expert

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Employment Highlights

Sound Designer

CM Audio

September 2011 - Present (12 years 7 months)

Sound Designer

AMV BBDO

October 2011 - October 2017 (6 years 1 month)

Sound Engineer

Sky TV

October 2011 - October 2015 (4 years 1 month)

Senior Sound Designer & Studio Manager

Jungle Studios

September 1998 - September 2011 (13 years 1 month)

Education Highlights

Bachelor of Science, Medical Science

University of St Andrews

January 1983 - December 1987 (5 years)

Portfolio

Cinema

Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Cinema Mix

BBC

Inside No. 9 "Once Removed"

UK TV

MSA Awards Finalist

Alive and Schticking

M Shed:7 Decades of Sound Exhibition

BBC

The Detectorists

Cinema

Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey Cinema Mix

BBC

Inside No. 9 "Once Removed"

UK TV

MSA Awards Finalist

Alive and Schticking

M Shed:7 Decades of Sound Exhibition

BBC

The Detectorists

Resume

Sound Designer

CM Audio

September 2011 - Present (12 years 7 months)

CM Audio provides a variety of audio services to film, TV, advertising, and radio, including podcast production. 

  • Created award-winning TV shows, radio shows, adverts, and audio for exhibitions.
  • Managed a team of editors and mixers as well as admin staff coordinating the sound requirements for complex and exacting programs.

Sound Designer

AMV BBDO

October 2011 - October 2017 (6 years 1 month)

Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO (AMV BBDO) is an advertising agency that works with over 85 brands, including BT, Diageo, Walkers, and Mars.

  • Provided audio services to AMV BBDO's in-house production department, 'The Lab.' 
  • Turned the previous loss-making department into a profitable venture, doing TV and radio adverts as well as social media films, branded content, and podcasts.

Sound Engineer

Sky TV

October 2011 - October 2015 (4 years 1 month)

Sky is a British telecommunications company which provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed-line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses.

  • Provided TV dubbing services.
  • Enhanced and manipulated sounds to achieve the desired result.

Senior Sound Designer & Studio Manager

Jungle Studios

September 1998 - September 2011 (13 years 1 month)

Jungle creates award-winning sound design and music for TV, radio and cinema advertising and broadcast.

  • Developed sound design for TV, radio, and cinema advertising for blue-chip clients.
  • Worked with clients from as diverse as Apple and Tesco's. 
  • Created audio for TV programs.

Senior Studio Manager & Sound Engineer

BBC

September 1988 - September 1998 (10 years 1 month)

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

  • Designed audio for BBC radio programs on all national networks, specializing in music and documentaries. 
  • Produced many sessions for John Peel, the Evening Session, Andy Kershaw as well as orchestral recordings for Radio 2, and Outside Broadcasts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Medical Science

University of St Andrews

January 1983 - December 1987 (5 years)