Inside the Listener’s Head: Storytelling With Sound Design & Immersive Production

20 May 2026
The Creator Stage
How do you make listeners feel inside the story, not just hear it? This panel explores how sound design and immersive production can shape emotion, perspective, and atmosphere, helping turn audio into a richer storytelling medium.

Drawing on work across podcasts, film, immersive audiobooks, and branded storytelling, the speakers will discuss how dialogue, space, silence, and sonic detail can build worlds, guide attention, and deepen audience connection. The session will also explore immersive formats such as Dolby Atmos, and how new tools are expanding what is creatively possible in audio storytelling.

Whether you make cinematic narrative work or voice led content, this conversation will offer practical insight into creating richer, more intimate listening experiences, and using sound more deliberately as a storytelling tool.
 
Chairperson
Chris Jones
Chris Jones, Head of Production - Audible
Speakers
Will Cohen
Will Cohen, Founder - String and Tins
Lawrence Kendrick
Lawrence Kendrick, Creative Director - String and Tins
Richard Addis
Richard Addis, Music, Podcast, and Post-Production Partnerships - Dolby

Sponsored by:

String and Tins