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Dialogue Designer - Contract

Playground Games is looking for a Dialogue Designer to join our Fable team on a contract basis.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role:

As Dialogue Designer, you will work closely with the Audio, Cinematic, Design, and Narrative teams to cast a diverse set of characters and work with actors and voice over directors to deliver top tier quality vocal performances.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.

What you will do:

• Assist with implementation of all voice over in the game.
• Edit and process voice over sessions to deliver game-ready assets.
• Assist with the management of outsource engagements and review delivered assets.
• Run remote voice over sessions and be willing to travel to multiple voice over studios to be on site for casting and voice-over sessions.
• Work with localisation studios to deliver a global release.

What you will bring:

• Worked on at least one published AAA title as Dialogue Designer.
• A detailed knowledge of the most common digital audio workstations and plugins. Knowledge of FMOD and / or Wwise, ideally having shipped AAA games using either.
• An incredibly keen ear for audio production detail. Understanding of microphone technique and acting coaching/voice direction preferred.
• An understanding of in-game dialogue systems and pipelines preferred, as well as the ability to adapt to new technology and game engine tools.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A passion for game audio and lead an active gaming lifestyle

This is a fantastic opportunity to make world-class games with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.

Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.