Great stories require great dialogue, and great dialogue requires people with a strong combination of sound design and technical skills. As a Technical Dialogue Designer, you complete the equation that brings dialogue into our games. Bungie needs a dialogue design and implementation specialist to contribute to our narrative efforts. This is a unique opportunity to join a team that has revolutionized the way dialogue has driven story in games.

With the uncertainty and rapidly changing circumstances surrounding COVID-19, most positions at Bungie are expected to onboard and work from home for a significant portion of 2021. In 2022, most Bungie employees will adopt a flexible schedule working from home part time (outside of positions identified as either 100% onsite or fully remote in WA & CA). Currently only a select range of positions are available for full-time remote work in WA & CA (please review location for details). Prospective employees located outside of CA & WA will need to establish WA state residency within 45 days of a start date. Bungie’s work from home, flexible work schedule, and remote policy is subject to change at the company’s discretion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Implement localized dialogue assets into our games
Ensure consistent and reliable delivery of all dialogue assets
Level audio assets and manually edit problematic ones prior to automated processing
Utilize internal tools and systems to effectively manage many thousands of dialogue assets
Debug problems in the dialogue delivery systems and implementation
Support the design and application of voice effects processing systems using programmatic automation, DAWs, and audio plugins
Adjust voice effect processing chains to accommodate needs of specific languages
Represent localization and globalization interests in the conceptualization and proposal of forward-thinking dialogue usage to improve narrative quality
Work with engineering support teams to drive improvements to the localization dialogue pipeline
Collaborate with Audio, Narrative, and Localization stakeholders to ensure technical needs and quality bars are met
Participate in Dialogue and Localization rituals to facilitate healthy planning, ops, and communication

REQUIRED SKILLS

Experience in games and/or audio post-production, podcast production, etc.
Understanding of game audio aesthetics and implementation methods
Experience editing and managing large quantities of game dialogue content
Proficiency with modern computer-based audio production tools such as Pro Tools, Reaper, and Sound Forge
Understanding of traditional studio engineering, audio post-production, and dialogue recording techniques
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Experience implementing game audio via Audiokinetic Wwise

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

Speaker of a second language
Awareness of linguistic topics and variations (masculine/feminine, singular/plural, etc.)
Experience with localization teams or processes