Job description

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Sound Designer with a strong background in AAA game audio. The ideal candidate will be a creative and technical expert who can elevate the auditory experience of our projects. You will work closely with our team and clients to design, implement, and refine audio assets, ensuring they meet the highest industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, create, and implement high-quality audio assets for AAA games.
• Collaborate with game developers, sound designers, production leads and other team members to ensure cohesive audio experiences.
• Conduct field recordings and Foley sessions as needed.
• Utilize middleware (e.g., Wwise, FMOD) and game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity) for audio integration.
• Mix and master audio to professional standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve audio-related issues during development.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in audio technology.
• Excellence in communication is an absolute vital part of the role including but not limited to; Slack, emails, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Discord, calls, text messages, and any other forms of communication.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in sound design, with at least 3 years in AAA game audio.
• Proficiency with audio software and tools (e.g., Pro Tools, Reaper, Soundminer, Wwise, FMOD Unreal Engine, Unity etc).
• Strong understanding of game audio implementation processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proactive attitude and ability to work independently as well as part of a team is an absolute must.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Passion for video games and immersive audio experiences.
• Candidates need to provide a concise demo reel showcasing their finest sound design work (without music) And that they may be required to complete a sound design test

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with sound design for other media (films, trailers,cinematics, etc.).
• Background in music composition or audio engineering.
• Experience with virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) audio.
• Experience with working in game audio cinematics and/or film trailers.

Our Culture

At Vicious Sound, we pride ourselves on being a fun and collaborative team. We believe in helping each other out and maintaining great communication within our team. Our supportive environment ensures that every member has the resources and encouragement needed to excel and grow professionally. We are passionate about our work and enjoy pushing the boundaries of sound design together.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible working hours.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and creative work environment.
• Chance to work on high-profile projects with industry leaders.

Job description

As XITE expands across new platforms and territories, we’re looking for a full-time (40 hours/week) Music Curator to join our Music Team. If you live and breathe music and are excited to help shape how people experience music videos around the world, we’d love to hear from you!

About XITE It’s our mission to share our passion for music videos with the world and invite people to experience music beyond listening: to see your music. XITE is dedicated to building the best music video experience in the world. Based in Amsterdam, XITE now reaches 100 million households across North America and Europe. XITE delivers premium music video experiences across four core products:

Global & International (Europe & North America)

• FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV): This rapidly growing global market offers themed music channels directly on smart TVs. Across Europe and North America, XITE is available with 26 different genre- and decade-based channels.
• Interactive TV App: Available on smart TVs in various countries throughout Europe and North America, this app features over 200 curated playlists for a personalized viewing experience.

The Netherlands

• Linear Television: This is where our brand began in 2008. It is available specifically in the Netherlands through all major Dutch cable and fiber providers.
• XITE Music: A comprehensive collection of 51 non-stop audio channels, available exclusively for viewers in the Netherlands.

About the team & the role

As a part of our Music Team, you’ll work alongside five music curators and a metadata specialist under the guidance of our Director of Music Curation. We celebrate diversity and individual expertise; that variety is exactly what allows us to connect with our broad, international audience.

The Music Team’s mission: We operate at the intersection of sound and screen. As a Music Curator, you sit at the heart of this vision, crafting seamless visual journeys for a global audience. Our goal is simple: to deliver the ultimate music video experience. Operating on a global scale, we partner with major labels, independent distributors, and leading platforms to constantly redefine how music videos are consumed.

Work-life balance: We follow a hybrid rhythm: two days remote and three days in the office. During our time on-site, we often head to our rooftop terrace to catch up over a drink and share the latest tracks and videos hitting our radars.

Your responsibilities

• Curate & Program: You will drive the programming for a selection of Linear/FAST channels and build out our Interactive TV App playlists across multiple genres, decades, moods and seasonal themes.
• Support Global Strategy: You work closely with our Senior Music Curators to help express XITE’s editorial voice across all active markets, keeping our content fresh, relevant, and forward-looking.
• Own the Metadata: You editorialize incoming music videos by assigning accurate subgenres, moods, and visual keywords. This metadata powers XITE’s search, discovery, and recommendation features.
• Contribute Creatively: You share ideas and recommendations with our Production team, helping select the perfect visuals for TV elements like idents and show openers.
• Collaborate & Innovate: Brainstorm with the wider Music Team on new content ideas and features that keep our global audience engaged.
• Discover & Rediscover: From scouting the next global hit to resurfacing timeless classics, you’ll stay ahead of music trends and dig into the archives to showcase the best of both worlds on XITE.

