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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, we are driving industry-leading audio through partnership, expertise, innovation and uncompromising quality.

Role Overview

EA Create Audio is looking for an experienced Audio Artist who can make an immediate contribution to our Speech/VO audio development team. You will own audio specific project(s), with the goal of creating/maintaining a quality audio experience. You are expected to have post-production skill and experience in all phases of audio design and production, with proficiency in both voice production and implementation. If this sounds like you – submit your application and join us on this journey!

Responsibilities

  • Create quality audio for our video games, with a high focus on authentic dialogue to suit our story-driven game experiences

  • Own well-defined audio-related tasks & deliverables, with a high focus on content pipelines

  • Design, develop & support feature(s), small project(s) or task(s) within the Speech discipline

  • Technical implementation, logic and databasing tasks, all catered to the user experience

  • Editor package imports, sample handling & database management

  • Quality control and assessment of VO for all applicable platforms & languages

  • Create software design to support bespoke source elements

  • Speech editing, naming, cataloguing and file organization

  • Experience with tracking documentation

  • Source control, depot submissions, build pipelines

  • Participate in team collaboration, but also work independently

  • Take direction from Audio Leads and other senior audio artists on the project, but still express your creativity and design insight

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years' studio engineering/recording/VO experience (or equivalent)

  • 3-5 years game audio experience

  • Methodical & organized, with a strong sense of structure, self-discipline and punctuality

  • Solid knowledge of PC and console audio hardware

  • Outstanding sound design skills

  • Works well as part of a team, but also autonomously

  • Skilled in the area of technical game audio implementation

  • Experience with audio middleware software (Wwise, Fmod)

  • Familiarity with third party game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc.)

  • Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Access, Powerpoint)

  • Solid experience using game audio development tools, technology and pipelines

  • Experience with modern audio creation equipment, software and recording techniques, with a high level of proficiency in Pro Tools (DAW)

  • Able to methodically manage & track large amounts of data

  • Exposure to basic knowledge of code or scripting language (C#, C++, Lua, etc.) an asset

Bonus Skills

  • Experience with Quality Assurance Verification

  • Experience with onboarding new team members

  • Knowledge and familiarity with pro sports, teams & leagues

  • Proficiency with VBA macros, Python, JavaScript, etc

  • Experience with remote VO recording sessions

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.