EUReCA! Student Assistant - Feature Film Sound Designer at University of Colorado Denver

EUReCA! Student Assistant - Feature Film Sound Designer

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BCA! Student Assistants Program provides introductory opportunities forCU Denver undergraduates to engage in research and creative activities.

University of Colorado Denver Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Florence Young, MFA

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BCA! Student Assistant - Feature Film Sound Designer

CU Denver Department of Film & Television/ This position can be flexible with some remote and some on-campus components.

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You will design and mix the unique sonic landscape of the film, building a world that moves between grounded reality and the nostalgia-soaked "memory worlds"

• Create custom sound effects.
• Incorporate musical motifs and traditional songs performed by the characters Lupe and Lorenzo.
• Mix dialogue tracks for clarity and professional delivery standards.

• Foley recording, complex sound layering for magical realism, and professional mixing for festival-quality delivery

• Proficiency in Avid Pro Tools or Adobe Audition. Experience in field recording and sound editing for film.

• Prefer student whose primary career goal is to work in the field of sound recording/design.

5-10 hours (Flexible)(dependent on work-study award amount)

Flexible. Must meet with faculty lead for at least one hour per week.

This position is available for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027, employment may continue at Professor Youngu
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BCA! for a second year.

Offers for this position are contingent on a current work-study award.

• First complete  FAFSA or CASFA and confirm work-study eligibility with the CU Denver Financial Aid office.
• Once confirmed, attach email from Financial Aid stating potential work-study eligibility.
• Following interview and position offers, the EURu
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  BCA! Office will provide Work-study Authorization forms to confirm final work-study award amounts before formal offer letters.