Technical Dialogue Designer

Sony Playstation; Canada; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Technical Dialogue Designer to craft high-quality audio content for major AAA video game projects. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with top-tier developers, utilizing your expertise in dialogue production and visual scripting to enhance immersive narratives. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a creative team that values innovation and quality, allowing you to make a significant impact in the gaming world. If you are driven by a love for technology and storytelling, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Experience visual-scripting for sound using tools like Unreal Blueprints or Unity Bolt.
• Strong skills in dialogue production and audio editing for interactive media.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain in-game VO logic using visual scripting.
• Manage scripts and VO asset pipelines, organizing databases and files.

Skills

Visual Scripting

Dialogue Production

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Audio Editing

Education

2-5 years of experience

Tools

Unreal Blueprints

Unity Bolt

FMOD

Wwise

Reaper

JIRA

Job description

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Technical Dialogue Designer (Contract Position)

You are:

A passionate, creative, and driven technical dialogue designer with a desire to develop high-quality dialogue and voice-over content for video games. You have the enthusiasm to deliver amazing dialogue for major AAA projects alongside our development partners at studios like Sony Santa Monica, Sucker Punch Productions, Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, and many more.

As it turns out:

We are looking for a Technical Dialogue Designer to join our award-winning team to craft high-quality audio content for 1st and 2nd party product development projects. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most quality-driven developers in the industry and on some of the most exciting, immersive narrative AAA titles for PlayStation.

Responsibilities:

1. VO Systems: You will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of in-game VO logic using visual scripting. This includes debugging and problem-solving in-game VO triggering issues.
2. Technical Proficiency: You have a good understanding of dialogue production and post-production, where you will actively edit and master cinematic and in-game assets. You have knowledge of various middleware tools and engines used in interactive audio, where you will implement dialogue assets, update and fix bugs/issues using tracking software such as JIRA. In all these tasks, you will bring strong problem-solving skills and creativity.
3. VO Database Management: You will manage scripts and VO asset pipelines, as well as organize databases, spreadsheets, and files.
4. Collaboration with External Vendors: You will help manage file transfers with external vendors and review the work that they send back.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience; has shipped 1-2 titles
• Experience visual-scripting for sound (Unreal Blueprints, Unity Bolt, CryEngine Schematic, or similar).
• Professional experience working in a similar role on a sizable interactive media title.
• Professional experience with audio middleware (e.g. FMOD, Wwise), perforce, game engines.
• Strong speech/dialogue design skills.
• Proficiency in at least one DAW (preferably Reaper).
• Solid post-production and digital audio editing/mastering skills for both linear and nonlinear media.
• Ability to collaborate well as part of a team.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.