Must-haves

• You are a true tastemaker: you have deep knowledge of music history, music videos, and pop culture, with an innate sense of what resonates with audiences.
• You have a sharp musical judgment: you have an ear for what’s next and an eye for social trends. Whether spotting an emerging artist, identifying a viral track, or resurfacing a classic, you know how to pick the right video for the right moment.
• You are a clear communicator: you express ideas confidently, backed by cultural insight, data, and research.
• You are independent & collaborative: you are comfortable taking the initiative while thriving in a diverse, international team.
• You are detail-oriented & tech-savvy: you enjoy learning new tools and adapt quickly to specialized software and have a keen eye for detail and a solid foundation in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• You speak and write English fluently.
• You are based in the Netherlands, preferably closely to our office, and available to work from our Amsterdam office three days per week.

Nice-to-haves

• You have experience with TV, streaming, or radio scheduling tools.
• You are familiar with music-related metadata.
• You have a college or university degree in Music, or equivalent professional experience.

Job description

We are looking for a skilled Sound Designer / Audio Engineer with strong Unreal Engine 5 experience to lead the creation and implementation of all audio for our game. This includes sound effects, mixing, mastering, audio integration, and handling all voice acting for cutscenes and gameplay.

You will be responsible for making the game sound polished, immersive, and emotionally impactful.

Responsibilities:

• Create, record, design, and layer high-quality sound effects (SFX) for characters, creatures, weapons, abilities, UI, and gameplay moments.
• Edit, clean, and process audio to professional-quality standards.
• Build, organize, and implement audio directly inside Unreal Engine 5, including:
• Sound cues
• Audio attenuation
• Reverb zones
• Spatial/3D audio
• Blueprint-triggered audio events
• Integrate voice acting:
• Clean and edit VO recordings
• Mix dialogue
• Implement VO in cutscenes, cinematics, and gameplay
• Sync audio with animations, VFX, and cinematic sequences.
• Maintain consistent audio levels, mix balance, and quality across the entire game.
• Create adaptive/interactive audio that reacts to gameplay.
• Collaborate with animation, VFX, and programming teams on timing and implementation.
• Maintain an organized internal audio library with proper naming conventions.
• Optimize audio performance for PC/console.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience in sound design or audio engineering for games, film, or real-time media.
• Strong portfolio or demo reel showing SFX, VO work, and audio integration.
• Proficiency with professional DAWs such as:
• Reaper, Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, or similar
• Strong understanding of:
• SFX layering, Foley, PBR-style audio texturing (clean, modern game audio)
• Mixing and mastering
• Dialogue editing
• Noise reduction and audio cleanup
• Experience implementing audio directly inside Unreal Engine 5.
• Ability to work closely with animators, cinematic designers, and gameplay programmers

Job description

Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams around the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences—from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six, Just Dance, and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives helps both players and teams grow. If you’re passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!

Description of the Position Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an open-world action-adventure game set in a captivating space opera universe. It is also the direct prequel to the 2003 cult classic! Thanks to the technological advances of our proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to deliver a seamless, organic experience of exploration and space piracy at the scale of an entire solar system—featuring exotic locations, colorful characters, and many mysteries to discover solo or with friends. If you’re looking for a unique adventure, join our team and help us create System 3!

What you will do:

Missions: Under the supervision of the Studio Audio Director in Montpellier, you will provide technical solutions for the integration and implementation of audio systems to ensure that the audio assets created by the team function as intended, in line with the audio director’s vision.

• You will work within the middleware (Wwise) and the proprietary engine through scripting or the editor’s graph system.
• You will develop solutions in accordance with the constraints of the Audio Technical Direction and the specifics of the sound engine.
• You will propose audio systems to the Audio Director that improve efficiency and audio integration with other departments (animation, UI, etc.).
• You will also carry out all the responsibilities of a Sound Designer:
  • Create audio assets
  • Propose audio designs
  • Integrate audio designs

This may involve all areas of audio: sound, music, voice—and all components of a game: animation, UI, weapons, vehicles…

In addition, you may fully assume the role of audio technical direction reference within the project, ensuring the consistency, performance, and quality of all audio systems:

• Act as the project’s audio technical authority and ensure proper application of technical standards.
• Write, maintain, and share audio technical direction documentation.
• Review and validate audio guidelines, ensuring compliance and effective integration into the production pipeline.
• Act as the technical reference and main point of contact with the other Technical Directors on the project.
• Actively contribute to CPU and memory load management, as well as optimizing resource usage across the different consoles."

