Leads the audio production.

The Audio Director oversees the overall sound of the series and coordinates recording, editing, sound design, SFX, ambience, mixing, and mastering.

Responsibilities:

• Establish the audio style

• Coordinate the audio department

• Review completed episodes

• Work with the Sound Designer and Audio Editor

• Maintain consistent audio quality

Leads the musical identity of the series.

The Music Director works with the composer and musicians to establish the musical language of Rivers of the Sky.

Possible musical identities include:

• Main Theme

• Character Themes

• Continental Themes

• God Themes

• Villain Themes

• Mystery Themes

• Travel Themes

• Emotional Themes

• Battle Themes

Leads the project's social media strategy.

The Social Media Director coordinates the overall online presence of Rivers of the Sky and works with the social media team.

Leads the visual identity of Rivers of the Sky.

The Art Director establishes the visual direction for characters, environments, technology, architecture, promotional artwork, and other visual materials.

Leads the project's video content.

The Video Director develops the visual direction for trailers, promotional videos, YouTube content, and other video projects.

Writes episodes and scenes for the series.

Scriptwriters turn story ideas and outlines into finished audio-drama scripts. Writers should be comfortable writing dialogue, character interactions, dramatic scenes, and audio-friendly storytelling.

Responsibilities:

• Write assigned episodes or scenes

• Develop natural dialogue

• Follow the established story and lore

• Write for an audio-only audience

• Incorporate SFX, music, ambience, and performance opportunities

Ideal candidate: Strong writing skills, good dialogue instincts, and an understanding of writing for audio.

Polishes the scripts.

The Script Editor focuses on dialogue, clarity, pacing, grammar, character voice, and readability while preserving each writer's creative intent.

Responsibilities:

• Edit dialogue

• Improve pacing and clarity

• Correct grammar and formatting

• Maintain character voice

• Prepare scripts for recording

Ideal candidate: Strong editing skills, attention to detail, and sensitivity toward writers' individual voices.

Helps make sure the story works.

The Story Editor reviews story structure, character arcs, pacing, episode progression, and continuity across the larger narrative.

Responsibilities:

• Review story outlines and episodes

• Identify structural problems

• Track character development

• Help improve pacing

• Work with writers to strengthen episodes

Ideal candidate: Strong analytical storytelling skills and a good understanding of narrative structure.

Researches the mythologies that inspire the world.

Rivers of the Sky draws inspiration from real-world mythological traditions. The Mythology Researcher helps the creative team understand the original traditions before they are adapted into the fictional setting.

Responsibilities:

• Research mythology and historical sources

• Provide accurate background information

• Identify cultural context

• Help distinguish original mythology from fictional adaptations

• Flag potential inaccuracies or misunderstandings

Ideal candidate: Strong research skills and genuine respect for the cultures and traditions being studied.

Helps us build cultures respectfully and thoughtfully.

This role helps research the real-world cultures that inspire the fictional continents and advises the creative team on history, language, traditions, architecture, social customs, and representation.

Responsibilities:

• Research cultural history and traditions

• Review worldbuilding

• Provide cultural context

• Flag stereotypes or inaccuracies

• Work with writers and artists

Ideal candidate: Strong research skills and relevant cultural knowledge or experience.

Reviews representation before release.

Sensitivity Readers and Cultural Consultants review relevant scripts, characters, dialogue, and story elements to identify potentially harmful stereotypes, inaccuracies, or insensitive representation.

Responsibilities:

• Review relevant material

• Provide constructive feedback

• Identify cultural or representational concerns

• Suggest alternatives where appropriate

Ideal candidate: Lived experience, professional knowledge, academic knowledge, or significant familiarity with the relevant culture or subject.

Turns recordings into polished dialogue tracks.

The Audio Editor cleans, organizes, edits, and prepares dialogue recordings for the final episode.

Responsibilities:

• Remove unwanted noise where possible

• Edit takes

• Organize dialogue

• Sync performances

• Prepare tracks for mixing

Creates the sonic world of Rivers of the Sky.

The Sound Designer creates and develops the sounds that allow listeners to imagine the world without seeing it.

Examples:

• Machinery

• Montgolfières

• Mechanical bodies

• Cities

• Ruins

• Weather

• Battles

• Ancient temples

• Creatures

• Magical or supernatural phenomena

Builds the individual sound effects of each scene.

The SFX Editor finds, creates, edits, and organizes sound effects and integrates them into episodes.

Creates original music for the series.

The Composer writes music that supports the characters, cultures, mysteries, emotional moments, locations, and major events of Rivers of the Sky.

Helps turn compositions into finished recordings.

The Music Producer works with composers and musicians to organize recording, production, editing, and delivery of the soundtrack.

Provides vocals for musical pieces when needed.

This may include solo vocals, background vocals, chants, fictional-language performances, or choir arrangements.

Designs the characters of the world.

Character Designers develop clothing, silhouettes, mechanical modifications, accessories, cultural details, and visual identities for characters.

Visualizes the world.

Environment Artists create locations such as cities, villages, ruins, temples, landscapes, workshops, ports, and Sky River routes.

Designs the technology of the world.

This role focuses on mechanical technology, machinery, tools, prosthetics, transportation, weapons, architecture, and other steampunk elements.

Important: Rivers of the Sky uses airships and Sky Rivers as its primary form of long-distance sky travel.

Maps the world of Rivers of the Sky.

The Map Artist creates maps of continents, nations, cities, routes, geographical features, and potentially the Sky Rivers themselves.

Creates visual assets for the project.

This may include posters, logos, social media graphics, episode artwork, announcements, documents, promotional material, and other graphic elements.

Creates finished artwork for the project.

Illustrators may work on character art, promotional illustrations, episode artwork, posters, key scenes, or other visual material.

Turns footage and artwork into finished videos.

The Video Editor assembles trailers, promotional videos, behind-the-scenes content, YouTube videos, and other visual material.

Manages the project's social platforms.

Platforms may include:

• TikTok

• Instagram

• YouTube

• Discord

• Other platforms as the project grows

Responsibilities:

• Schedule posts

• Publish updates

• Maintain the project's voice

• Coordinate promotional campaigns

• Engage with the community

Creates content that introduces people to the project.

Content may include short videos, character introductions, behind-the-scenes material, lore posts, production updates, clips, and other community content.

Helps organize promotional campaigns and releases.

The Marketing Coordinator works with the social media, video, art, and production teams to coordinate announcements and promotional campaigns.

Creates trailers and promotional videos.

This role combines dialogue, music, sound effects, artwork, and editing to create trailers and promotional pieces for the series.

Writes promotional and public-facing text.

The Copywriter may create social media captions, announcements, promotional descriptions, trailers, website copy, character introductions, and other marketing material.