Technical Dialogue Designer Canada, Remote; Please Select Location

envia.com; Canada; Remote; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Technical Dialogue Designer, where your creativity and technical skills will shape the audio landscape of immersive AAA video games. This role offers the chance to collaborate with top-tier developers, crafting high-quality dialogue and voice-over content that enhances player experiences. With a focus on innovation and teamwork, you will be at the forefront of audio production, utilizing cutting-edge tools and methodologies to deliver exceptional results. If you are passionate about audio design and eager to make your mark in the gaming industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in dialogue design with shipped titles.
• Strong understanding of audio production and middleware tools.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain in-game VO logic using visual scripting.
• Manage scripts and VO asset pipelines, ensuring quality.

Skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Audio editing

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Audio Engineering or related field

Tools

FMOD

Wwise

Reaper

Unreal Blueprints

Unity Bolt

CryEngine Schematic

JIRA

Job description

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:

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.

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.

VO Database Management: You will manage scripts and VO asset pipelines, as well as organize databases, spreadsheets, and files.

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.
• 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.

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