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Maddie Z.

Podcast Producer - Engineer - Audio & Video

I help independent creators take their ideas from concept to creation! Ambie Award nominated producer, audio editor, and engineer with over ten years of experience. 🎧 Production Services 🎧 • Turn interviews into dramatic stories • Adding intros, outros, and other assets • Editing to remove verbal clutter • Noise reduction & engineering • Mixing (EQ, compression, volume automation) • Analytics & hosting 🌟 Career Highlights 🌟 “Microsoft's WorkLab Podcast” • Microsoft's premier podcast exploring the future of work. • "The State of: Women" Podcast (2023 Ambie Award nominee) • “STEAM Daydream” (National Children's Museum, Washington DC) About Me: I'm a 37-year-old freelance audio producer and independent media advocate living in Minneapolis, MN. In my spare time, you can find me volunteering with organizations like the Podcast Brunch Club. I’m also an active environmentalist, so if I’m not behind my computer, I’m outdoors enjoying the great Northwoods. Working with a wide variety of independent media creators is a dream come true. Reach out to me if you have a podcast idea, need production advice, or just want to say hi.

🇺🇸Saint Paul, United States$60/hr100% JSS4.98 (37)Since May 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$3.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#12,045 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,262 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$941

Last 6 months: $19k

World#44,639 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#6,577 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$61k

Billed in all: $64k

World#63,887 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,973 / 62.1k
Per project
$1.1k

$6.2k in the last 6 months

World#118,283 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#20,138 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
3

Across 4 contracts

75% fixed25% hourly
World#66,479 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,998 / 62.1k
Projects in all
57

Across 63 contracts

38% fixed62% hourly
World#53,504 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,169 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$64.5k+$941 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$63.5k$64.0k$64.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.98% in Music & Sound Design

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #13Music & Sound Design1,322 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 0.98%
  2. #19Audio Production1,893 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #7Top 1%
  3. #19Sound Mixing1,572 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #6Top 1%
  4. #59Audio Editing5,221 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #25Top 1%
  5. #77Video Commercial3,053 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #22Top 3%
  6. #420Copywriting21,052 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #204Top 2%