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Senior Sound Designer (Contract)

WHO WE ARE

We’re ArenaNet—we’ve created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. We're not the only ones who share this passion; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.

Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo is not good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players, which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.

*This is an 11 month contract position in our Bellevue Office once we're able to return on-site*

WHO YOU ARE

As the Senior Sound Designer, you will produce and implement a wide variety of sound assets for GW2. You are highly creative, technically adept and passionate about designing sound. This role requires best-in-class design skills, high level technical problem solving facilities, and excellent communication and organizational abilities.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Create organic, life-like and emotional creature sounds
• Create player and creature ability sounds for combat
• Create immersive dynamic audio environments
• Create sounds for props and player skills
• Record and edit Foley sound
• Design sound for the game User Interface
• Integrate designed audio using a variety of specialized tools
• Maintain good working relationships with artists and engineers, and participate in the iteration of designs based on their feedback

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Best-in-class sound design skills
• Excellent organization and communication skills
• Experience working with digital audio workstations
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in audio recording, field recording, processing, and mixing
• Ability to manage a large volume of audio data efficiently and accurately
• Work well as part of a team in a fast-paced, multi discipline environment
• Ability to learn proprietary game development applications
• 5+ years of professional sound design experience working in video games or motion pictures

PLUSES!

• Experience in MMO games with massive numbers of sound objects
• Experience in sampling, synthesis and plugin patch creation
• Experience with vocal processing
• Experience with scripting
• Familiar with the DAW Nuendo and Reaper