Audio Designer - Studio Elevation (6 Month FTC - Remote within the UK).

Games Jobs Direct; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading VR game development company seeks an Audio Designer to create high-quality audio assets and implement sound systems for VR games. This role requires collaboration with disciplines across the project to enhance game experiences. The ideal candidate will have a background in audio design with a qualification in a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience. Join this remote-first studio dedicated to innovation in VR development, ensuring a robust gaming atmosphere.

Benefits

Work from anywhere

Competitive salary

Innovative work environment

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a Sound Design role, ideally in games.
• Able to work with varying requirements across consoles.
• Experience with linear audio such as cinematics or trailers.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality audio assets and systems.
• Implement audio using middleware like Wwise and Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate to enhance the gaming experience.

Skills

Audio design

Implementation in middleware

Collaboration with teams

Understanding of technical audio

Education

Degree/Qualification in Audio or related field

Tools

Audiokinetic Wwise

Unreal Engine 4/5

Unity

FMOD

Job description

Elevation is re-establishing the boundaries of VR. We're looking for a talented Audio Designer to help us explore, create, and deliver world leading innovation in software and VR hardware. Join us in pathfinding a remote first studio, crafting a new generation of VR development and bringing core VR games to fruition.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating high quality audio assets and systems.
• Implementing audio via middleware like Audiokinetic Wwise and/or Unreal Engine 4/5.
• Collaborating with other disciplines to ensure audio is incorporated into all aspects of gameplay and enhances game experience.
• Work closely with members of the audio team.
• Working with the project's audio point person, and project producers to spec out deliverables, locate dependencies, maintain documentation, and keep tasks within scope.
• Where required and supported by the audio lead, taking responsibility for a large part of how that game should sound.
• Documenting asset lists and audio features.
• Being a positive advocate and representative for the audio team within the studio and externally.

Requirements

Required Experience

• Degree/Qualification in Audio or related field.
• 2+ years in a Sound Design role, ideally in games - VR or other interactive mediums a bonus.
• Able to work to differing feature sets and requirements between different consoles and formats.
• Understanding of technical audio, such as designing, implementing and optimising audio systems and structures within middleware and game engines.
• Experience with linear audio, such as cinematics, film or promotional work like trailers.
• Experience with other engines and audio middleware, such as Unity and FMOD.
• Experience in working with other audio designers and related disciplines.

Please note: This is not a music composition role. Please ensure your CV, portfolio and showreel showcase your audio design and implementation skills.

Benefits

Why nDreams Elevation?

This is the opportunity to build upon an already proven, world class foundation of VR expertise, to further shape and mould a new way of working, that continues to deliver and innovate for the next generation of core VR games.

We are a remote first studio , with all the perks that come with it. Work from anywhere to help us push the boundaries of VR, with cutting edge technology and the support of our established VR expertise from the wider nDreams group.

Rapidly growing to support a variety of genres, nDreams is one of the world's leading developers/publishers focused on VR games, creating multiple studios dedicated to making the best games out there.

This is a full-time role on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Salary is competitive and dependent on your experience.

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