Your future work environment: The audio team supports all studio projects (marketing, recording sessions, multi-project support) by blending artistic creativity and technical expertise; it is made up of about ten people and an Audio Director.

You will work on the team of Alexandre Carlotti. You will become THE go-to person for the technical aspects of the BGE2 project, at the heart of a passionate team, and you will work in full harmony with the project’s audio programmers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principles of audio physics and digital audio.
• Proficiency in using DAWs (REAPER, ProTools) and processors (spectral, temporal, and dynamic).
• Knowledge of techniques for recording voices, sound effects, foley, and ambiences.
• Proficiency in mixing and mastering assets in accordance with loudness standards.
• Use of virtual instruments for sound design and specific plugins for special effects.
• Advanced knowledge of WWISE middleware, object-oriented approaches, ducking, bus structure, HDR, priorities, etc.
• Knowledge of audio resource management in games (memory, voices, CPU usage, etc.).
• Knowledge of visual scripting and engine functionalities.
• Knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python, C#, etc.) is required to create scripts for Reaper, Wwise, etc.
• Knowledge in audio technical direction, including a strong understanding of performance constraints, technical pipelines, and multi-platform environments.

What we expect from you:

• You approach problems with diplomacy, always guiding the discussion toward concrete solutions.
• You don’t hesitate to collaborate, and you naturally turn your critiques into avenues for improvement. Even in complex moments, you remain engaged, present, and constructive.
• You know how to adapt your message to your audiences, clearly explain technical topics to non-technical people, and calmly and confidently reframe a situation when necessary. You take the time to deliver thoughtful feedback, with a spirit of listening and respect.
• Autonomous and proactive, you anticipate needs, propose ideas, take initiative, and know how to move things forward without waiting for constant direction. You manage your projects end-to-end with seriousness and excellence.
• Thorough in your work: you test, you verify, you seek to understand deeply rather than settling for quick fixes. You pay real attention to detail and aim for a high standard in what you deliver.
• Curious and passionate about technology, you don’t hesitate to build small tools to make day-to-day work easier, improve pipelines, debug independently, and collaborate effectively with technical teams. You like to learn, explore new solutions, and stay up to date with developments in your field.
• Finally, you are passionate, and you naturally share your discoveries, explore new approaches, and constantly strive to go beyond the minimum expected. You contribute to the evolution of practices and take genuine pleasure in creating rich, polished sound experiences.

Recruitment process:

• Review of your application: our team will carefully review it.
• Quick pre-screen (30 min max by phone): if your profile matches, you will have a first phone call to validate certain points.
• Interview 1: Discovery (1h, video): a conversation with a member of the recruitment team to get to know you better and verify the fit between your background and our expectations.
• Interview 2: Technical (1h, video): a discussion with two team members, more technically oriented, to get into the specifics and speak the same language.

A technical test step is also planned in order to better understand your way of working and your technical sensibility.

Your onboarding? From your first day, you will benefit from a structured onboarding process to quickly immerse you in the project’s universe.

During your first week, you will attend a complete presentation of the project and our tools, led by several key team members: the audio director, the music designer, and the coordinator. This dedicated time will allow you to deeply understand their pipeline and approach, while also speaking directly with the people who bring the project to life every day.

Remote work:

We adopt a hybrid working model that helps you stay connected with your team and aligned with the company’s priorities, while giving you the possibility to maintain your work-life balance. Note that some roles are entirely office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.

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Joining Ubisoft Montpellier means having access from day one to:

• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely under the conditions defined by the Ubisoft charter.
• 20 days of remote work per year from a country in the European Union (reserved for candidates with EU citizenship);
• 50% reimbursement of your public transport pass, or a mileage allowance if you use a bike as your mode of transportation;
• Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, competitors’ games, and consoles;
• Our employee committee (CSE) and its preferential rates on a wide range of shows, movie theaters, concerts, gyms, theme parks, and many other great deals.

As an employer, Ubisoft offers equal opportunities for access to employment without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft is committed to developing an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of its player community within its teams.

Ubisoft actively works to reduce its carbon footprint and to mobilize its communities as part of its Play Green commitment.

All information will be treated confidentially in accordance with Employment Equity legislation.

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