Ellis
McGourlay

Sound Designer & Mixer

Over 12 years crafting audio at two of advertising's most respected post-production studios. From award winning campaigns to cinema mixing.

About

Twelve years
Experience at
high end studios.

Available to work across all areas of audio post-production, from sound design through to final mix and delivery. Equally comfortable on intimate social and digital campaigns and large-scale broadcast productions. Based in London with dry hire relationships at central studios, and fully equipped to work remotely.

12+ Years experience
2 Top London studios
BA Music Production · Leeds Met

Showreel

Hear the work.

Clients & Agencies

Accenture Song
Adidas
Amazon
AMV BBDO
BBH
DAZN
Diageo
Google
Iconoclast
ITV
Lucky Generals
M&C Saatchi
National Trust
Nike
Object&Animal
Pablo London
Range Rover
Tesco
The Gate
VML

Recognition

BA
British Arrows · 2022
Bronze Winner — Young & Emerging Talent Award · Film Craft · UN Bodyright
Bronze
M&S
Music & Sound Awards · 2022
Best Sound Design in a Short Film — ILY IHY
Shortlisted
BA
British Arrows · Studio Highlight
Gold Winner — Best Over 60 & Up To & Including 90 Second Commercial · Nike × Ambush (mixed by Ellis)
Gold
CPL
Creativepool Annual · 2026
Sound Company of the Year — Judge
Award

Experience

Absolute Post
2024 — 2026
Senior Sound Designer

Joined Absolute — a full post-production house — in late 2024. Working across advertising, promo, and cinema content alongside grade, VFX, and picture edit teams deepened Ellis's understanding of the complete post workflow.

Expanded his cinema mixing work while delivering award-level sound for some of the UK's most visible campaigns.

Google Reformation ITV Paramount DAZN Cinema Mixing Advertising Promo
750mph
2014 — 2024
Runner → Head Runner → Librarian → Transfer Engineer → Sound Engineer

Arrived in London with no industry contacts. Started as Runner at 750mph and progressed through every foundational studio role — building the deep technical and workflow knowledge that underpins everything that followed.

Formally began training as a Sound Engineer in January 2018 at one of London's most awarded audio post studios. Promoted from Junior Sound Engineer to full Sound Engineer in 2022.

Six years delivering world-class sound for the agency world's most demanding clients. Highlights include mixing the British Arrows Gold-winning Nike × Ambush campaign, an Adidas 2024 Olympics film, and ADR recording sessions with Stephen Fry.

Nike × Ambush Adidas Olympics 2024 Stephen Fry ADR AMV BBDO Adam&EveDDB Anomaly Amazon XCM Studio Operations Technical Production Audi-Post Workflow

Services

Stereo Mixing
Cinema Mixing
Sound Design
VO Recording
ADR Recording
Music Editing
Audio Repair
Sonic Branding
AI Voice Editing

Software

Pro Tools
Ableton Live
iZotope RX Suite

Contact

Let's make it
sound good.

Open to new projects, commissions, and conversations about sound.