Scopely is on a never-ending mission to create unforgettable games. Our studio was built by passionate game makers dedicated to crafting playful, smart, addictively fun experiences. We care about accessibility, depth, innovation, and production values... but most of all we care about our community of players. We don’t just make games, we play and love them too, making player empathy a core value for all of us.
If you’re thinking about joining our close-knit team you should love games, be world-class at making them, and understand fundamentally that great business results come from great games and loyal players. At Scopely Playa Vista, located just three miles from the coast, you’ll be working with some of the best developers in the world from hit games and franchises including League of Legends, Command & Conquer, Battle for Middle-Earth, and Diablo.
Scopely Playa Vista, a world-class mobile game development studio, is in search of a creative, experienced Sound Designer. As part of our audio team, you will be devoted to creating compelling, creative game audio that supports and enhances the player’s experience through sound.
You will work closely with fellow members of the sound team as well as designers, engineers, and artists to help create and implement audio in our games. You will be involved with our games from pre-production through post-launch.
What you will do:
- Author, implement and test sounds for our games.
- Work with the Audio Lead to establish strong audio visions and directions for our games.
- Work with the Audio Programmer to innovate and explore new audio features, system design, and implementation processes for the game.
- Interface with Audio, Design, Animation, VFX and Engineering groups to ensure that audio works in-game and matches the vision of the game.
What you will need:
- 4+ years as a Sound Designer for video games.
- Experience working in DAW workstations, such as Pro Tools, Reaper, Nuendo, etc.
- Extensive experience with audio authoring (Wwise) and game implementation techniques (emitters, animation tags, etc.).
- Experience working in a team environment, providing and receiving feedback.
- Familiarity with working with Unity.
- Experience with task tracking and version control software (JIRA, Perforce, etc.).
- Welcoming of creative input and constructive feedback from other disciplines, while advocating and promoting your own agenda and direction for audio design.
- Collaborative and willing to work with team members from all disciplines in order to execute the creative vision for the game.
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Desire to be continually looking for opportunities to improve the audio in our games.
- Willing to face technical challenges, solve problems and fix bugs and technical issues on your own.
About Scopely:
Scopely is a leading mobile games company home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including Scrabble® GO, MARVEL Strike Force, Star Trek™ Fleet Command, Looney Tunes™ World of Mayhem, WWE Champions, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival™, YAHTZEE® With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune®: Free Play, among others. Scopely creates rewarding, immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform that personalizes gameplay at scale across one of the most diversified portfolios in the west. Recognized in Fast Company’s ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ and #2 on Deloitte’s ‘Technology Fast 500’ as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America, Scopely has achieved more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue by creating game experiences that are an important part of people’s lives. Scopely has global operations in Los Angeles, Barcelona, Boulder, Dublin (DIGIT game studio), London and Tokyo, with additional studios in seven countries across four continents. For more information, visit scopely.com.
Scopely is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, family or parental status, gender identity, veteran, or disability status, or other protected status.
