Mae-Li Evans

Audio Producer

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Freelance Audio Producer with experience in radio, podcast, tours, installation. Sound design for film. Keen to continue producing arts and culture centred programmes with indie studios and production companies + continue exploring film *Winner* PodPod's Faces to Watch 2023 Notable Projects: SILVER winner of Best New Podcast category @ British Podcast Awards 2020 Produced the Gee Vaucher episode of The Last Bohemians (independent, House of Hutch) Nominated for Best Arts & Culture Podcast category @ British Podcast Awards 2020 Get Up Stand Up Now exhibition (Somerset House, Reduced Listening) Produced 'Mothership' and 'A Dream to Change the World' podcast episodes to accompany the mainhouse exhibition. Recent producer credits include: Sakamoto - Art is Long, life is short | Sunday Feature, (2024) BBC Radio 3 | Peanut and Crumb Join Nick Luscombe in Tokyo as he contemplates the life and legacy of Ryuichi Sakamoto, a year on from the composer's passing Screenshot episodes (ongoing) BBC Radio 4 -Studio Ghibli - Powell and Pressburger - Do the Right Thing - Films that changed the world - Lovers on the Run - Home Movies 'Oh Yoko!' Archive on 4 | BBC Radio 4 | (2023) An hour long landmark documentary for the 'Archive on 4' strand to celebrate the artist's 90th birthday. The Root of the Matter podcast series | Wellcome Collection (2022) 5 part podcast series that explores what the plant world has to teach us about being human, traversing various terrain to look a little closer at our connections to the vegetal world. Sonic Histories | Somerset House (2022) 12 part permenant audio tour of the historic site, featuring creative responses by writers Ava Wong-Davies, Sabrina Mahfouz, Laura Lomas and Rex Obano.

Experience

  • Freelance audio producer / sound designer at various
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

    For more details visit my website maelievans.com Producer credits include: Screenshot (ongoing) BBC Radio 4 (2023-present) Tiny Sliver of Blue | Miniatures | Between the Ears (2024) Radio 3 | Falling Tree Productions 'Sakamoto - Art is Long, life is short' | Sunday Feature, (2024) BBC Radio 3 | Peanut and Crumb 'Oh Yoko!' (2023) BBC Radio 4 A landmark hour long documentary for the 'Archive on 4' strand to celebrate the artist's 90th birthday The Root of the Matter for Wellcome Collection (2022) 5 part series exploring what the plant world has to teach us about being human. Sound designer | Black strangers | 2022 Short film , dir. Dan Guthrie A Seat in Soho installation (2022) Audio portraits for exhibition on Ganton St featuring long time Soho residents • 'Gee Vaucher', The Last Bohemians podcast, (2019) (Kate Hutchinson) WINNER Silver award for Best New Podcast - British Podcast Awards 2020 •Somerset House, 'Get Up Stand Up Now' podcast to accompany exhibition (Reduced Listening) episodes 'Mothership,' and 'Dream to Change the World' Nominated for Best Arts & Culture Podcast - British Podcast Awards 2020

  • Monocle (6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Producer
      Aug 2021 - Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      •Producer of On Design, Monocle's24's weekly half hour magazine podcast with a global eye on furniture, fashion, graphic design, craft and architecture + mini On Design Extra bitesize production. •Sourcing stories, liaising with international correspondents, booking guests, interviewing, editing, sound design and mixing packages

    • Studio Manager
      Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      •Running faders for live news programmes •In April 2020, moved from editor role, to Producer +editor of On Design, Monocle Radio's weekly half hour magazine podcast with a global eye on furniture, fashion, graphic design, craft and architecture. Skills: Audio Editing · Adobe Audition · Audio Recording · Digital Audio · Digital Audio Workstations

    • Freelance Studio Engineer
      Mar 2019 - Jul 2019 · 5 mos

      Running desks for live news programmes Recording hosts and guests in studio Editing and clipping from programmes, for Zetta playout

  • Audio producer and assistant tutor at Roundhouse Trust
    Jan 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    •Producer and host of long-form interview show 'The Treasury' on Transmission Roundhouse (3 seasons) •Pitch and produce audio coverage for Bestival, Rising Music Festival, and The Last Word Festival •Edited audio packages from archival material • Edit support tutor, teaching Adobe Audition and basic audio post-production skills •support tutor for Beginners Radio course, assistant in delivering sessions from pre to post production, teaching skills in ideation, mic technique, interviewing, and editing

  • Intern. (full time) at Somethin'​ Else
    Nov 2018 - Nov 2018 · 1 mo

    •Research for Penguin Random House Podcast, BBC3's J-Z radio show, Out To Lunch video series, and potential Audible projects •Proofing and article allocation assistance for The Economist podcast • shadowing on audio drama 'Close Both Eyes' writ. Matthew Graham (Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars) dir. Kate Rowland, starring Toby Jones and Fiona Shaw. Independently recording pick ups with talent on location •analysing social media for 'Can You Feel It?' music documentary series, and for Swarovski partnership campaigns •Sourcing audio clips for audiograms for Katie Piper's Extraordinary People podcast •Transcribing Audible podcasts on 'Wellness,' 'Diet,' and 'Teenagers and technology'

  • Gallery Assistant (intern) at Bow Arts Trust
    Apr 2018 - Oct 2018 · 7 mos

    • Responsible for day to day runnings of the Nunnery gallery •Volunteer co-ordinator in recruiting and maintaining schedule •Oversee gallery shop activity, liaising with artists and publishers for products • Leading install and deinstall of exhibition 'Raw Materials Textiles' at Valence House, and handling archival materials. •Marketing: Ideas for social media posts to support gallery programme on Facebook, Instagram •Events assistant and keyholder for external hires of the venue