The audio team of Rockstaeady is looking for an in-house dialogue and a “straight” sound designer at their facilities in North London. Interested?
“Rocksteady Studios is looking to add to its family of staff. We are looking for an exceptionally talented Senior Sound Designer who has experience of producing audio for multi-award winning, AAA, blockbuster video games in a senior role. This person should be ready to tackle the challenges facing audio on the current generation platforms.
You will be dedicated, and committed to seeing the project through to its completion. This is a senior role with a large amount of responsibility guiding the dialogue through to its final realisation.” – Rocksteady
Senior Sound Designer Dialogue
Key Responsibilities
- Record, edit and process dialogue to a world class standard in line with the project’s high standards of quality.
- Work closely with other teams to define dialogue playback systems.
- Maintain and develop the systems under your ownership through to the project’s completion.
- Continue to develop your skills and share this knowledge with those around you to contribute to a culture of learning within the team.
Technical Requirements
- Expert working knowledge of Avid Pro Tools, Unreal Engine 3 / 4, AudioKinetic Wwise, and Perforce.
- Expert knowledge of recording studio workflows, microphones and outboard equipment.
- Experience working with production sound equipment.
- Familiarity with Python scripting.
Skill Requirements
- You are experienced and have a proven track record in implementing and designing great sounding dialogue. You are an expert at applying special voice processing, editing and mastering dialogue assets. You understand why this is fundamental to supporting the gameplay experience.
- A high degree of confidence and experience working with actors and directors to achieve great results in the studio.
- Highly experienced and knowledgeable in dialogue pipelines from recording through to playback in game. You understand the need for great sounding dialogue and have experience realising this for large AAA blockbuster titles.
- Have the confidence to drive through ideas and enthuse members of the team.
- Be able to make smart decisions under pressure. Be focussed with the job in hand.
- Experience successfully working and communicating with multiple disciplines. Be comfortable designing and discussing in precise and clear terms requirements of audio systems along with supporting these systems throughout the project life cycle.
- Plenty of experience with dialogue play-testing and dialogue quality assurance. Identifying, prioritising, reporting and debugging issues.
Benefits
- Private family medical care
- Private dental care
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Long-service holiday reward
- Brand new custom designed studio
- World class training speakers hosted on-site
- Access to multiple online training websites
- Monthly team meals/outings
- On-site subsidised Masseuse, Yoga, Life Drawing, Parking and Haircuts
- Quarterly salary adjustment reviews
- Monthly 1on1s with your Line Manager
- Yearly Line Manager and Studio Peer Performance review process
- Film nights in our Mocap theatre
- Subsidised gym in the office complex
- Discounts to WB goodies i.e. HBO, WB films, TV, Harry Potter tour
- Staff only merchandise store
- Free fruit, juices and soft drinks
- Childcare Vouchers Scheme
- National Rail Season Ticket Travel Loan
- Overseas Relocation Support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Support Assistance Programme (Free personal counselling and guidance support)
- Finder’s Fee
- Free Eye Test and Discounted Glasses
- Free Seasonal Flu Jab
Senior Sound Designer
Key Responsibilities
- Create world class SFX in line with the project’s high standards of quality.
- Work closely with other teams to define audio pipelines/systems.
- Maintain and develop systems under your ownership through to the project’s completion.
- Continue to develop your skills and share this knowledge with those around you to contribute to a culture of learning within the team.
Technical Requirements
- Expert working knowledge of Unreal Engine 3 / 4, AudioKinetic Wwise, Avid Pro Tools, Perforce and Python.
- Expert knowledge of Sound Devices recorders and the standard compliment of microphones (Sennheiser, Schoeps, DPA, etc…) used in the field.
- Experience working in an audio studio environment utilising various hardware and software procesors, patch bays, microphones, etc …
Skill Requirements
- Strong technical sound design and implementation skills with a proven track record in creating successful generative and systemic approaches to sound implementation.
- Highly experienced in designing world class SFX. You understand that AAA sound design does not come from commercial libraries but from the sounds you record and create.
- Experience with debugging systems, audio play-testing and audio quality assurance. You understand the importance of identifying, prioritising, reporting and resolving audio issues.
- Extensive working knowledge of various in-game profiling tools. You will know how to use the data gathered to optimise sounds in terms of memory, virtual voices and CPU performance with minimal detriment to the player’s experience.
- Good understanding of programming and scripting. You can discuss issues at length with audio programmers.
- Experience successfully working and communicating with multiple disciplines to implement audio. Be comfortable designing and discussing in precise and clear terms requirements of audio systems.
- Have the confidence and skills to drive ideas through and enthuse members of the team.
- Be able to make smart decisions under pressure. Be focussed with the job in hand.
- Well versed in both traditional and more exotic field and studio recording techniques.
- You have a deep understanding of how to utilise your vast knowledge of microphones, outboard equipment and plug-ins to achieve spectacular results.
Benefits
- Private family medical care
- Private dental care
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Long-service holiday reward
- Brand new custom designed studio
- World class training speakers hosted on-site
- Access to multiple online training websites
- Monthly team meals/outings
- On-site subsidised Masseuse, Yoga, Life Drawing, Parking and Haircuts
- Quarterly salary adjustment reviews
- Monthly 1on1s with your Line Manager
- Yearly Line Manager and Studio Peer Performance review process
- Film nights in our Mocap theatre
- Subsidised gym in the office complex
- Discounts to WB goodies i.e. HBO, WB films, TV, Harry Potter tour
- Staff only merchandise store
- Free fruit, juices and soft drinks
- Childcare Vouchers Scheme
- National Rail Season Ticket Travel Loan
- Overseas Relocation Support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Support Assistance Programme (Free personal counselling and guidance support)
Finder’s Fee
- Free Eye Test and Discounted Glasses
- Free Seasonal Flu Jab
If you feel like applying here’s the link to the job advertisements: http://rocksteadyltd.com/#jobs