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Job Description
About the Role :
As an Audio Designer, you will collaborate with teams from co-dev studios to create immersive, story-driven open-world video games. Your role will be to design and integrate high-quality audio into the game to help bring the narrative and world to life.
What you will do :
Conceptualize, create, integrate, and finalize audio elements within the game according to audio direction instructions
Enhance game features and mechanics with innovative audio designs
Work closely with game and level designers, as well as animators, to ensure that the audio supports the overall game design
Use proprietary games and audio engines and actively participate in improving and troubleshooting them
Collaborate with programmers to identify and resolve technical issues, ensuring a high-quality soundscape
Define project features and tasks
Create sound effects, record Foley, synthesize, and work with audio libraries to achieve the desired audio effects
Mix and master both linear and interactive media
Work with the creative team, including game designers, creative directors, and artistic directors, to enhance player immersion and experience
Qualifications
Must-Have:
Professional background in audio, sound design, music, or related fields with solid skills in audio recording, processing, and mixing (familiarity with Pro Tools or Reaper is essential)
Advanced knowledge of the entertainment industry with respect to video games, movies, TV series, and music
Proven proficiency in game engine editors, such as Unity or Unreal
Familiarity with various audio middleware applications and audio specifications for different game platforms
Experience with visually oriented or node-based systems, such as Reaktor, Max/MSP
Strong commitment to personal and peer development and sharing of best practices
Passion for creating and playing video games.
Highly proficient in both spoken and written English
Sound design experience with credits on successful projects
Experienced as a management role
Nice-to-Have:
Basic programming skills with C, C++, and the ability to implement basic programming algorithms
Experienced in dialogue and field recording
Familiarity with audio programming and DS software
Additional Information
Ubisoft CSR commitment
Making a long-lasting positive impact for our players, our teams, our partners and our planet.
In Ubisoft, we are working to enrich players’ lives through unique and memorable gaming experiences and by improving the positive impacts of our games. To get there, we are creating a safer, more inclusive work environment, we are giving back to the communities where Ubisoft operates by working with local non-profit partners and by working to reduce the environmental impact of our business.
