Audio Rental Technician and Marketing Lead

Sound Disposition Rentals is the equipment rentals arm of Sound Disposition, a boutique audio post-production house with bases in Tottenham and Fitzrovia.

We occupy a unique position in the London equipment rental market, specialising in unusual microphones and recording technology whilst also catering to a core clientele of location sound recordists and sound post-production studios. We have one of the largest range of microphones for rental in the UK.

This is a new position reporting to the CEO and is a great opportunity for a dedicated and hard-working individual looking for a role that they can make their own within a creative and forward-looking company.

We are looking for someone who can, in step with our incredible rentals coordinator, help run the equipment rentals service, but who is also able to assist with growing the userbase of the company by marketing our services.

This calls for a person with an unusual skillset - you should be both geeky but personable, interested in unusual audio kit but with a passion for sharing information with others, someone with a talent for promotion and grabbing the right sort of attention.

We need someone who will show the same love to microphones and customers alike. Someone who can be fielding entry-level customer queries one minute, and then moments later be polishing our AdWords. Someone who takes pride in not just each and every rental but also perfecting our online presence. Someone who loves wires, and loves telling people about wires :)

To start with, you’ll be helping us develop our strategy and approach for marketing our services, both online - across search, forums and social media, and offline through a variety of industry pathways.

On a day-to-day basis with your rentals hat on, you’ll be discussing rentals with clients, checking through kit for rentals, maintaining and liaising with external maintenance providers. 

With the rest of your time you’ll be working on publicising the company and products that we offer.

• Booking in rentals and checking hirer’s details

• Providing email and telephone pre-rental advice, and first-response technical support during rentals. 

• Assembling and testing rentals, before collection and upon return

• Tracking and maintaining all of our technical equipment.

• Helping develop our marketing strategy

• Maintaining and developing our online presence

• Creating and curating content for our various channels

• Maintaining and developing our website

• In-person marketing of our equipment at relevant events.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent copywriting skills

• Familiarity with all common social media and blogging platforms

• Proven skills in effective social media communication

• Familiarity with online advertising platforms

• Photographic and/or video authoring and editing abilities

• Good technical problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical users

• Familiarity with the setup and use of a wide variety of common (and less common!) microphones and location recording equipment 

• Ability to test and diagnose simple faults in a range of equipment

• Familiarity with OSX and Mac computers

• Familiarity with WordPress

• Ideally will have worked in a rental environment

• Familiarity with relevant professional bodies.

Optional but perhaps beneficial skills:

• Equipment repair

• Ability to solder or crimp a variety of common cables to a high standard.