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Sound Designer
1 year ago
Sound Designer for AAA game studio based in NYC
Avalanche Studios is seeking a Sound Designer (SD) with heart, to join the audio team on our latest AAA project, Contraband. Challenges include working with proprietary tools including the Apex game engine and our own modular audio framework, and utilizing these tools along with the Wwise audio engine to design and implement sounds into our game in a fairly unique way.
By joining our team of audio developers, you’ll be taking on the responsibility of giving weight and size to the worlds our games take place in. Our ideal team member will have a healthy balance of creative and technical problem solving abilities, as both will be needed for the role. Half of a game’s audio quality is determined by implementation, and as an Avalanche Sound Designer you’ll be responsible for both creating and implementing your own sounds.
We rely upon our Sound Designers to:
- Utilize their talents in crafting unique sounds to give depth, weight and character to our beautiful open worlds.
- Think abstractly about sound sources and design their sounds using a combination of field recordings, synthesized sounds, and sounds from our extensive library.
- Collaborate with team members across disciplines to find solutions that best support quality audio.
- Playtest regularly and help identify opportunities to improve audio quality.
- Embrace the challenge of problem solving with proprietary tools and applications that lack the polish and limitations that come with off-the-shelf solutions
Skills and experience we’re interested in:
- Experience as a sound designer
- Wwise fluency
- DAW proficiency (Reaper is the team’s DAW of choice)
- Ability to give and accept feedback
- Communicating with people across large development teams
- Musical knowledge and a vision for interactive music is a plus!
- Experience with any scripting language is a plus!
Our Values
We believe in a world beyond limits. We build this world through a commitment to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Everyone at Avalanche Studios Group has a shared responsibility to create an open and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated equally and with respect. This is why we provide goals instead of instructions.
Being part of our world is not contingent on where you’re from, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.
At Avalanche Studios Group, we believe in elevating good developers to greatness and providing great developers with the opportunity to do the best work of their careers.
Care to join us?
We will only consider applications that include a CV, brief cover letter, and demonstrations of your previous work to review. In your cover letter, let us know why you want to work at Avalanche Studios Group, and how your previous experience could be applicable to our sound department. For this role you need to be able to work full-time in one of our four locations.
To apply for this position, please register below. Apply as soon as possible, as we review applications continuously. All further information is provided under non-disclosure agreement only.
Employee promise
We provide goals, instead of instructions, and the opportunity to do the best work of your career.
Our Values
At Avalanche Studios Group, we believe in worlds beyond limits, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Everyone at Avalanche Studios Group has a shared responsibility to create an open and inclusive work environment where everyone is treated equally and with respect. Being part of our world is not contingent on where you’re from, your gender, or sexual orientation. It’s all about your passion and creativity.
Avalanche Studios Group believes in a healthy work/life balance and is an industry-leader in vacation days and supporting a flexible work policy for parents. Taking a cue from our Swedish roots, our NY office offers 100% health care coverage. Additionally, Avalanche will be involved in the Visa application process if you are an international applicant.
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