Senior Audio Designer

Job Description

AUDIO

What We Do

We raise the quality level of audio in all Epic game titles and technologies as well as engage with a world-class team to create amazing gaming experiences.

What You'll Do

The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games are collaborating on an all-new games and entertainment universe.

In addition to being a world-class games experience, this new persistent universe will offer a multitude of opportunities for consumers to play, watch, and engage with content, characters, and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, and more.

Players, gamers, and fans of all kinds will be able to create their own stories and experiences, express their fandom in a distinctly Disney way, and share content with each other in ways that they love. Come join us in creating the future of interactive entertainment.

Epic Games is searching for a Senior Audio Designer with a passion for world-class immersive sound to lead the overall sound design efforts as part of our collaboration with Disney. On this talented team of veteran and emerging artists, you'll partner across teams and contribute directly to the projects across Epic Games.

In this role, you will
• Help raise the quality level of audio in all Epic game titles and technologies
• Engage with a world-class team to create amazing gaming experiences
• Push the development of audio features and integration for future Unreal audio engine development

What we're looking for
• Must have shipped and owned the creative aesthetic for sound design on at least three AAA titles and have 7 years of experience as part of an audio team
• Extensive audio engineering and DAW skills and knowledge
• Experience with Unreal or Unity editors, including scripting, level editor, animation, and linear editors
• Experience with audio middleware and implementing audio assets into game build
• Experience with mixing and mastering multitrack audio
• Ability to design and implement audio scripting to achieve desired in-game audio features and dynamic playback
• Ability to troubleshoot audio issues and optimize to meet memory budget and performance requirements across multiple platforms
• Aware and capable of modern sound design techniques and practices, and must have experience creating audio for linear media
• Should be able to talk about and deconstruct other current games' audio quality and implementation
• Demo Reel Required:
• 3-5 minute video file with footage from games on which you've worked. Can alternatively be individual or multiple videos of various projects - does not need to be edited down to one continuous reel
• A cue sheet or superimposed text explaining your contributions to the footage
• A diverse selection of footage including various types of work

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3eb4n-3-22-68-96-42 in your application.