Oli Jacobs

Oli Jacobs is a British recording and mixing engineer living in Los Angeles. He is an 11x nominated, 5x Grammy Award winner, known for his work with artists such as Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Harry Styles, and Peter Gabriel, and for his frequent collaborations with producer Jack Antonoff.

Education Jacobs studied on the Tonmeister music and sound recording course at the University of Surrey.

Career After graduating, Jacobs began his career as an in-house engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.

Jacobs has become a frequent collaborator of American producer Jack Antonoff, engineering on records for artists including Taylor Swift (The Tortured Poets Department), Sabrina Carpenter (Short n' Sweet, Man's Best Friend), and Bleachers.

He has mixed several tracks for Kendrick Lamar, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one album GNX, with number-one singles "Luther" and "Squabble Up". In the UK, he has engineered on number-one albums such as This Is How Tomorrow Moves by Beabadoobee and i/o by Peter Gabriel.

Awards and nominations Jacobs has received multiple awards for his engineering work, including the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical twice. He has 11 Grammy nominations with 5 wins to date.

Year Organization Award Work Result Ref. 2023 65th Annual Grammy Awards Album of the Year Harry's House (as engineer) Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical The Tortured Poets Department (as engineer) 202668th Annual Grammy AwardsAlbum of the Year GNX (as engineer and mixer) Man's Best Friend (as engineer) Record of the Year "Luther" (as engineer and mixer) "Manchild" (as engineer) Best Rap AlbumGNX (as engineer and mixer)