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Sound Designer (Contract) - Madden

EA Create Audio is an award-winning audio team creating audio assets for titles within EA STUDIOS. Through uniting our creative talents and technical expertise, our Audio team is driving industry-leading audio through partnership, professionalism, expertise, innovation, and uncompromising quality.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Audio Artist who can make an immediate contribution to all aspects of audio development within our team, directly supporting titles in EA Sports.

Audio Artists will be responsible for a variety of audio-specific project(s), with the goal of creating a quality audio experience for our players. You would work directly with the Development Manager and Audio Leads. Candidates will need to have skills in post-production and in all phases of audio design and production, with proficiency in more than one of the following components – sound design, music, voice production, and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• You would be responsible for designing and implementing audio content.
• Designing and implementing sound patches according to our technical guidelines.
• You would help debug logic schematics and system components.
• Responsible for setup, tuning and debugging behavior of coded or prefabricated runtime systems.
• You would utilize visual programming and scripting languages to achieve desired results from audio runtime systems.
• Have an understanding of the interactions between various runtime systems, their effects on mix, and other global systems.
• Understand and author scripted workflows.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3 years audio production experience (or equivalent)
• 5+ years of game audio experience
• Experience in field recording and remote production
• Fully proficient in DAW production and associated audio production tools
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• Proficiency in Python scripting a plus
• Solid experience using game audio development tools, technology, and pipelines
• Solid understanding of multichannel audio production and object audio considerations
• Solid knowledge of PC and console audio hardware
• Outstanding sound design and listening skills
• Experience in the area of technical implementation of game audio

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
º $75,650 - $114,150
• New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
º $70,550 - $114,150
• New Jersey (depending on location e.g. Jersey City vs. Trenton):
º $70,550 - $114,150
• Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
º $70,550 - $103,150
• Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
º $70,550 - $103,150

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.