We came across interesting new jobs at Ubisoft Montreuil (Beyond Good and Evil 2), High Moon Studios, Facebook Reality Labs, and Amazon Web Services – and they’re looking for a Sound Designer (France), Associate Audio Designer (CA, US), Audio Experiences Prototyper (WA, US), and Sr. UX Sound Designer (WA, US).
We also found openings for a Sound Designer at Feenx Games (LA, US), Sound Design Apprentice (Contract) at ArenaNet (WA, US), Sound Designer at CyberCoders (GA, US), Audio/Video System Designer at Newgentek (FL, US), Technical Sound Designer at Ubisoft Montreuil (France), Audio Engineer at Undead Labs (WA, US), Assistant Sound Designer at Hexany Audio (CA, US), at Spotify (CA, US), Audio Designer at Frontier Developments (England), Senior Sound Designer at Crystal Dynamics (England), Sound Studio Technician at PlayStation San Diego (CA, US), and Lecturer in Interactive Audio at Edinburgh Napier University (Scotland).
Bonus: The Audio Jobs group also has opportunities for a Junior Sound Technologist at Meow Wolf (NM, US), Audio Engineer at Trilogy Sound Studio (NV, UW), and Sound Designer and Post Production Mix Engineers at Byju’s (KA, India). Happy job hunting!
Company: Ubisoft Montreuil
Location: Montreuil, France
Le Monde d’UBISOFT
Les équipes d’Ubisoft sont animées par leur volonté d’enrichir la vie des joueurs avec des expériences de divertissement originales et mémorables. Elles donnent vie à des mondes, de véritables terrains de jeux où l’imagination peut s’exprimer librement, donnant naissance à des moments de surprise, de fun et d’aventure qui permettent aussi au joueur d’apprendre et se découvrir.
Chez Ubisoft, vous avez l’opportunité de collaborer et d’évoluer avec des équipes passionnées et pionnières dans leur domaine, partout dans le monde. Vous progresserez dans un environnement bienveillant et inspirant dans lequel vous repousserez les limites de l’imaginaire et de la technologie pour créer les mondes qui passionneront nos joueurs.
Dans le cadre de son développement, Ubisoft recherche pour son Studio de Production de Paris, où ont dernièrement été développés les titres « Ghost Recon : Wildlands », « Mario + The Lapins Crétins Kingdom Battle », « Just Dance 2019 » ou encore « Watch_Dogs 2 » :
Un(e) Sound Designer (H/F)
Vous êtes prêt à relever de nouveaux challenges ? Vous souhaitez offrir de belles expériences au joueur ? Venez nous rejoindre !
Job Description
Vous exercerez vos talents sur le projet BGE II, l’une des productions AAAA les plus innovantes du line-up d’Ubisoft. Dans un contexte multi-studios, entouré des meilleurs dans leurs domaines, vous rejoindrez une équipe pluridisciplinaire pour mettre en place l’un des aspects cœur du produit.
Au sein d’une équipe et sous la responsabilité du producer, vous serez en charge d’un sujet transversal sur le projet avec un haut potentiel innovant dans l’industrie.
Votre expérience, votre vision et vos talents techniques et design vous permettront d’évoluer dans le projet et de prendre part à cette aventure hors du commun.
Votre Quête Journalière
Rattaché(e) à l’équipe Audio, vous êtes responsable de la qualité des bruitages, des ambiances et de l’intégration des musiques.
Dans Ce Contexte, Vos Missions Principales Sont
- Concevoir, créer et modifier les contenus originaux audio conformément à la vision créative du projet,
- Prototyper et développer des solutions techniques pour contribuer à l’amélioration de la qualité des contenus audio,
- Identifier des solutions pour résoudre les problématiques techniques en cas de bug ou de problème en collaboration avec les équipes impliquées,
- Déployer tous les assets audio en utilisant les outils et systèmes appropriés et veiller à l’optimisation de ces systèmes.
- Vous disposez au minimum de 4 ans d’expérience en tant que Designer Audio pour la production de jeux vidéo,
- Vous maîtrisez les outils/logiciels de production Audio (Nuendo / Protools / Reaper, Sound Forge / Wavelab, etc…) et vous êtes également au fait des nouvelles techniques et tendances,
- Vous possédez une forte sensibilité artistique qui vous permettra de définir les exigences et les spécifications techniques en étroite collaboration avec les programmeurs audio,
- Vous avez une sensibilité technique qui vous permet d’être force de proposition concernant les outils et systèmes existants et une bonne capacité d’adaptation aux outils inhouse,
- Vous avez une passion pour les Jeux Vidéo et possédez une bonne culture vidéo ludique,
- Votre niveau d’anglais vous permet d’évoluer dans un contexte international.
Ubisoft veille à développer un environnement de travail inclusif qui reflète la diversité de sa communauté de joueurs dans ses équipes.
En tant qu’employeur, Ubisoft offre à tous les mêmes opportunités d’accès à l’emploi sans distinction de genre, ethnicité, religion, orientation sexuelle, statut social, handicap et d’âge.
Company: High Moon Studios
Location: Carlsbad, CA, US
As an Associate Audio Designer at High Moon Studios you will assist the audio team in recording, editing and implementing temp dialog. Other duties may include field recording and in game level implementation and audio bug fixing.
About the role
- Contribute to all aspects of the dialog system, including recording temp VO, editing the dialog assets and implementing them into the dialog tool.
- Work closely with the Narrative team to make sure we’re getting quality temp VO performances.
- Collaborate with all other game development disciplines to realize the best possible results
- Assist with field recordings
- Work with proprietary tools to implement audio content
About you
- Industry experience is a plus, but not required.
- Strong attention to detail is a must, will be working with and wrangling many files and systems.
- Audio recording, processing, and mixing skills – particularly with sound effects and dialog.
- Programming or scripting skills is a plus.
- Have proficiency in Reaper, Pro Tools, Sound Forge, and audio plugins such as Waves, SoundToys, etc.
- Excellent PC/Mac skills and proficiency with word-processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
- Possess strong organization and communication skills.
- Good work ethic and a positive attitude.
Founded in 2002, High Moon Studios is an award-winning studio developing and contributing to action games such as the Call of Duty franchise, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and Transformers: War for Cybertron. We employ 100+ in Carlsbad, California, a seaside city in San Diego County.
Our pride is our people and the experiences we have successfully created for our fans. High Moon’s talent comprises industry veterans responsible for some of the most successful games ever made. We have award-winning developers, published artists and specialists recognized as among the best in their fields. Our studio has a history of using innovative techniques designed to boost productivity and product quality, which in turn enhances our studio’s quality of life.
High Moon Studios is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Company: Facebook Reality Labs
Location: Redmond, WA, US
As an Audio Experiences Prototyper on the Design team at Facebook Reality Labs, you’ll work with world-class scientists, designers, and engineers developing breakthrough technologies necessary for virtual, mixed, and augmented reality. You will develop spatial and perceptual audio experiences for AR and VR projects that demonstrate the full potential of 3D audio using future-state research technology. Your work will span both AR and VR domains, and be incorporated into larger multi-sensory and multi-modal experiences to be used in user research studies, technology demos, and functional prototypes.
AUDIO EXPERIENCES PROTOTYPER, FACEBOOK REALITY LABS RESPONSIBILITIES- Collaboration with research scientists to transform experimental hardware, software, and services into prototype interactive experiences
- Implementation support for audio features within multi-modal experience development
- Articulate your development decisions to internal stakeholders
- Give and solicit real-time feedback from others to raise the quality and craftsmanship of the product
- Contribute to strategic decisions, working with the Design, Product and Executive teams
- Communication and presentation experience and experience working in a highly collaborative, ambiguous environment
- Knowledge of Max/MSP
- Knowledge of MATLAB scripting
- Experience using Unity 3D or Unreal
- Programming experience in C#
- Experience with DAWs (Ableton Live, ProTools, Logic Pro, etc.)
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, music & technology, acoustical engineering, or a related degree
Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we’re just getting started.
Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
Company: Amazon Web Services
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Amazon is seeking a highly motivated, exceptionally skilled, UX Sound Designer to help create the Amazon audio experience. The position will offer the opportunity to contribute to the overall product and platform from the concept and design stage all the way to final-production audio assets.
Responsibilities
- Create sound designs for features and products including concepts and prototypes.
- Review with key stakeholders to refine the overall user experience.
- Utilize user research to shape and guide the sound experience.
- Iterate and create final production-audio assets.
- Collaborate across design disciplines and with engineering and management partners.
- Partner with developers and to guide audio implementation and assist with bug fixes.
- Experience with building pipelines and platforms including the documentation of guidelines.
- Bachelors Degree in related field
- 3+ years experience
- Proven history creating industry leading, compelling, and highly effective sound designs with a user experience focus (examples will be requested).
- Able to create end-to-end audio experiences from the concept stage to final audio.
- Expert level proficiency with industry standard professional audio software tools including: DAW’s, Audio Editors, Plug-Ins and processing.
- Expert level understanding of the audio asset creation process.
- Expert level understanding of recording, mixing, and mastering techniques and concepts.
- Please submit a link or copy of your audio reel.
- Please submit three designs with a detailed explanation documenting your specific work for each project from the concept to final stages.
- Be willing and prepared to take an audio assessment.
